Selecting bearers for uplink packet transmissions

A method, comprising:

• determining that at least one uplink packet is to be provided from a communication device to an access point;
• determining that the access point is associated with a single bearer of a designated type, the single bearer being associated with one or more traffic flow template rules;
• and
• transmitting the at least one uplink packet using the single bearer from the communication device to the access point irrespective of the one or more traffic flow template rules in response to determining that the access point is associated with the single bearer.

A method, comprising:

• determining whether an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer that has a quality-of-service class identifier (QCI) value that indicates that the EPS bearer is configured to support transmission of voice packets is available for transmission of one or more uplink packets;
• if an EPS bearer having the QCI value is available for transmission of one or more uplink packets, transmitting the one or more uplink packets using the EPS bearer having the QCI value without classifying the one or more uplink packets based on one or more traffic flow template rules;
• and
• if no EPS bearer having the QCI value is available for transmission of one or more uplink packets, classifying the one or more uplink packets based on one or more traffic flow template rules to determine an EPS bearer that is to be used for transmission of the one or more uplink packets.