Patent ID: 6879599

Claim:
A telecommunications system for transmitting Transcoder/Rate Adaptor Unit (TRAU) information in an Internet Protocol (IP) based Base Station System (BSS) architecture via an IP network, said telecommunications system comprising: a first node within said IP based BSS architecture that is adapted to: receive a payload; append TRAU in-band control information relevant to said payload and said IP based BSS architecture to said payload; append a sequence number parameter defining a sequence number of said payload to said payload and said TRAU in-band control information, wherein the length of said sequence number is a function of the maximum jitter in said IP network; and encapsulate said payload, said TRAU in-band control information and said sequence number parameter into a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet, said UDP packet including UDP header information and IP header information; and a second node within said IP based BSS architecture and connected to said first node through said IP network, said second node being adapted to receive said UDP packet from said first node through said IP network using said UDP header information and said IP header information.