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Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating QoS and bearer setup in an IP-based communication system

  • US 8,769,123 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2011
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for facilitating bearer setup initiated by a network, the apparatus comprising:

  • a bearer setup request generator, comprising hardware, associated with at least one application-level entity, said bearer setup request generator configured to;

    generate an application-level bearer setup request to induce a selected bearer manager to create a bearer between a first node and a second node, wherein the application-level bearer setup request is free of network address identifiers for the selected bearer manager; and

    provide the application-level bearer setup request to at least one first transport-level entity;

    wherein, upon receiving the application-level bearer setup request, the at least one first transport-level entity is configured to send a transport-level bearer setup request to at least one second-transport level entity; and

    wherein the at least one first transport-level entity is associated with a home network of the first node, and wherein the second transport-level entity is associated with a visited network of the first node.

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