Patent ID: 8767569
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a response message from a network in response to a service request message for transmission of data, the response message identifying at least one service level supported by the network and identifying an associated forwarding treatment; marking a first data to be transmitted with a service identifier identifying a selected service level from the at least one service level supported by the network and identified in the response message; receiving an update message from the network, the update message updating the at least one service level supported by the network and indicating a corresponding forwarding treatment, wherein the corresponding forwarding treatment indicated in the update message is different from the associated forwarding treatment identified in the response message; and marking a second data to be transmitted with one service identifier which identifies a selected one of the updated at least one service level supported by the network, the marked second data having the one service identifier is forwarded based on the corresponding forwarding treatment indicated in the selected one of the updated at least one service level.