Patent ID: 7403514

Claim:
A telecommunications system suitable for transmitting real-time data and non-real-time data, comprising: a first station and a second station, and a dual mode channel for communication of both the real-time data and the non-real-time data from the first station to the second station, wherein the first station comprises a first transceiver which transmits both the real-time data and the non-real-time data, the second station comprises a second transceiver which receives the real-time station and/or the non-real-time data, and the first station further comprises a controller for generating an output data stream comprising the real-time data, the controller also allocating the non-real-time data to the output data stream when the data rate of the real-time data is less than full data capacity of the dual mode channel so that at least one frame of the output stream comprises combined data including both the real time data and the non-real time data, wherein the output data stream is transmitted by the transceiver over the channel including transmission of the combined data when the data rate of the real-time data is less than the full data capacity of the dual mode channel.