Patent ID: 7079854

Claim:
A method of transferring real-time data from a data source to a mobile device in communication with a communications network having a wired communication section and a radio communication section, the method comprising: determining whether a data packet to be received comprises at least one of real-time data and non-real-time data; configuring a relay function module for receiving the real-time data from the data source over the wired communication section if the data packet to be received comprises the real-time data; determining packet loss over the wired communication section to produce control information for adjusting transmission requirements for the real-time data if the real-time data is received and the relay function module is configured; transmitting the control information to the data source if the control information is produced; and transmitting the real-time data received from the data source to the mobile device; wherein the relay function module is not configured if the data packet to be received comprises the non-real-time data.