Patent ID: 7054938

Claim:
A method for managing resource services between terminals in communication networks, the method comprising the steps of: sending a resource reservation request, for service between a service client terminal and one or more terminals, to a service broker (SB) in an access network, wherein each terminal is a wireless or a wired terminal and each terminal is a fixed or a mobile terminal; upon receiving the resource reservation request in advance of, or at the time of, the need for the resource, the service broker providing wireless service for a specific geographic area by identifying the most suitable access technology out of all possible available access technologies to provide the requested service; responsive to the reservation request, the SB setting up reservations for the requested service by communicating with a geographic domain server (GDS) to determine the geographic location corresponding to the requested resource service; communicating with a radio bearer broker (RBB) coupled to the access network associated with each of the one or more terminals to determine whether there is sufficient resources available and to gain admission to each associated access network; communicating with a bandwidth broker (BB) to determine whether there are sufficient resources for the requested service in the BB's muting domain, and to make an advance resource reservation or an immediate reservation; and allocating the requested resources to the service client terminal and the one or more terminals.