Patent ID: 7307950

Claim:
Method for generating and sustaining a predetermined quality of service for data traffic in a mobile radio communication system having a network including a number of nodes communicating with mobile radio terminals, where the communication is performed using packet switching, comprising the following steps performed within one or more nodes in the network: establishing for a mobile radio user terminal packet connection a first minimum acceptable mean throughput during active time parameter (MAMAT) representing a lowest acceptable data rate during a predetermined time period, determining a second mean throughput during active time parameter (MAT) for the mobile radio user terminal packet connection representing a measured data rate mean value during the time period, and comparing the first MAMAT parameter and the second MAT parameter, and performing control to provide a predetermined quality of service for the mobile radio user terminal packet connection based on the comparing, wherein the time period is determined for the mobile radio user terminal packet connection corresponds only to active time when the mobile radio user terminal packet connection is active.