Patent ID: 7796559

Claim:
A method of processing the quality of service of a signaling data transport channel in a packet mode transmission network comprising at least one management node apparatus comprising a processor, in which, for processing a signaling data transport channel, the management node apparatus receives from a user terminal a request to activate the signaling data transport channel with a quality of service profile requested by the user terminal and containing a set of quality of service parameters, said set of quality of service parameters comprising a signaling indication parameter (SI), wherein the method comprises the steps of: detecting with the management node apparatus whether, in the quality of service profile, the signaling indication parameter is activated so as to determine whether a signaling data transport channel is involved; and if such is the case, modifying with the management node apparatus at least one quality of service parameter of the set of quality of service parameters of the quality of service profile to increase the priority level of the signaling channel to be activated and processing with the management node apparatus the signaling data transport channel in a priority manner with respect to any other media data transport channel during the execution of at least one quality of service processing mechanism applied to the signaling data transport channel.