Dynamic real-time quality management of packetized communications in a network environment
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a network interface for supporting a communication with a communication device via a communication network;
a processor, coupled to the network interface, for monitoring a service level of the communication network; and
a codec, coupled to the processor, for selectively employing a first coding scheme or a second coding scheme to process the communication based on the service level.
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Abstract
Dynamic real-time quality management of packetized communications in a network environment. Packetized communications are monitored by and exchanged between wireless Access Points (APs) and wireless terminals or by quality monitoring modules located within network segments or at network vertices. The processing unit analyzes the packetized communications to identify communication signatures associated with the packetized communications. The processor then uses these signatures to identify network impediments to the exchange of the packetized communications. These impediments may take the form of coding problems in which case an appropriate coding scheme is employed by the programmable COder/DECoder (CODEC) to convert incoming packetized communications to incoming user communications, and outgoing user communications to outgoing packetized communications. These impediments may also take the form of communication problems along and between the various network segments. In these cases, the processor may choose a more appropriate communication pathway with which to route the packetized communications.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network interface for supporting a communication with a communication device via a communication network; a processor, coupled to the network interface, for monitoring a service level of the communication network; and a codec, coupled to the processor, for selectively employing a first coding scheme or a second coding scheme to process the communication based on the service level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first network interface for supporting a first communication with a communication device via a first communication network; a second network interface for supporting a second communication with the communication device via a second communication network; a processor, coupled to the first network interface and the second network interface, for monitoring a first service level of the first communication network and a second service level of the second communication network; and a codec, coupled to the processor, for selectively employing a first coding scheme or a second coding scheme to process the first communication or the second communication based on the first service level and the second service level. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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operating a network interface for supporting a communication with a communication device via a communication network; monitoring a service level of the communication network; and operating a codec for selectively employing a first coding scheme or a second coding scheme to process the communication based on the service level. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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