Patent ID: 8638713

Claim:
A network node, comprising: a receiver that communicates with user equipment on an established radio access bearer that was previously established for communicating at a first quality of service of a plurality of quality of services for an application, wherein the receiver accepts a requested quality of service indicator that is initiated by the user equipment for updating the first quality of service to a requested quality of service selected from the plurality of quality of services that is associated with the application chosen by a user, wherein the requested quality of service is associated with a bit error rate, wherein the receiver is for receiving an acknowledgement that the requested quality of service is accepted, wherein the acknowledgement is associated with an update of a packet data protocol context; and a transmitter that provides a request to a wireless communication network to update a current quality of service to the requested quality of service in the established radio access bearer that was previously at the first quality of service for the application without tearing down the established radio access bearer, wherein the established radio access bearer is providing an active service, wherein the requested quality of service impacts a decision as to whether a shared channel or a dedicated channel is used to support the established radio access bearer, wherein the request is associated with a request to update the packet data protocol context.