Patent ID: 8601058

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing a wireless communication session with a mobile device; determining that the mobile device is associated with a mobile videoconferencing application, wherein the mobile videoconferencing application is capable of sending and receiving media streams; and providing, from a mobile network to a videoconferencing system within a fixed network, a first set of indicators associated with the communication session, and performing policy control, the policy control including: causing the videoconferencing system within the fixed network to be configured for communicating with the mobile device, wherein the configuration is different from a configuration used by the videoconferencing system for communicating with videoconferencing end points within the fixed network, and causing a session bearer within the mobile network to be adjusted to meet a quality of service (QoS) requirement of a videoconferencing media stream connected to the mobile device, the session bearer carrying the videoconferencing media stream, and causing a media bridge to process the videoconferencing media stream, wherein the videoconferencing media stream is processed by the media bridge using an operating mode that is different than an operating mode used for processing media streams for videoconferencing end points within the fixed network.