System for combining uplink data blocks from a user with transmission pauses from another user

摘要

A dual transfer mode communications network ( 100 ), such as a GSM network using AMR and GPRS data transmission modes, allows enhanced data utilization efficiency by multiplexing AMR pauses generated during speech frame transmission by a first mobile system ( 101 ) with short packet-switched data bursts from a second mobile system ( 105 ). The communications network ( 100 ) processes an access request burst signal on an uplink channel from the first mobile system ( 101 ) along with the short packet-switched data bursts from the second mobile system ( 105 ).