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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property, I., L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Gang Xu, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Xiao Pan, Middletown, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/813 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/5022 (2013.01); H04L 41/5067 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 47/2433 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, network, and computer program product are provided for traffic flow quality of service. A quality of service priority table is received for services defined by a user at the network, and the quality of service priority table includes quality of service levels for the services. Traffic flows are determined to correspond to packets being communicated over the network for the user. The traffic flows are mapped to services. The traffic flows are mapped to the quality of service levels for the services. The quality of service levels are assigned to the traffic flows as assigned quality of service levels corresponding to the services. Each of the traffic flows is routed over the network according to its assigned quality of service levels, respectively.


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