Patent ID: 7301951
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a guaranteed quality of service Internet protocol (IP) connection between a first bridging device and a second bridging device through a switched transport network, the first bridging device and the second bridging device interfacing with the switched transport network and an IP network, the method comprising: associating a switched transport network address of the first bridging device with an IP address of the first bridging device, without communicating with an address server, in response to a first signaling message received by the second bridging device through the IP network, the first signaling message containing at least one parameter defining a predefined quality of service; and establishing the IP connection between the first bridging device and the second bridging device through the switched transport network, in response to a second signaling message directed from the second bridging device, through the switched transport network, to the switched transport network address of the first bridging device, the IP connection being in accordance with the at least one quality of service parameter contained in the second signaling message.