Allowing end-user devices access to resources of a mobile broadband network at desired quality of service levels using a transit device

A method for providing confirmed quality of service (QoS) for end-user devices with a transit device comprising:

• receiving a service request having a quality of service (QoS) indication for an end-user device by a transit device;
• the transit device acting as an interworking mobile gateway for interworking resources from a mobile broadband network to a local network that connects the transit device to the end-user device;
• the transit device requesting at least one bearer resource from the mobile broadband network responsive to the service request, wherein the at least one bearer resource is provided by the mobile broadband network at a quality of service level that corresponds to the quality of service (QoS) indication;
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• the transit device relaying or interworking a data flow between the end-user device and the mobile broadband network, wherein the data flow is one associated with the received service request, and wherein the data flow is provided at the quality of service level.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code configured to receive a service request having a quality of service (QoS) indication from a mobile communications device by a transit device, wherein the transit device acts as a mobile interworking gateway for interworking resources from a mobile broadband network to a local network that connects the transit device to the end-user device;
• computer usable program code configured to allocate a bearer resource of the transit device to a data flow of the received service request, wherein the transport information of the at least one allocated bearer resource is recognized by the mobile broadband network;
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• computer usable program code configured to translate the transport information associated with data packets of each data flow supporting the service request by the transit device, wherein translation occurs between the transport information of the mobile communications device and the transport information of the bearer resource allocated to the data flow based upon a directionality of the data packets.