Patent ID: 8488612

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending a service request over a direct connection between a residential client and a class 5 service application provided by a first network provider of a first network; specifying a quality of service in the service request that is to be applied to a voice over internet protocol call between a calling address and a called address; translating the service request into sessions initiation protocol; passing a translated service request from the class 5 service application to a call admission control unit; determining requirements for the quality of service specified in the translated service request; sending the requirements for the quality of service from the call admission control unit to a border element of the first network; translating the requirements in the border element from the sessions initiation protocol to an access protocol of a second network operated by a multiple systems operator; sending translated requirements from the border element in the first network to a policy server in the second network; comparing the translated requirements for the quality of service to rules stored in the policy server; validating the translated requirements for the quality of service in the second network; sending a policy set message from the policy server over the second network to a cable modem termination system serving the residential client in the second network; and guaranteeing parameters in the second network for the quality of service to be applied to the voice over internet protocol call between the residential client at the calling address and the called address.