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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Ji-cheol Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-ho Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Haris Zisimopoulos, Staines, GB;
Song-yean Cho, Seoul, KR;
Alper Yegin, Istanbul, TR;
Erik Guttman, Waibstadt, DE;
Beom-sik Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-Cheol Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Ho Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Haris Zisimopoulos, Staines, GB;
Song-Yean Cho, Seoul, KR;
Alper Yegin, Istanbul, TR;
Erik Guttman, Waibstadt, DE;
Beom-Sik Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing a Quality of Service (QoS)-based service in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes providing a Mobile Station (MS) with at least one QoS plan indicating a price policy for a QoS acceleration service having a higher QoS than a default QoS designated for a user of the MS in response to a request from the MS, providing the MS with an authorized token and a QoS quota based on a selected QoS plan in response to a purchase request of the MS, providing the MS with service contents selected by the user through a radio bearer for the QoS acceleration service, notifying the MS, if a usage of the QoS acceleration service reaches a threshold, of an impending expiration of the QoS acceleration service, and notifying the MS of the expiration of the QoS acceleration service.