CONSIDERATION OF THE CAPACITY OF A MOBILE STATION IN THE NEGOTIATION OF SERVICE QUALITY FOR PACKAGE SWITCHING SERVICES.

摘要

A method to be used in a mobile communications system in which a mobile station (MS) communicates data packets through a radio interface with a radio base station system (BSS) coupled to a packet node (SGSN) that it comprises: sending from the mobile station (MS) a first message (Activate PDP context ... fig. 5) to the packet node (SGSN) requesting a packet communication, where said first message includes a packet flow having a quality of requested service and a capacity of the mobile station, characterized in that: following the first message, a second message is sent from the packet node (SGSN) to the base station system (BSS) that includes the capacity of the mobile station, and said (BSS) uses the ability of the mobile station to assess whether the requested quality of service can be supported by said BSS for packet flow.