Patent ID: 7616962

Claim:
A method for providing quality of service (QoS) for services using a network device, the method comprising: receiving, at the network device, one or more control signaling messages for a service from a subscriber station, the network device being in a signaling path for the subscriber station, the subscriber station communicating through a wireless network, the one or more control signaling messages including a request for the service for the subscriber station; determining, using the network device, a policy to apply for the service based on receiving the one or more control signaling messages including the request for the service; determining, using the network device, QoS parameters for the service based on the one or more control signaling messages and the policy; and causing resources to be reserved in the wireless network for a media stream to provide the service to the subscriber station, the reserved resources providing a QoS for the media stream that is determined based on the determined QoS parameters.