Patent ID: 7558283

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving from a mobile station a reservation message, said reservation message comprising a request for a plurality of quality of service attributes and a plurality of traffic filter templates; receiving a request identifier generated by said mobile station uniquely identifying the request from at least two requests from said mobile station, where each request is uniquely identified by a different request identifier; processing the requested plurality of quality of service attributes; extracting from said requested plurality of quality of service attributes at least one attribute related to radio access; generating a plurality of bearer service parameters based on the at least one attribute related to radio access; requesting a radio access network to establish a bearer based on said plurality of bearer service parameters; providing said request identifier to the radio access network; receiving acknowledgment from the radio access network; receiving a setup message comprising a plurality of quality of service attributes granted by the radio access network and a service reference identifier; correlating a packet data serving node connection with said radio access network; and sending a confirmation message to said mobile station, said confirmation message comprising said plurality of quality of service attributes granted by the radio access network, said service reference identifier and said request identifier.