Method, system and device for reducing data in a mobile communications network

A method for a mobile communications system to reduce the volume of data transmitted between a base station and a control unit, comprising:

• providing a device inserted into a communication channel between a base station and a control unit;
• analyzing a voice data transmitted in a voice channel in each communication channel and associated with a plurality of connections, in addition to the voice data routed in a voice channel each connection also includes signaling data in at least one signaling channel, and
• identifying from the analyzed voice data which connections originate from a first base station and terminate in the first or a second base station that are connected to the device;
• interconnecting the voice channels of the identified connections in the device;
• and
• preventing the voice data of the interconnected voice channels being transmitted to the control unit after the interconnection of the voice channels.

A device for use in a mobile communications system, comprising:

• a first voice channel connecting the device to a first base station, the first voice channel having a first voice transmission;
• a second voice channel connecting the device to a second base station, the second voice channel having a second voice transmission;
• a signaling channel connecting the device to the first base station, the signaling channel having signaling information;
• a connection that transports the signaling information between control unit and the device;
• a system identification that analyzes the first and second voice transmissions and identifies a connection originating from the first base station and terminating in the second base station;
• and
• an interconnection of the first and second voice channels when the connection is identified to originate from the first base station and terminate in the second base station, such that the voice channels are connected via the device and not transmitted to the control unit, thereby preventing the voice data of the interconnected voice channels from being transmitted to the control unit.