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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Maqbool Aliani, Fairfax, VA (US);
Ismael Garcia, Leesburg, VA (US);
Ante Kovacevic, Herndon, VA (US);
Maqbool Aliani, Fairfax, VA (US);
Ismael Garcia, Leesburg, VA (US);
Ante Kovacevic, Herndon, VA (US);
Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for allocating vocoder resources for interconnect calls includes consideration of whether an interconnect call request occurs during a known period of heightened network activity. In an embodiment a vocoder type is assigned to a given interconnect call based on a comparison of the available capacity of the telecommunications network to one or more threshold values, and a determination on whether or not the telecommunications network is in a predefined high activity or usage period. In certain embodiments, the vocoder is adapted to operate in one of two possible types, where the first type is characterized by a higher voice quality, but a lower network capacity, than the second type.