Method and telecommunication system for supporting multimedia services via an interface and a correspondingly configured subscriber terminal

Abstract

In the method, in the telecommunication system (UNW) N logical speech channels (e.g., S,, S,, S,) are used for the transmission of the speech signals of N subscribers, and only M (with M≦N) logical image channels (e.g., B,), which are selected previously, are used for the transmission of the image signals of M subscribers. The subscriber terminal device (MMS) outputs to the subscriber the speech signals, received via an interface (AI, CI), of the N subscribers, and displays to the subscriber the image signals, received from the transceive means, of the M subscribers. By the deliberate selection of an image channel (e.g., B,), or of several image channels, from a multiplicity of image channels, the transmission bandwidth required on the interface (in particular, a radio interface to mobile radio subscribers) for multimedia services can be constructed flexibly, and can be adapted to the existing transmission capacity of the interface. The telecommunication system is provided with apparatus for transmitting the provided speech signals of the N subscribers in N logical speech channels, as well as with apparatus (SFU) for the selection of the M (with M≦N) logical image channels, and with apparatus for transmitting the image signals of M subscribers in the M image channels.