In a communication between a mobile unit (UE) and a gateway general packet radio system (GGRS) support node (GGSN) wherein resource reservations setup protocol (RSVP) capabilities are shared therebetween by a session setup mechanism, preferably session initiation protocol (SIP) in which RSVP capabilities of the UE and GGSN are defined and exchanged. In addition, the SIP is utilized to identify the preferred RSVP mode of operation by negotiations. The SIP is utilized to indicate that: the UE is RSVP capable; those media flows which are based on RSVP; the preferred mode of operation i.e. either UE based RSVP signaling or GGSN proxy based RSVP signaling and to communication a final setup mode for RSVP signaling to the UE from policy control function (PCF). The SIP may also be employed to enable the UE and network to indicate intended quality of service (QoS) protocol during a call setup procedure. The SIP is further utilized to enable the terminating UE and/or network to indicate in their response the capability of supporting a particular QoS protocol, the call being rejected with a clear indication of the cause when the terminating network is not capable of supporting the proposed QoS protocol.
This application claims priority from U.S. provisional applications No. 60/312,918 filed Aug. 16, 2001 and No. 60/312,920 filed Aug. 16, 2001, which are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.
A Process for monitoring the quality of service of the communication over an Internet or intranet network, said process being executed in a end-user terminal and comprising the steps of: establishing a session between a first end-user terminal and a service or a second end-user terminal via a signaling plane; characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: monitoring the quality of service of the communication during said session; using said signaling plane for transmitting information representative of said quality of service during said session, whereby all parties share the same information. The process is well adapted to the known SIP protocol and allow the end-users of the network to share the same QoS information relating to the communication.
A session border controller is configured to receive a first session quality message for a session transferred from an origination device in an access provider network to a gateway in the service provider network, receive a second session quality message for the session transferred from the gateway to the origination device, and transfer the first session quality message and the second session quality message to a quality correlation system. The quality correlation system is configured to receive the first session quality message and the second session quality message from the session border controller, receive signaling information for the session, process the signaling information with the first session quality message and the second session quality message to determine a session status message for the session, and transfer the session status message to a client device. The client device is configured to receive and display the session status message.
