Patent ID: 8787165

Claim:
A method for providing a parameterized quality of service (QoS) flow, the method comprising: receiving a registration request comprising a resource requirement from a device, the registration request being associated with one or more priority levels; determining whether an entry in a priority queue configuration is associated with the registration request; determining whether at least one resource is available to fulfill the resource requirement based on a priority level associated with the registration request; in response to determining that the at least one resource is available to fulfill the resource requirement: establishing a flow priority based on the priority level associated with the registration request and the highest available priority as determined by the at least one resource available to fulfill the resource requirement, and adding the device to the priority queue configuration; in response to determining that the at least one resource is not available to fulfill the resource requirement: lowering the priority level associated with the registration request and adding the device to the priority queue configuration; and updating the parameterized QoS flow based upon a capacity change to a bandwidth for the at least one resource available to fulfill the resource requirement based on the priority level associated with the registration request.