Patent ID: 6931448

Claim:
A method of establishing quality of service (QoS) between a terminal and an end node in an IP network utilizing resource reservation, the method comprising the steps of: connecting the terminal to the end node via an access node in the IP network; determining parameters necessary to establish a specific QoS between the terminal and the end node; determining whether the terminal is using resource reservation, wherein if the terminal is not using resource reservation: indicating that resource reservation signaling applies from the access node to the end node and identifying parameters necessary to establish the specific QoS; and if the terminal is using resource reservation; instructing the terminal to disable the resource reservation feature; responsive to the instructions to disable the resource reservation feature, the terminal sending a message towards the end node to indicate that the terminal shall not use resource reservation; and changing the message prior to forwarding to the end node to indicate that resource reservation capabilities shall be used, wherein the message change includes the determined parameters, including the specific QoS and type of QoS mode, wherein the specific QoS and type of QoS mode is supported only between the access node and the end node; and performing resource reservation between the access node and the end node utilizing a resource reservation proxy.