Patent ID: 7873047

Claim:
A method for determining a maximum packet size for a communications system that transports at least one of real-time and time-sensitive data and other data in packets, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of packets for transmission over a communications link; determining at least one of an encoder type and a packet size for any packets that include real-time or time-sensitive data; determining a link speed for the communications link; determining a maximum packet size for any packets of the plurality of packets that do not include real-time or time-sensitive data, wherein the maximum packet size is determined by the link speed and one of the encoder type and packet size of any packets that include real-time or time-sensitive data, wherein the determined maximum packet size for the packets that do not include real-time or time-sensitive data allows a quality of service requirement to be met for the real-time or time-sensitive data.