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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Mao Xu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shannon P. Silvus, Penfield, NY (US);
Xiaojun Shen, Leawood, KS (US);
Mao Xu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shannon P. Silvus, Penfield, NY (US);
Xiaojun Shen, Leawood, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A communication hub that controls access to a communication network over a communication path based on silence suppression. The communication hub comprises a silence suppression block, a call admission block, and a control system. The silence suppression block is configured to compute a silence suppression gain for an incoming call based on a silence suppression realized for the incoming call and a number of currently active calls. The call admission block is configured to control access to a communication network over a communication path based on the silence suppression gain for the incoming call. The control system is configured to determine a call type of the incoming call and control the silence suppression block and the call admission block.