Abstract: A Quality of Service (QoS) provision for voice and other delay sensitive call connections established over the Internet and other packet-based networks is achieved by generating a QoS performance parameter value corresponding to the performance of one or more packet-based call connections utilizing common packet network resources, comparing the QoS performance parameter value to an acceptable range of QoS values, and terminating one or more call connections utilizing common packet network resources if the QoS performance parameter value does not fall within the acceptable range of QoS values.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for network voice and data traffic monitoring and congestion management for diverse and converged networks. More particularly, the invention is directed to an interdomain congestion management architecture having the ability to analyze and correlate congestion problems across multiple domains, provide integrated network maps, tabular displays and/or reports and allow network managers, in appropriate circumstances, to navigate to a domain to implement corrective actions.