×

System and method for implementing quality of service in a backhaul communications environment

  • US 7,477,651 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2005
  • Issued: 01/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An apparatus for communicating data, comprising:

  • a cell site element associated with a base transceiver station and operable to;

    receive a plurality of bits of a plurality of packets of a communications flow;

    suppress a selected one or more of the bits that are similar to previously received bits;

    place the other bits in a low latency queue to yield a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) packet; and

    generate a plurality of interrupt signals at a plurality of interrupt time intervals at which GSM packets are to be sent, the cell site element being further operable to interleave one or more voice data segments associated with a voice call into outgoing Internet protocol (IP) traffic flows by;

    determining that one or more packets of the flow that do not come in from a GSM port on the cell site element are default best effort (BE) traffic;

    placing the BE traffic in a queue for subsequent transmission;

    when an interrupt signal occurs, determining when there is a GSM packet in the low latency queue;

    when there is a GSM packet, sending the GSM packet over a backhaul link; and

    when there is no GSM packet, sending a first piece of a large packet of the BE traffic over backhaul link.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×