Method and apparatus for QoS context transfer during inter radio access technology handover in a wireless communication system

A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

• a memory that stores data relating to at least one Internet Protocol (IP) flow and respective IP flow traffic format templates (TFTs) respectively associated with the at least one IP flow;
• and
• a processor configured to receive quality of service (QoS) establishment messaging from an associated network corresponding to at least one bearer and at least one bearer TFT relating to respective bearers and to determine association between respective IP flows and bearers at least in part by matching the respective IP flow TFTs to bearer TFTs,
• wherein the processor is further configured to construct a packet header that matches the respective IP flow TFTs and to attempt matching of IP flow TFTs to respective bearer TFTs at least in part by attempting matching of the packet header to the respective bearer TFTs.

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for identifying one or more traffic format templates (TFTs) corresponding to respective packet flows;
• means for obtaining signaling from an associated network relating to quality of service (QoS) parameters corresponding to a specified bearer that is associated with a bearer TFT;
• and
• means for mapping one or more of the respective packet flows to the specified bearer at least in part by matching TFTs corresponding to the respective packet flows to the bearer TFT, wherein the means for mapping includes:
• means for constructing a packet header that matches the TFTs corresponding to the respective packet flows;
• and
• means for attempting matching of the packet header to the bearer TFTs.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
• code for identifying one or more traffic format templates (TFTs) corresponding to respective packet flows;
• code for obtaining signaling from an associated network relating to quality of service (QoS) parameters corresponding to a specified bearer that is associated with a bearer TFT;
• and
• code for mapping one or more of the respective packet flows to the specified bearer at least in part by matching TFTs corresponding to the respective packet flows to the bearer TFT wherein the code for causing the at least one computer to map one or more of the respective packet flows to the specified bearer includes:
• code for constructing a packet header that matches the TFTs corresponding to the respective packet flows;
• and
• code for matching the packet header to the bearer TFTs.