Inventors:
Jukka Immonen - Burlington MA
Jukka Seppälä - Tampere, FI
Juha Ala-Laurila - Tampere, FI
Assignee:
Nokia IP Inc. - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
H04L 1256
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program for applying a predetermined transmission process to the transmission of IP packets of a particular Internet Protocol (IP) flow in an IP network. The invention is implemented by defining in a host, such as a wireless terminal, a Quality of Service (QoS) management protocol between an IP session management protocol of the host and each of an IP layer and a link layer of the host, and defining in another apparatus, such as a wireless access point, a QoS management protocol between the QoS management protocol of the host and each of an IP layer and a link layer of the wireless access point. The wireless access point communicates with the wireless terminal via a link and allows the wireless terminal to communicate with the IP network. IP session information is configured in the wireless terminal and the wireless access point in each of the IP and link layers based on IP session management information from the IP session management protocol of the wireless terminal. Based on the defined configuration, an IP flow between the wireless terminal and the wireless access point is identified as a particular IP flow.