Patent ID: 9350784
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for selecting a transmission mode for transmitting payload data between a first communication device and a second communication device over a packet-oriented communication network, wherein a quality-of-service of the transmission is dependent on the respective transmission mode, the method comprising: transmitting a first list of transmission modes and a second list of transmission modes to a quality-of-service device that is not either of the first and second communication devices, the first list of transmission modes supported by the first communication device, and the second list of transmission modes supported by the second communication device, the second list generated independently of the first list; selecting at least one transmission mode from the first and second lists by the quality-of-service device based on available transmission resources of the communication network such that the quality of service dependent on the selected at least one transmission mode is guaranteed by the available transmission resources; transmitting the selected at least one transmission mode from the quality-of-service device to a data link control, the data link control not being one of the first and second communication devices, not being a component of either of the first and second communication devices, not being a component of the quality-of-service device, and not being the quality-of-service device; initiating a further selection of a transmission mode by the data link control, the further selection based on the selected at least one transmission mode transmitted to the data link control; and transmitting the payload data between the first and second communication devices using the transmission mode selected in the further selection.