Patent ID: 7787418

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a service flow management module including an admission control module, a data path function module in communication with the admission control module and a connection control module in communication with the data path function module; the data path function module being adapted to generate a first dynamic service addition (DSA) request message for a first uplink service flow in an active state to provide voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signaling; the admission control module, in response to the admission control module determining that a second uplink service flow for a VoIP call can be supported, being adapted to generate an admit signal, with the first and the second uplink service flows being substantially in accordance with an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standard; the data path function module, in response to the admit signal, being further adapted to generate a second DSA request message for the second uplink service flow in an admitted state, with the second DSA message containing an amount of a reserved bandwidth for the VoIP call; and the connection control module being adapted to transition between a plurality of states based at least in part on DSA messages and/or dynamic service change (DSC) messages, the plurality of states including an initialization state, an admitted state, a wait-for-activation state, an activity state, and a wait-for-deactivation state.