Patent ID: 7545753

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to retrieve a quality of service policy for a traffic stream in accordance with a plug-and-play quality of service, wherein the processor is configured to receive in-band device capabilities of a plug-and-play-enabled correspondent node configured to operate in-band with respect to a plug-and-play network, the in-band device capabilities of the correspondent node being at least partially based on an in-band network interface of the correspondent node, wherein the processor is configured to receive in-band device capabilities of a plug-and-play-enabled remote node configured to operate out-of-band with respect to the plug-and-play network and in communication with the plug-and-play network over a secure tunnel, the in-band device capabilities having been mapped from out-of-band device capabilities, the out-of-band device capabilities being at least partially based on an out-of-band network interface of the remote node, and wherein the processor is configured to configure the correspondent and remote nodes for a desired in-band quality of service based on the quality of service policy and respective device capabilities, such that the correspondent and remote nodes are thereafter configured to pass a traffic stream therebetween in accordance with the desired in-band QoS, the traffic stream being passed at least partially over the secure tunnel.