Method, apparatus, data structure, computer program, and system for providing appropriate QoS end-to-end for data crossing network boundaries
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Abstract
Data is structured with information indicative of time-related, bandwidth-related, or class-related quality-of-service (QoS) required for sending the data so that a receiving terminal or any network element processing the data in transit over a network is able to determine whether the required quality-of-service has actually been uniformly experienced by the data and, in case the quality-of-service is degraded in any section of the network, the receiving terminal or the network element is able to cause the network to either uniformly accord to the data a degraded quality-of-service corresponding to that actually experienced or to actually uniformly provide the required quality-of-service between the sending and receiving terminals by improving the processing of the data by the network element or elements. A corresponding method, apparatus, system and computer programs are shown.
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40 Claims
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21. Method for use in a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
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classifying packets (16) destined for various bearers of various mobile terminals according to differing classes, storing (20) said classified packets according to said differing classes and according to said various bearers of various destination mobile terminals, scheduling (22) some or all of said stored packets for possible transmission according to said various bearers of various destination mobile terminals during a cycle of a packet scheduler, scheduling (10) some or all of said stored packets that have been scheduled for possible transmission for actual transmission according to said differing classes, and transmitting (28) said stored packets scheduled for actual transmission during transmission time intervals occurring during said cycle of said packet scheduler. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Apparatus for use in a wireless network, comprising:
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packet classifier (16) for classifying packets destined for various bearers of various mobile terminals according to differing classes, packet storage medium (20) for storing said classified packets according to said differing classes and according to said various bearers of various destination mobile terminals, packet scheduler (22) for scheduling some or all of said stored packets for possible transmission according to said various bearers of various destination mobile terminals during a cycle of said packet scheduler, quality-of-service (QoS) scheduler (10) for scheduling some or all of said stored packets that have been scheduled for possible transmission for actual transmission according to said differing classes, and transmitter for transmitting some or all of said packets scheduled for actual transmission during transmission time intervals occurring during said cycle of said packet scheduler. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. Method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a packet in a first network from a second network, said packet having information relating to a quality-of-service requested for said packet, determining if said packet actually requires said requested quality-of-service, and classifying said packet according to said requested quality-of-service and providing said packet with said requested quality-of-service over said first network, otherwise classifying said packet according to a quality-of-service actually experienced by said packet over said second network and providing said packet with a quality-of-service corresponding to said quality-of-service actually experienced by said packet over said second network. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. Apparatus for use in a wireless network, comprising:
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means for receiving a packet in a first network from a second network, said packet having information relating to a quality-of-service requested for said packet;
means for determining if said packet actually requires said requested quality-of-service; and
means for classifying said packet according to said requested quality-of-service and providing said packet with said requested quality-of-service over said first network, otherwise classifying said packet according to a quality-of-service actually experienced by said packet over said second network and providing said packet with a quality-of-service corresponding to said quality-of-service actually experienced by said packet over said second network. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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Specification