Patent ID: 8509234

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving through a first interface of a terminal a plurality of first Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets from a remote terminal, the plurality of first RTP packets being directed to an initial internet protocol (IP) address of the terminal and including a synchronization source (SSRC) identifier and first session content data of an RTP communication session, the RTP communication session for exchanging session data between the terminal and the remote terminal; initiating a hand over in the RTP communication session including initiating a second interface that changes an internet protocol address of the terminal from the initial IP address to a different IP address; and informing the remote terminal that the hand over changed the internet protocol address of the terminal by transmitting, from the terminal, one or more second RTP packets to the remote terminal, wherein each RTP packet of the one or more second RTP packets includes the different IP address, the same SSRC identifier and one or more portions of second session content data, the one or more second RTP packets associated with the RTP communication session, wherein the one or more second RTP packets that include the different IP address, the same SSRC identifier, and one or more portions of second session data are the only signal that informs the remote terminal that the hand over changed the internet protocol address of the terminal.