Method and apparatus for suppression of packets during silence periods in a packet telephony system

• Main Authors: HUAN FANG-FE S, BAUER ERIC JONATHAN, LAM YUK-MING PETER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.05.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A method and apparatus are disclosed for notifying a far-end calling party when a near-end calling party utilizes a hold or mute feature. The present invention reduces bandwidth utilization by suppressing the transmission of packets during periods of extended silence. Each packet telephony device in...