Proxy architecture for providing quality of service(QoS) reservations

A system for providing quality of service reservations in a packet-based radio communication network, the system comprising:

• means for extracting connection information including connection rate from a dataflow from an application requesting connection-oriented service;
• means for sending a request message to a proxy for establishing a connection based on the connection information over the network, wherein the proxy configures a classification rule based on flow criteria from the request message and accordingly initiates establishment of the connection over the network to a destination terminal;
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• means for selectively receiving confirmation that the connection can be established according to the connection information, wherein the dataflow satisfying the flow criteria from the application is transported over the established connection to the destination terminal.

A method for providing quality of service reservations in a packet-based radio communication network, the method comprising:

• receiving a request message for establishing a connection over the network based on connection information, which includes connection rate, extracted from a dataflow associated with an application requesting connection-oriented service, the request message specifying flow criteria;
• configuring a classification rule based on the flow criteria from the request message;
• initiating establishment of the connection over the network to a destination terminal;
• determining whether the connection can be satisfied;
• and
• selectively forwarding confirmation that the connection can be established based on the determination, wherein the dataflow satisfying the flow criteria from the application is transported over the established connection to the destination terminal.

A system for providing quality of service reservations in a packet-based radio communication network, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a request message for establishing a connection over the network based on connection information, which includes connection rate, extracted from a dataflow associated with an application requesting connection-oriented service, the request message specifying flow criteria;
• means for configuring a classification rule based on the flow criteria from the request message;
• means for initiating establishment of the connection over the network to a destination terminal;
• means for determining whether the connection can be satisfied;
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• means for selectively forwarding confirmation that the connection can be established based on the determination, wherein the dataflow satisfying the flow criteria from the application is transported over the established connection to the destination terminal.

A terminal for providing quality of service reservations in a packet-based radio communication network, the terminal comprising:

• a proxy configured to receive a request message for establishing a connection over the network based on connection information, which includes connection rate, extracted from a dataflow associated with an application requesting connection-oriented service, the request message specifying flow criteria;
• a classifier configured to set a classification rule based on the flow criteria from the request message;
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• a connection manager configured to initiate establishment of the connection over the network to a destination terminal and to determine whether the connection can be satisfied, wherein a confirmation that the connection can be established is selectively forwarded based on the determination, and the dataflow satisfying the flow criteria from the application is transported over the established connection to the destination terminal.