Patent ID: 9173134
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing quality of service (QoS) settings for group communications, the method comprising a centralized QoS entity performing: determining a plurality of active participants of a group communication session; determining, for each active participant, an individual QoS setting, including a first individual QoS setting for a first active participant and a second individual QoS setting for a second active participant; modifying one of the first individual QoS setting and the second individual QoS setting based on a comparison of the first individual QoS setting to the second individual QoS setting, wherein modifying comprises changing one of the first individual QoS setting and the second individual QoS setting to the other of the first and second individual QoS settings, wherein the modified individual QoS setting is applied to a session leg used by the corresponding active participant during the group communication session, and wherein modifying one of the first individual QoS setting and the second individual QoS setting comprises performing one or more of: