Communication system with de-jitter buffer for reducing jitter

A method, comprising:

• obtaining a maximum packet-hold time value for a first user equipment (UE), wherein the obtained maximum packet-hold time value for the first UE was determined based on environment data associated with the first UE and a model obtained by a supervised learning process;
• receiving, at time t1, a packet obtained by an upstream device at time t0;
• storing the received packet in a de-jitter buffer;
• and
• after storing the packet in the de-jitter buffer, transmitting the packet at a predetermined time t that is based on the obtained maximum packet-hold time value for the first UE.

An apparatus, the apparatus being adapted to:

• obtain a model for use in mapping environment data to a maximum packet-hold time;
• obtain first environment data associated with a first user equipment (UE);
• and
• use the first environment data associated with the first UE and the model to obtain a maximum packet-hold time for the first UE, wherein the maximum packet-hold time for the first UE enables a de-jitter function to determine how long to hold an uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) packet in a de-jitter buffer.

An apparatus, the apparatus being adapted to:

• obtain a maximum packet-hold time value for a first user equipment (UE), wherein the obtained maximum packet-hold time value for the first UE was determined based on environment data associated with the first UE and a model obtained by a supervised learning process;
• receive, at time t1, a packet obtained by an upstream device at time t0;
• store the received packet in a de-jitter buffer;
• and
• after storing the packet in the de-jitter buffer, transmit the packet at a predetermined time t that is based on the obtained maximum packet-hold time value for the first UE.