Patent ID: 7623457

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies in a communication network, the storage medium comprising computer instructions executed by a processor for: establishing a plurality of QoS domains between a plurality of packet switching technologies operating with disparate QoS policies, each QoS domain having an ingress and egress boundary; monitoring traffic metrics of packets received from one or more of the plurality of QoS domains among the plurality of packet switching technologies at an ingress boundary, wherein the traffic metrics comprise a QoS policy for each of the received packets, traffic conditions, and the SLA packet traffic constraints of said plurality of QoS domains at said ingress boundary; remapping the QoS policy for each of the received packets according to said traffic metrics by lowering a transmission priority of the QoS policy of a packet when traffic conditions are above average and below peak traffic conditions established by the SLA; transmitting the packets with remapped QoS policies; and restoring the QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the egress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains for the plurality of packet switching technologies.