Patent ID: 7907970

Claim:
A method for configuring QoS with respect to a terminal, comprising: receiving identifying indicia associated with the terminal; and subsequently delivering a profile to an access node that is communicatively coupled to the terminal after receipt of the identifying indicia, the profile including: a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including: i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; and a second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including: i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment.