Patent ID: 7061917

Claim:
A data transmitting element (DTE) to be used for sending data, over a link through a first communications network, towards a data receiving element (DRE) for communication of said data over a second communications network, said DTE comprising: data sending means (DSM), adapted to send said data towards said DRE; service level requesting means for generating an Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) message, for sending to said DRE, requesting a service level for communicating said data of said DTE over said second communications network; and service level proposal receiving means: adapted to receive from said DRE an IPCP message indicating a proposed service level that said DRE can provide for communicating said data of said DTE over said second communications network, and notifying said DSM of said received service level proposal, wherein said DRE receives said data of the DTE over said first communications network and transmits said received data of the DTE in said second communications network.