Patent ID: 8599689

Claim:
A method for communicating in a network, comprising: identifying a QoS threshold; determining, by a network component, a whether a difference between a first quality of service (QoS) parameter and a second QoS parameter exceeds the QoS threshold, wherein the network component is configured to utilize the first QoS parameter at the time the determination is made; and re-configuring the network component to utilize the second QoS parameter when the difference between the first QoS parameter and the second QoS parameter exceeds the QoS threshold, wherein if the difference between the first QoS parameter and the second QoS parameter does not exceed the QoS threshold, then the network component continues to use the first QoS parameter, wherein the first and second QoS parameters include one or more of a maximum bit rate, a guaranteed bit rate, a user agent (UA) aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR), and an access point name (APN) AMBR.