Patent ID: 8908636

Claim:
A method, comprising: mapping a quality of service (QoS) parameter associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) to a corresponding QoS parameter associated with a second RAT in association with an inter-RAT handover performed with respect to a network application, wherein the mapping comprises mapping the QoS parameter associated with the first RAT to a plurality of QoS parameters associated with the second RAT; determining whether the second RAT provides sufficient QoS for the network application at least in part by comparing the QoS parameter associated with the first RAT and the corresponding QoS parameter associated with the second RAT, wherein the determining comprises determining whether at least one QoS parameter in the plurality of QoS parameters associated with the second RAT corresponds to sufficient QoS for the network application; identifying a configuration of the network application with at least one procedure for handling insufficient QoS; and facilitating, in response to the identifying, adaptation of the network application on the second RAT to a QoS of the second RAT if the second RAT is determined not to provide sufficient QoS for the network application, wherein the facilitating includes notifying the network application of insufficient QoS on the second RAT if no QoS parameters in the plurality of QoS parameters associated with the second RAT correspond to sufficient QoS for the network application, and wherein the at least one procedure for handling insufficient QoS includes at least one of releasing the connection or continuing with degraded QoS.