Providing quality of service for various traffic flows in a communications environment
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1. A method for configuring QoS with respect to a terminal, comprising:
- receiving identifying indicia associated with the terminal; and
subsequently delivering a profile to an access node that is communicatively coupled to the terminal after receipt of the identifying indicia, the profile including;
a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; and
a second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to providing appropriate QoS treatment to one or more traffic flows associated with a terminal, wherein the QoS treatment is defined within a profile assigned to the terminal and implemented when the terminal requests access to a network. An access mode can receive identifying indicia associated with the terminal and relays such indicia to an authentication and authorization server (AAS). The AAS can thereafter provide the access node with a profile that defines QoS treatment to associate with one or more traffic flows related to the terminal.
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1. A method for configuring QoS with respect to a terminal, comprising:
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receiving identifying indicia associated with the terminal; and subsequently delivering a profile to an access node that is communicatively coupled to the terminal after receipt of the identifying indicia, the profile including; a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; anda second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communications apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving identifying indicia associated with a wireless terminal that is requesting access to one or more network services; and means for subsequently delivering a profile to an access node that is communicatively coupled to the terminal after receipt of the identifying indicia, the profile including; a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; anda second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
a non-transitory memory device having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for control a machine to; receive an identity of at least one of a terminal and a subscriber; and deliver a profile assigned to the at least one of the terminal and the subscriber to a base station, wherein the profile includes; a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; anda second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment.- View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A communications apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; receive identifying indicia associated with a wireless terminal that is requesting access to one or more network services; and subsequently deliver a profile to an access node that is communicatively coupled to the terminal after receipt of the identifying indicia, the profile including; a first service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an egress traffic service relating to egress traffic from an access node to a subscriber, said first service class element and filter rule pair including;
i) a first service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a first QoS treatment and ii) a first set of one or more filter rules that identify an egress traffic flow to be provided the first QoS treatment; anda second service class element and filter rule pair corresponding to an ingress traffic service relating to ingress traffic from a subscriber to an access node, said second service class element and filter rule pair including i) a second service class element that includes parameters that prescribe a second QoS treatment and ii) a second set of one or more filter rules that identify an ingress traffic flow to be provided the second QoS treatment; and a memory coupled to said at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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