Method and apparatus for managing end-to-end quality of service policies in a communication system
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorCheng-Hong Hu
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Abstract
A computer-readable storage medium (102) is provided for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies in a communication network (100). The storage medium includes computer instructions for establishing (302) a plurality of QoS domains (108) between a plurality of packet switching technologies (102, 106. 110) operating with disparate QoS policies, each QoS domain having an ingress and egress boundary, remapping (303) a QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the ingress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains, and restoring (309) the QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the egress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains.
Claims20
A computer-readable storage medium for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies in a communication network, the storage medium comprising computer instructions for:
- establishing a plurality of QoS domains between a plurality of packet switching technologies operating with disparate QoS policies, each QoS domain having an ingress and egress boundary;
- remapping a QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the ingress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains;
- and
- restoring the QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the egress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains.
A provider edge for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies in a communication network, comprising:
- a packet router;
- and
- a processor for controlling operations of the packet router, wherein the processor is programmed to:
- establish a plurality of QoS domains between a plurality of packet switching technologies operating with disparate QoS policies, each QoS domain having an ingress and egress boundary;
- remap a QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the ingress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains;
- and
- restore the QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the egress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains.
A method for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies, comprising:
- establishing a plurality of QoS domains between a plurality of packet switching technologies operating with disparate QoS policies, each QoS domain having an ingress and egress boundary;
- remapping a QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the ingress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains;
- and
- restoring the QoS policy of each packet exchanged between the egress boundaries of the plurality of QoS domains.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.