Patent ID: 6654610
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of establishing resource reservations in a telecommunication system, the method comprising the steps of:determining if a user requires resource reservations in both an uplink direction and a downlink direction within the system; and implementing a two-way protocol to establish the required resource reservations, wherein the two-way protocol integrates resource negotiation procedures for both the uplink direction and the downlink direction so as to ensure that the required resource reservations are provided for both directions; the two-way protocol determining particular values for one or more negotiable quality of service (QoS) parameters for at least one of the uplink direction and the downlink direction; the determination of the particular values for one or more negotiable QoS parameters utilizing at least a first context involving a first set of system elements and a second context involving a second set of system elements, each of the first and second contexts corresponding to one or more of the negotiable QoS parameters; the two-way protocol being configured so as to associate at least a subset of the one or more QoS parameters of the first context with at least a subset of the one or more QoS parameters of the second context.