Transmission of information relating to a quality of service
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a processor configured to,assemble a protocol message, andattach information relating to a quality of service to said protocol message, said information relating to a quality of service comprises information indicating a frequency of reporting which is to be used by device for reporting an achieved quality of service to a said second device; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the protocol message to the second device, wherein said protocol message is one of a real-time streaming protocol message, a real-time transport control protocol message, and a session initiation protocol message.
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Abstract
Methods of transmitting information relating to a quality of service are shown, which information is to be transmitted in at least one direction between a first device 30 and a second device 20. A first method comprises at least at one of the devices 20, 30 assembling a protocol message containing information other than the information relating to a quality of service and attaching the quality of service related information to the protocol message. A second method comprises forming the information relating to a quality of service inside at least one of a header field and an attribute of a protocol message. The disclosure relates equally to corresponding software codes, devices 20, 30, network elements and systems.
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10 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
a processor configured to, assemble a protocol message, and attach information relating to a quality of service to said protocol message, said information relating to a quality of service comprises information indicating a frequency of reporting which is to be used by device for reporting an achieved quality of service to a said second device; and a transmitter configured to transmit the protocol message to the second device, wherein said protocol message is one of a real-time streaming protocol message, a real-time transport control protocol message, and a session initiation protocol message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device comprising:
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a processor configured to, assemble a real time streaming protocol message, the real time streaming protocol message comprising one or more of a SETUP message, a SET_PARAMETER message, an OPTIONS message and a PLAY message, and attach information relating to a quality of service to a header of said real time streaming protocol message, wherein said information relating to the quality of service comprises one or more of a metric associated to an achieved quality of service which is to be reported by the device, and information indicating a reporting frequency which is to be used by the device for reporting the achieved quality of service; and a transmitter configured to, transmit said real time streaming protocol message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method comprising at a first device:
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assembling a real time streaming protocol message, the real time streaming protocol message comprising one or more of a SETUP message, a SET_PARAMETER message, an OPTIONS message and a PLAY message; attaching information relating to a quality of service to a header of said real time streaming protocol message, wherein said information relating to the quality of service comprises one or more of a metric associated to an achieved quality of service which is to be reported by the first device to a second device, and information indicating a reporting frequency which is to be used by the first device for reporting the achieved quality of service to the second device; and transmitting said real time streaming protocol message to the second device.
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