Patent ID: 8228798

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first resource reservation protocol (RSVP) message including a first traffic flow specification in an access network, wherein the first RSVP message is addressed to a destination of data in a first traffic flow that contains the first RSVP message and the first RSVP message is intercepted by a gateway in the access network to determine a quality of service (QoS) to apply to a first session created for the access device; determining a first packet filter and a first QoS for the first traffic flow specification; negotiating with an access device regarding the first traffic flow specification, wherein the first traffic flow specification includes the first QoS, and wherein the negotiating with the access device determines a second QoS to apply to the first session in response to the first QoS not being supported in a network in which the network device is operating; associating the first packet filter and the second QoS with the first session created for the access device; and receiving a second RSVP message including a second traffic flow specification in the access network, wherein the second RSVP message is intercepted by the gateway in the access network to determine a third QoS to apply to a second session created for the access device, wherein the first session and the second session are concurrent.