Patent ID: 8868096

Claim:
A method of setting a QoS level in a cellular communication network comprising a plurality of base stations and a network server having a customer record database associated therewith, the method comprising: receiving an incoming call indication by a first mobile station from a second mobile station, the first mobile station being registered with the cellular communication network; determining a first QoS level associated with the first mobile station and determining a second QoS level associated with the second mobile station; determining whether the first and second QoS levels match; when there is no match, determining whether the first and second QoS levels correlate in accordance with a predetermined threshold; when the first and second QoS levels do not correlate, identifying a higher tier QoS level and a lower tier QoS level from among the first and second mobile station service levels; and selecting at least one of a vocoder and a vocoder bit rate for use by the first and second mobile stations, the selection being determined by either the higher tier QoS level or the lower tier QoS level.