Patent ID: 8203974

Claim:
A method, comprising: communicating in a cellular communications network through a dedicated channel comprising both an uplink and a plurality of downlinks; controlling a flow of data packets by at least one of a server function in a core network and a server in the core network, wherein the core network does not include a base station; and keeping up the dedicated channel after a last speech sample packet is sent downlink from the core network by sending post-speech packets for a time of such duration that a new uplink can be established utilizing at least one downlink from the core network, wherein the at least one of the server function and the server in the core network transmits the post-speech packets to the plurality of downlinks responsive to a packet indicating an end of speech samples from the uplink, wherein at least one post-speech packet includes information intended for a user of at least one receiving terminal, and wherein post-speech packets are also sent to a terminal that used the uplink.