Patent ID: 7414970

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least two endpoints operatively coupled to one another via an application function (AF) in a home network; a combined policy decision function (PDF) operatively coupled to the AF; a combined policy decision enforcement (PDE) operatively coupled to the one of the endpoints; the PDF operatively coupled to the PDE; and a quality of service (QoS) managed bearer that is operatively connected to the endpoints; wherein QoS requested at a session layer is correlated with actual QoS provided at a bearer layer using a linkage between the session layer and the bearer layer, and wherein authorization for the managed QoS bearer based on static QoS information from a subscription database is combined with authorization based on dynamic QoS information, and wherein subscription based QoS information is checked against local policy information based on a current utilization when application function information is not provided.