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Handling traffic flows in a mobile communications network

  • US 8,488,462 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2002
  • Issued: 07/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, from a user terminal, at a node of a network, a request to establish a communication pathway over the network;

    establishing the communication pathway in the network, the communication pathway includes a radio communication channel and a packet communication channel, and the request associates with at least one traffic flow, wherein the at least one traffic flow is associated with at least one flow treatment attribute determining the flow treatment requirement for the at least one traffic flow;

    identifying at least another traffic flow of the at least one traffic flow associated with the request which requires a different flow treatment across the network from other traffic flows; and

    initiating another request, by at least one packet network node rather than the user terminal, to establish at least another communication pathway over the network, the another request identifying flow attributes of the at least another traffic flow associated with the request that requires the different flow treatment, and establishing the at least another communication pathway in the network, the at least another communication pathway providing the different flow treatment to the at least another traffic flow associated with the request that requires the different flow treatment, wherein the request comprises a bearer request, and the another request comprises a secondary bearer activation.

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