Patent ID: 7756138

Claim:
A method for implementing resource reservation setup protocol (RSVP) in a communication environment, comprising: providing Quality of Service (QoS) signaling to represent one or more endpoints in a communication environment implementing RSVP; synchronizing the QoS signaling with call signaling, wherein the QoS signaling is independent of the call signaling; attempting to secure a RSVP reservation on behalf of the one or more endpoints using the QoS signaling; facilitating communication between endpoints if the RSVP reservation is secured; facilitating communication between endpoints at a reduced QoS if the RSVP reservation is not secured; providing an audio indication to an end user at an endpoint that the reservation has not been secured and a quality of the communication will be degraded in response to the RSVP reservation not being secured; providing an audio indication to an end user at an endpoint that the reservation has been secured and improved communication quality achieved; receiving call precedence levels; allowing preemption of a media stream based on the call precedence levels; providing notification about the preemption, wherein the preemption causes the RSVP reservation to fail.