Patent ID: 8712423
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first entity, a response indicating allowable transmission resources for a first connection between said first entity and a second entity in response to a request for establishing said first connection, said first entity being a client entity, said allowable transmission resources determined at least partially based on a difference between available transmission resources of the first entity and resources required by the first entity for a second connection between said first entity and said second entity before said second connection has been requested, said controlling, at the first entity, the use of at least one portion of said allowable transmission resources by said first connection, said controlling comprising selecting pausing or releasing said first connection if it is later determined that quality of service requirements of said first connection can no longer be guaranteed when said allowable transmission resources are jointly used by said first connection and said second connection.