Universal mobile telecommunications system ( UMTS ) network, a base station therefor, and a user terminal therefor

摘要

A telecommunications network having at least one radio network controller, a plurality of base stations and a user terminal. At least one base station is operative to receive from the user terminal data packets having an associated quality of service QoS class. The base station is operative to communicate the data packets to an associated radio network controller in accordance with an internet protocol IP by assigning an internet protocol IP QoS class dependent upon whether soft handover of the user terminal to another base station is occurring and/or QoS class.