BEARER MANAGEMENT IN THE RAN BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE

摘要

Methods of operating nodes in a mobile communication network and nodes configured to implement the same There is provided a method of operating a node in a radio access network, the method comprising obtaining (101) an indication of the service quality desired for a traffic flow between a mobile communication device and a core network; determining (103) whether an additional bearer is required between the mobile communication device and the core network based on the obtained indication; and sending (105) a message to a node in the core network to initiate a procedure to establish an additional bearer between the mobile communication device and the core network if it is determined that an additional bearer is required. A corresponding method of operating a node in a core network is also provided, along with nodes configured to implement the methods.