Patent ID: 7796516

Claim:
A method for communicating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call in a network, the method comprising: having a network server in the network establish the VoIP call between a first terminal and a second terminal in two or more call legs; calculating a first individualized packetization interval for a first leg of the VoIP call based on network latency characteristics of the VoIP call and based on considerations related to overall performance of the network; communicating packets of the call on the first leg at the first individualized packetization interval; calculating a second individualized packetization interval for a second leg of the VoIP call based on network latency characteristics of the VoIP call, wherein the second individualized packetization interval differs from the first individualized packetization interval; and communicating packets of the call on the second leg at the second individualized packetization interval, wherein the considerations comprise reducing the loading at one or more Access Points in the network.