US 11,695,636 B2
Latency-sensitive network-traffic quality of service
Paul Bongaarts, Issaquah, WA (US); Mallika Deshpande, Sammamish, WA (US); Grant Morgan Castle, Bellevue, WA (US); Otto Fonseca Escudero, Snoqualmie, WA (US); Andrew Gapin, Seattle, WA (US); Egil Gronstad, Encinitas, CA (US); Kirti Krishnan, Sammamish, WA (US); and Salvador Mendoza, Issaquah, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,341.
Application 17/316,341 is a continuation of application No. 16/229,082, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,005,715.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328872 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 65/1016 (2022.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network terminal, comprising:
a wireless communications interface;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a network address via the wireless communications interface;
determining a network port associated with the network address;
sending a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to a network control device, wherein:
the SIP INVITE message indicates the network port;
the SIP INVITE message indicates a media type;
the media type is not an audio media type;
the media type is not a video media type;
the SIP INVITE message comprises a request Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) indicating a first network entity; and
the SIP INVITE message comprises a To-header value indicating a second network entity;
receiving a SIP success message in response to the SIP invite message; and
subsequently, exchanging data on the network port with a peer network terminal via the wireless communications interface, wherein the peer network terminal is different from the first network entity and the second network entity.