Patent ID: 7483989

Claim:
A method implemented in a mobile terminal for use in setting up a multimedia session between the mobile terminal and a remote host by way of an access point coupled to a packet data network, comprising: determining a need for a communications protocol proxy for the mobile terminal for the multimedia session, sending a request message associated with the multimedia session to the access point requesting a packet access bearer between the mobile terminal and the access point, and setting an indicator in the request message indicating that the access point should function as a communications protocol proxy for the mobile terminal for a media data stream of the multimedia session, wherein: the communications protocol is used to reserve communication resources for the media data stream of the multimedia session, the communications protocol is the resource reservation protocol (RSVP), and the communications protocol proxy is an RSVP proxy for the mobile terminal during the multimedia session, the request message is a Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context request message and the indicator is an RSVP proxy flag, and the PDP context request message includes the RSVP proxy flag as a PDP configuration option (PCO).