Patent ID: 7782872
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising receiving in a network element one or more packets from a source for transmission from said network element to a terminal, said one or more packets having a requested quality-of-service, determining at said network element if said one or more packets actually experienced said requested quality-of-service in transmission from said source to said network element, and providing said one or more packets or subsequent packets from said network element to said terminal with said requested quality-of-service if said one or more packets actually experienced said requested quality-of-service in said transmission from said source to said network element, but if said one or more packets actually experienced a quality-of-service degraded from said requested quality-of-service, providing said one or more packets or said subsequent packets in said transmission from said network element to said terminal with an applicable quality-of-service in keeping with said degraded quality-of-service actually experienced in said transmission from said source to said network element.