Application quality management in a communication system

A terminal node in a communication network having an access node, comprising:

• a transceiver module configured to send data packets to, and receive data packets from, the access node via the communication network;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
• detect at least one application data stream by monitoring the data packets sent to, and received from, the access node via the communication network,
• determine a data stream quality metric for each of the at least one application data stream,
• determine an overall quality metric value based on the data stream quality metric for one or more of the at least one application data stream,
• select at least one mitigation option associated with one or more of the at least one application data stream based on the overall quality metric value, and
• implement the at least one mitigation option on the associated one or more of the at least one application data stream.