Patent ID: 9549345
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more devices, a request relating to an existing voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) service or to establishment of a VoLTE service, the request being associated with one or more network charging rules that define corresponding traffic flows associated with guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bandwidths and traffic flow statuses; determining, by the one or more devices, an aggregate bandwidth value of those of the one or more charging rules that are associated with a particular bearer, the aggregate bandwidth value being determined based on: comparing, by the one or more devices, the aggregate bandwidth value to a previous version of the aggregate bandwidth value; and causing reservation for the existing or the established VoLTE service, by the one or more devices and based on the comparison, of an amount of GBR bandwidth corresponding to the aggregate bandwidth value or the previous version of the aggregate bandwidth value.