Abstract: A method is provided for operating a media gateway in a telecommunications system. The gateway provides bearer paths for communication traffic between network segments via contexts. Each context includes a collection of terminations that link the gateway to the network segments and a topology that defines the bearer paths between the terminations within the context.
Abstract: In a communication network, link efficiency modules aggregate packets into multiplexed packets to provide efficient use of communication links. To handle varying levels of network traffic, the link efficiency modules provide multiple modes of operation to balance bandwidth efficiency against packet latency.