Patent ID: 8004972

Claim:
A method in a communication system configured to provide wireless data communications, the method comprising: communicating information with a node of a radio access part of the communication system, the information comprising a first set of quality of service information, wherein the first set of quality of service information comprises a quality of service parameter which is related to an actual transport network layer quality of service, wherein the quality of service parameter comprises at least one of a differentiated service code point, a set of parameters defining a generic quality of service, or a code point referring to the generic quality of service; and a second set of quality of service information, wherein the first set of quality of service information and the second set of quality of service information are included in a downlink shared channel, wherein the second set of quality of service information comprises an indication of whether the quality of service parameter comprises at least one of a differentiated service code point, a set of parameters defining a generic quality of service, or a code point referring to the generic quality of service.