Patent ID: 8547961

Claim:
A system for creating a network-initiated secondary packet data service instance, said system comprising: an application server system configured to implement a quality of service (QoS) aware application function for providing application content data to an application operating on a mobile station having an assigned IP address and connected to an access network through a primary packet data service instance, wherein the application function is capable of communicating through the access network, and wherein the application function is configured to receive, from the application on the mobile station, a request for the application content data and, in response to the request for application content data, for generating a request for quality of service characteristics based on the requirements of the application on the mobile station; and a policy server for receiving the request for QoS characteristics from the application function and for signaling the access network directing components of the access network to establish a secondary packet data service instance with QoS requested by the application function between the mobile station and the application function.