Establishing a low bitrate communication session with a high bitrate communication device
An example method includes receiving, from a high bitrate communication device, a first request to communicate via a high bitrate communication protocol; responding to the first request from the high bitrate communication device by establishing a high bitrate communication session; sending, after the high bitrate communication session is established, a second request to the high bitrate communication device to communicate via a low bitrate communication protocol; receiving, from the high bitrate communication device, a response associated with the second request; and establishing a low bitrate communication session using the low bitrate communication protocol.
1. A method comprising:
sending, by a low bitrate communication device and within a threshold period of time after establishing a high bitrate communication session with a high bitrate communication device, a request to the high bitrate communication device to communicate via a low bitrate communication protocol;
receiving, by the low bitrate communication device from the high bitrate communication device, a response associated with the request; and
establishing, by the low bitrate communication device, a low bitrate communication session using the low bitrate communication protocol.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing the high bitrate communication session using a high bitrate communication protocol.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the high bitrate communication device and the low bitrate communication device are in communication with a same cellular network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold period of time is less than about 50 milliseconds.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a voice quality condition associated with a voice call over the low bitrate communication session does not satisfy a threshold voice quality; and
performing speech frame bundling by aggregating multiple vocoder frames into a real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet of the low bitrate communication session to enhance a quality of the voice call.
6. The method of claim 1 , where sending the request comprises:
sending the request based on one or more characteristics of the high bitrate communication session,
the one or more characteristics including at least one of:
a type of communication,
whether the high bitrate communication session is for a voice call,
a time of day in which the high bitrate communication session is established, or
whether the high bitrate communication session is experiences a threshold packet loss rate.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low bitrate communication device includes:
a smart watch,
a wearable device,
a smart home device,
an internet of things device, or
an enhanced machine type communication device.
8. A low bitrate communication device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
send, within a threshold period of time after establishing a high bitrate communication session with a high bitrate communication device, a request to the high bitrate communication device to communicate via a low bitrate communication protocol;
receive, from the high bitrate communication device, a response associated with the request; and
establish a low bitrate communication session using the low bitrate communication protocol.
9. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
establish the high bitrate communication session using a high bitrate communication protocol.
10. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the high bitrate communication device and the low bitrate communication device are in communication with a same cellular network.
11. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the threshold period of time is less than about 50 milliseconds.
12. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
determine that a voice quality condition associated with a voice call over the low bitrate communication session does not satisfy a threshold voice quality; and
perform speech frame bundling by aggregating multiple vocoder frames into a real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet of the low bitrate communication session to enhance a quality of the voice call.
13. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors, when sending the request, are to:
send the request based on one or more characteristics of the high bitrate communication session,
the one or more characteristics including at least one of:
a type of communication,
whether the high bitrate communication session is for a voice call,
a time of day in which the high bitrate communication session is established, or
whether the high bitrate communication session is experiences a threshold packet loss rate.
14. The low bitrate communication device of claim 8 , wherein the low bitrate communication device includes:
a smart watch,
a wearable device,
a smart home device,
an internet of things device, or
an enhanced machine type communication device.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a low bitrate communication device, cause the one or more processors to:
send, within a threshold period of time after establishing a high bitrate communication session with a high bitrate communication device, a request to the high bitrate communication device to communicate via a low bitrate communication protocol;
receive, from the high bitrate communication device, a response associated with the request; and
establish a low bitrate communication session using the low bitrate communication protocol.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
establish the high bitrate communication session using a high bitrate communication protocol.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the high bitrate communication device and the low bitrate communication device are in communication with a same cellular network.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the threshold period of time is less than about 50 milliseconds.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine that a voice quality condition associated with a voice call over the low bitrate communication session does not satisfy a threshold voice quality; and
perform speech frame bundling by aggregating multiple vocoder frames into a real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet of the low bitrate communication session to enhance a quality of the voice call.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to send the request, cause the one or more processors to:
send the request based on one or more characteristics of the high bitrate communication session,
the one or more characteristics including at least one of:
a type of communication,
whether the high bitrate communication session is for a voice call,
a time of day in which the high bitrate communication session is established, or
whether the high bitrate communication session is experiences a threshold packet loss rate.