Method and node for the control of a connection in a communication network

A network node for controlling the establishment or modification of a connection for a subscriber having a subscription in a communication network, wherein the connection is to be established or modified between nodes that are adapted to employ a coding scheme selected from a plurality of supported coding schemes potentially affecting connection quality, a quality level determining unit for determining a subscribed quality level indicating a target quality level for the subscriber that is associated with the subscription, and a processing unit for checking the subscribed quality level in a decision to select a coding scheme to be employed for the connection.

(canceled)

A program unit on a data carrier stored in a network node, for instructing the network node to perform the following steps when the program unit is run on the network node:

• controlling the establishment or modification of a connection for a subscriber having a subscription in a communication network, wherein the connection is to be established or modified between nodes that are adapted to employ a coding scheme selected from a plurality of supported coding schemes potentially affecting connection quality,
• determining a subscribed quality level indicating a target quality level for the subscriber that is associated with the subscription, and checking the subscribed quality level in a decision to select a coding scheme to be employed for the connection from the plurality of supported coding schemes.

(canceled)