Title:
METHOD, NETWORK ELEMENT, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR MARKING DATA PACKETS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003017588
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and a network element (3) for marking data packets to be transmitted in a packet switched network (10) with a priority information (I), said packets being treated in said network (10) according to said priority information (I). The priority information (I) is determined depending on a nominal bit rate NBR allocated to a certain service connection and a momentary bit rate MBR of said connection that is calculated depending on an importance marking IU contained in a received data packet indicating an importance level of said data packet. Thus, the nominal bit rate NBR allocated to an end-user can be shared between a plurality of applications with different characteristics in order to give certain applications a higher priority than other applications. The present invention relates to a corresponding terminal device (9) to be used with such a network element (3).
Inventors:
KILKKI KALEVI (FI)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2001/009516
Publication Date:
December 18, 2003
Filing Date:
August 17, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NOKIA CORP (FI)
KILKKI KALEVI (FI)
KILKKI KALEVI (FI)
International Classes:
H04L12/801; H04L12/851; (IPC1-7): H04L12/56
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