Patent ID: 7693184

Claim:
A telecommunications system including a local area network which is configured to communicate with a main network via an intermediate element through which data packets pass in transit from the local area network to the main network and through which data packets pass in transit from the main network to the local area network, the system comprising: means for evaluating a volume of calls in progress in the local area network and comprising a probe configured to capture the data packets in transit through the intermediate element and configured to generate an information signal having a value that conveys information representing a bandwidth consumed in the local area network at a corresponding moment in time a management module for comparing the value of said information signal to a predetermined threshold; and means for truncating the data packets in transit through the intermediate element, said truncation means being configured to be for activation by said management module if the value of said information signal is above said predetermined threshold and configured to reduce a size of said data packets, which are encoded as a primary data segment and a plurality of secondary data segments for attachment to the primary data segment, by deleting a secondary data segment.