Patent ID: 8711788
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A network node supporting communication of information, wherein the network node comprises: a bearer service handler supporting one or more bearer services, each defined by a number of attributes, and comprising a bearer service manager configured to control enablement, modification and maintenance of bearer services with particular QoSs, a resource handler configured to distribute resources between bearer services requesting transfer of information, an attribute handler configured to handle bearer service attributes and/or QoS attributes or QoS profile for one or more traffic classes, and an admission controller configured to control and hold information about bearer service resource allocation, wherein the bearer service manager is configured to handle a first additional bearer service attribute comprising information about a time period between at least two consecutive information transfer events and a second additional bearer service attribute comprising information relating to the amount of data to be transferred during at least one of said at least two consecutive information transfer events, and wherein the bearer service manager is configured to activate a bearer service adapted to handle repetitive information transfer at a first transfer event, to provide for deactivation of an activated repetitive bearer service and releasing the repetitive bearer service resources when a respective information transfer event ends and reactivation of the respective bearer service resources at, or before, initiation of a subsequent information transfer event, wherein the bearer service manager comprises or communicates with a timer, said timer being set to said time period of the first additional attribute and adapted to, at lapse of said time period, trigger re-establishment, or reactivation of the repetitive bearer.