PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR VARIOUS TRAFFIC FLOWS IN A COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The claimed subject matter relates to providing appropriate QoS treatment to one or more traffic flows associated with a terminal (102, 202), wherein the QoS treatment is defined within a profile (800) assigned to the terminal and implemented when the terminal requests access to a network. An access node (104, 204) can receive identifying indicia associated with the terminal and relays such indicia to an authentication and authorization server (AAS) (106, 206). The AAS can thereafter provide the access node with a profile that defines QoS treatment to associate with one or more traffic flows related to the terminal.