ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING QOS CONNECTION

摘要

Disclosed herein are an architectural framework of a communication network and a method of establishing QoS connection in a communication network. The architectural framework comprises of a plurality of Autonomous Systems (ASs) connected to one another, each AS being optionally connected to one or more users and comprising at least one AS Designated Quality of Service Provider Entity (ADE) and at least one gateway communicating with the respective ADE.