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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Mattias Lidström, Stockolm, SE;
Ignacio Mas Ivars, Tullinge, SE;
Mattias Lidström, Stockolm, SE;
Ignacio Mas Ivars, Tullinge, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Method and apparatus in a router () of an IP network, for providing a relevant and expected service level for a first subscriber (A) in a peer-to-peer session with a second subscriber (B). When a session setup message (PATH) sent from the first subscriber is received () at the router, a required service level is detected from a service level indicator in the received message, and a service level definition of an operator of the first subscriber is obtained () for interpreting the service level indicator. Communication resources required for data transmission during the session are determined () according to the detected service level as interpreted by the service level definition. The determined communication resources are then booked () in the router, and the session setup message is forwarded () to a next hop node in the transmission path towards the second subscriber.