Patent ID: 8451728

Claim:
A method for communicating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call in a network, the method to be performed by a server placed in the network, the method comprising: establishing a VoIP call between a first mobile station coupled to a first access point and a second mobile station coupled to a second access point in two or more legs, by negotiating a first leg of the VoIP call with the first mobile station and negotiating a second leg of the VoIP call with the second mobile station, wherein the first leg traverses the first access point between the first mobile station and the server, and the second leg traverses the second access point between the second mobile station and the server; negotiating a first packetization interval for the first leg; negotiating a second packetization interval for the second leg, wherein the second packetization interval differs from the first packetization interval; communicating packets of the VoIP call on the first leg at the first packetization interval; and communicating packets of the VoIP call on the second leg at the second packetization interval.