Patent ID: 6097817
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for communication, comprising the steps of:establishing a wireless communication channel between a wireless access communication unit and a base station;setting up a call from a user connected to the wireless access communication unit to a network over said wireless communication channel;receiving user-to-network bearer traffic at said wireless access communication unit from said user;encoding said user-to-network bearer traffic at said wireless access communication unit;transmitting the encoded user-to-network bearer traffic from the wireless access communication unit to the base station over said wireless communication channel;relaying the encoded user-to-network bearer traffic from the base station to a base station controller;relaying the encoded user-to-network bearer traffic from the base station controller over a backhaul line to a physically separate transcoding unit;decoding the encoded user-to-network bearer traffic at the transcoding unit; andrelaying the decoded user-to-network bearer traffic from the transcoding unit to a mobile switching station.