Patent ID: 8665714
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a call-control server, a first Session Initiation Protocol-encoded message for a candidate call from a first telecommunications terminal, wherein the first Session Initiation Protocol-encoded message specifies a first data-transmission requirement for the candidate call; transmitting, in response to receiving the first Session Initiation Protocol-encoded message, a first request message to a utilization manager that manages a call admission control of an access point that provides a wireless shared-communications channel that is to be considered for the candidate call, wherein the first request message requests admission of the candidate call to the wireless shared-communications channel and comprises the first data-transmission requirement; receiving, by the call-control server from the utilization manager, an acceptance message, in response to the first request message, that indicates that the candidate call is admitted to the wireless shared-communications channel in accordance with the first data-transmission requirement; and continuing, by the call-control server in response to the acceptance message, a call setup for the candidate call via the wireless shared-communication channel.