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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Donald Huber, Kennesaw, GA (US);

Arthur Richard Brisebois, Cumming, GA (US);

Judson John Flynn, Decatur, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T MOBILITY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04W 72/1226 (2013.01); H04W 72/1242 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fixed, differentiated quality of service (QoS) is supplied for packetized traffic (e.g., voice and data) intended for femto cell coverage when transmitted concurrently with external broadband traffic. Quality of Service differentiation is supplied without an external implementation. Femto cell coverage is prioritized over concurrent packetized traffic to deliver a rich user experience for delay and jitter sensitive applications. A passthrough configuration for a femto access point (AP) facilitates supplying hard QoS for data packet streams, or flows, intended for femto cell coverage or non-femto-cell coverage. The femto AP receives a consolidated packet stream through backhaul link(s) and distinguishes flow(s) for femto coverage and flow(s) for auxiliary broadband coverage. The femto AP routes the flow(s) intended for femto with hard QoS according to QoS policy which can be determined by a network operator or a subscriber.


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