Patent ID: 7848257

Claim:
A method comprising: an access terminal receiving a report from an access node, the report reflecting a first set of reservations, wherein the first set is a set of reservations that the access node is maintaining in first data storage with respect to communicating with the access terminal, and wherein the reservations in the first set correspond on a one-to-one basis with packet flows; in response to receiving the report, the access terminal comparing the first set of reservations with a second set of reservations, wherein the second set is a set of reservations that the access terminal is maintaining in second data storage with respect to communicating with the access node, and wherein the reservations in the second set correspond on a one-to-one basis with packet flows; upon comparing the first set with the second set, the access terminal determining that the first set is not equal to the second set, and responsively sending one or more messages to the access node to cause the access node to modify the first set to match the second set; and in response to receiving the one or more messages from the access terminal, the access node modifying the first set to match the second set.