Patent ID: 6901080

Claim:
A telecommunications system, comprising: an Ethernet-type local area network; and one or more telecommunications devices coupled to said Ethernet-type local area network, said one or more telecommunications devices including: an Internet Protocol voice communication stack; a Quality of Service Ethernet layer; and a Generate Quality of Service Ethernet layer interposed between said Internet Protocol voice communication stack and said Quality of Service Ethernet layer and adapted to intercept commands from said Internet Protocol voice communication stack, identify from said commands a quality of service required for individual calls, and generate corresponding Quality of Service commands to said Quality of Service Ethernet layer, said Generate Quality of Service Ethernet layer including a control unit, a memory coupled to said control unit and a buffer coupled to said control unit, wherein an input buffer of said buffer receives said commands from said Internet Protocol voice communication stack and buffers said commands during a command conversion, an output buffer of said buffer receiving said commands from said input buffer, said buffer forwarding Quality of Service commands to said Quality of Service Ethernet layer.