Method and apparatus for providing differentiated services in a communications network

摘要

A method and a mobile services switching centre (108,109) of providing differentiated services in a communications network. The method comprises receiving in a mobile services switching centre (108,109) an indication message from a first radio access network (112), said message indicating a radio access network type to which a called communication apparatus (105) of a terminating communication session is connected, in response to the indication message: accessing (12) differentiated service information associated with the radio access network type of the terminating communication session, and sending (13) the differentiated service information to be applied for service differentiation by a second access network of calling communication apparatus (106).