When half-duplex many-to-many communication is performed among a plurality
of mobile stations having different codecs in a single group, transcoding
is performed with a small number of codec circuits. A transcoder manages
an SSRC of a received RTP packet, detaches voice information from a
jitter buffer, which is identical to a latest SSRC, and inputs the
detached voice information to a codec circuit. As the latest SSRC is
switched, a voice sending station subject to transcode is switched, and
mobile stations using the same codec share the codec circuit. Therefore,
in a half-duplex many-to-many communication (group communication) system,
called a professional mobile radio system, push-talk, or press-talk, it
is not necessary to switch the transcoder until a radio station which
takes a talk burst is changed during a single call (call session).