Patent ID: 9054966
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in an intermediate node in a data network for establishing a service specific configuration of end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), the node being configured to be connected to a service management server in the data network and to a client device that supports a plurality of different services, the method comprising: receiving a message from the service management server, the message including service configuration information for a given one of the plurality of services supported by the client device and information regarding a service specific end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) configuration for the given service, wherein the service configuration information in the message includes a destination address associated with the service configuration, and wherein the end-to-end QoS configuration information in the service configuration information includes a QoS value for the given service associated with the destination address and with the intermediate node; configuring the given service according to the service specific QoS value in the message received from the service management server; and sending the received message to the client device, thereby enabling the client device to configure the given service therein according to the service specific QoS value so as to enable the given service to have the service specific end-to-end QoS configuration starting from the client device, continuing at the intermediate node, and ending at the destination address.