US 11,856,444 B2
Techniques for quality of service negotiation
Apostolos Kousaridas, Munich (DE); Karthikeyan Ganesan, Munich (DE); Mate Boban, Munich (DE); and Malte Schellmann, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,778.
Application 17/698,778 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,626, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,284,289.
Application 16/859,626 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2017/077465, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210691 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0044 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device or an application server comprising a processor configured to:
send to a network entity a request including a set of quality of service (QoS) classes at an application layer of the mobile device or the application server;
receive a notification from the network entity, wherein the notification comprises at least one QoS class best matching the set of the QoS classes,
wherein the at least one QoS class is associated with at least one bearer candidate as a next available bearer for the mobile device or the application server, and
wherein the notification is received during a bearer establishment;
determine whether the at least one QoS class satisfies QoS needs of the application layer; and
send a message to the network entity either accepting or rejecting the at least one QoS class.