Patent ID: 7668191

Claim:
Apparatus for determining transmission policies for a plurality of applications of different types based on first transmission data associated to a first transmission being of a first application type having associated there with a first transmission type, on second transmission data associated to a second transmission being of a second application type having associated there with a second transmission type, comprising: a first score calculator for obtaining a first score within a common range, common in the sense of being common for all transmissions and transmission types, said first score being based on an evaluation of said first transmission data in a first transmission type specific manner and considering a user perceived quality of the first transmission; a second score calculator for obtaining a second score within the common range, said second score being based on an evaluation of said second transmission data in a second transmission type specific manner and considering a user perceived quality of the second transmission; and determiner for determining, based on said obtained scores, for said first and second transmission, a respective first and second transmission policy, each defining one or more transmission parameters such that a sum of a first expected score and a second expected score is maximized; wherein said determiner is operative to determine said first or second transmission policy based on a following function: Maximize ⁢ ∑ i ∈ U ⁢ ∑ j ∈ T u ⁢ u ij ⁢ E ⁡ [ MOS ij ] + ∑ i ∈ V ⁢ ∑ j ∈ T v ⁢ v ij ⁢ E ⁡ [ MOS ij ] wherein E[MOS ij ] is said respective expected score, wherein u ij , is a decision variable of a first decision variable type each representing a possible first transmission policy, and wherein v ij , is a decision variable of a second decision variable type each representing a possible second transmission policy.