Patent ID: 6781991
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for monitoring whether use of a packetized network is commensurate with a preexisting transport quality of service election designated for a user, the method comprising:receiving packets associated with said user, said packets at least one of having or omitting at least one parameter indicative of a transport quality of service required by said packets; and identifying ones of said packets for which said required transport quality of service does not comply with said preexisting transport quality of service election by comparing said at least one parameter of said received packets with a list of reference values representative of said preexisting transport of service election; said at least one parameter corresponding to at least one of a field representing the destination address, a field representing a source address, a field representing a mapping to at least one of a source application and a destination application, a field representing a predefined flow of packets, a field representing a type of encapsulated higher level protocol, a field representing packet length, a field representing a type of service requested, and a field representing additional protocol options.