Tiered subscriber service with advanced header compression methods in a VOIP system

A communication system for enabling a wireless VOIP phone call that utilizes header compression of voice packets and allocates bandwidth for the phone call based on a subscriber service level associated with a mobile-communication device that is an endpoint for the phone call, the system comprising:

• a radio access network for transmitting data between the mobile-communication device and a gateway, wherein the radio access network is communicatively coupled to the gateway;
• the gateway for establishing a data flow between the radio access network and another end point of the phone call;
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• a policy implementation component for pushing, a signaling policy, a bearer policy, a static policy, and a header compression policy to the gateway that is communicatively coupled to the gateway, wherein the header compression policy instructs the gateway to
• (1) mark flow of voice packets for header compression and
• (2) allocate bandwidth to the phone call based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device,
• wherein the signaling policy provides a traffic-flow-template for VOIP signaling traffic,
• wherein the signaling policy on the gateway provides a traffic-flow-template for VOIP signaling traffic,
• wherein the bearer policy provides a traffic-flow-template for the voice traffic, wherein the bearer policy specifies a bandwidth allocation based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and wherein the bearer policy instructs the gateway to perform header compression on the voice packets, and
• wherein the static policy governs signaling during set up of the data flow.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed performs a method of setting up a wireless telephone call utilizing VOIP technology with dynamically adjustable bandwidth allocation based on tiered subscriber service, the method comprising:

• establishing a main connection between a mobile-communication device and a gateway;
• installing a static policy on the gateway that governs signaling during set up of the wireless telephone call;
• establishing a signaling connection between the mobile-communication device and a call flow component that establishes a communication session;
• installing a signaling policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for VOIP signaling traffic;
• establishing a media connection between the mobile-communication device and a different communication device participating in the wireless telephone call, wherein the media connection carries voice traffic as voice packets;
• installing a bearer policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for the voice traffic, wherein the bearer policy specifies a bandwidth allocation based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and wherein the bearer policy instructs the gateway to perform header compression on the voice packets;
• and
• installing a header compression policy on the gateway that assigns bandwidth based on the subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and marks flow of the voice packets for header compression, thereby completing a setup of the wireless telephone call.

A communication system for enabling a wireless VOIP phone call that utilizes header compression of voice packets and allocates bandwidth for the phone call based on a subscriber service level associated with a mobile-communication device that is an endpoint for the phone call, the system comprising:

• a radio access network for transmitting data between the mobile-communication device and a gateway, wherein the radio access network is communicatively coupled to the gateway;
• the gateway for establishing a data flow between the radio access network and another end point of the phone call;
• and
• a policy implementation component for pushing a header compression policy to the gateway that is communicatively coupled to the gateway, wherein the header compression policy instructs the gateway to
• (1) compress a voice packet header, and
• (2) allocate bandwidth to the phone call based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device.

One or more computer-readable media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed performs a method of setting up a wireless telephone call utilizing VOIP technology with dynamically adjustable bandwidth allocation based on tiered subscriber service, the method comprising:

• establishing a main connection between a mobile-communication device and a gateway;
• installing a static policy on the gateway that governs signaling during set up of the wireless telephone call;
• establishing a signaling connection between the mobile-communication device and a call flow component that establishes a communication session;
• installing a signaling policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for VOIP signaling traffic;
• establishing a media connection between the mobile-communication device and a different communication device participating in the wireless telephone call, wherein the media connection carries voice traffic as voice packets;
• installing a bearer policy on the gateway that provides a traffic-flow-template for the voice traffic, wherein the bearer policy specifies a bandwidth allocation based on a subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and wherein the bearer policy instructs the gateway to perform header compression on the voice packets;
• and
• installing a header compression policy on the gateway that assigns bandwidth based on the subscriber class associated with the mobile-communication device, and marks flow of the voice packets for header compression, thereby completing a setup of the wireless telephone call.