Quality of service handling in a S4-serving general packet radio service support node

1. A method in a S4-Serving General Packet Radio Service Support (S4-SGSN) node for radio resource management, the SGSN node being comprised in a radio network, the method comprising:

receiving a notification of a secondary Packet Data Protocol (PDP) activation or a PDP content modification procedure, the notification comprising a bearer Quality of Service (QoS) parameter;

comparing the bearer QoS parameter with a maximum allowed SGSN Quality of Service (QoS) parameter associated with the S4-SGSN node; and

determining a decision, within the S4-SGSN node, on the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure based on the comparing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure is a network initiated or a user equipment initiated.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the network initiated activation of the PDP content modification is a S4-SGSN initiated modification, a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) initiated modification, or a Radio Access Network (RAN) initiated Radio Access Bearer (RAB) modification.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the decision further comprises allowing the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure if the bear QoS parameter is less than or equal to the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bearer QoS parameter is a user equipment requested parameter, the step of determining the decision further comprises restricting the bearer QoS parameter if the bearer QoS parameter is greater than the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bearer QoS parameter is a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) or a Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF) provided parameter, the step of determining the decision further comprises rejecting the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure if the bearer QoS parameter is greater than the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the decision further comprises retrieving subscription data from a Home Location Registrar (HLR) node.

8. A S4-Serving General Packet Radio Service Support (S4-SGSN) node for radio resource management, the S4-SGSN node being comprised in a radio network, the S4-SGSN node comprising:

a receiving port configured to receive a notification of a secondary Packet Data Protocol (PDP) activation or a PDP content modification procedure, the notification comprising a bearer Quality of Service (QoS) parameter;

a determination unit configured to compare the bearer QoS with a maximum allowed SGSN Quality of Service (QoS) parameter associated with the SGSN node; and

the determination unit further configured to determine a decision, within the S4-SGSN node, on the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure based on the comparison.

9. The node of claim 8 , wherein the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure is a network initiated activation or a user equipment initiated activation.

10. The node of claim 9 , wherein the network initiated activation of the PDP content modification is a S4-SGSN initiated modification, a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) initiated modification, a user equipment initiated modification, or a Radio Access Network (RAN) initiated Radio Access Bearer (RAB) modification.

11. The node of claim 8 , wherein the determination unit is further configured to allow the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure if the bear QoS parameter is less than or equal to the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

12. The node of claim 8 , wherein the bearer QoS parameter is a user equipment requested parameter, the determination unit is further configured to restrict the bearer QoS parameter if the bearer QoS parameter is greater than the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

13. The node of claim 8 , wherein the bearer QoS parameter is a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) or a Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF) provided parameter, the determination unit is further configured to reject the secondary PDP activation or the PDP content modification procedure if the bearer QoS parameter is greater than the maximum allowed SGSN QoS parameter.

14. The node of claim 8 , wherein the determining unit is further configured to retrieve subscription data from a Home Location Registrar (HLR) node.