Patent ID: 8264958

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed performs a method of setting up a wireless telephone call utilizing VOIP technology with dynamically adjustable bandwidth allocation based on tiered subscriber service, the method comprising: during setup of the wireless telephone call including a mobile-communication device as at least one endpoint of the wireless telephone call, installing, on a gateway, a header compression policy governing a flow of voice packets between the mobile-communication device and a radio access network, the header compression policy including: (1) a first attribute-value pair that defines header compression parameters for the voice packets, and (2) a second attribute-value pair that instructs the gateway to allocate bandwidth for the wireless telephone call according to a subscriber service level associated with the mobile-communication device; installing a static policy on the gateway that governs signaling traffic associated with the wireless telephone call; installing a signaling policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for VOIP signaling traffic; and installing a bearer policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for the voice traffic, wherein the bearer policy specifies a bandwidth allocation based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and wherein the bearer policy instructs the gateway to perform header compression on the voice packets, wherein the header compression policy is installed after the bearer policy, the signaling policy, and the static policy are installed on the gateway, wherein the header compression policy is installed after a media flow is set up, wherein the bearer policy and the signaling policy are installed in conjunction with a signaling flow setup, and wherein the static policy is installed in conjunction with a main connection set up.