System and method for indicating network quality of service capability as
a presence attribute of an end-user are described. One embodiment is an
access network for providing quality of service ("QoS") information of
the access network. The access network comprises an Application Quality
of Service ("AQS") device that controls QoS parameters for the access
network; a presence server that develops a QoS attribute of an end-user
of the access network by collecting QoS attributes of the access network
from the AQS device and collecting QoS attributes of an end-user device;
and a Session Initiation Protocol ("SIP") server that communicates with
the presence server to collect the QoS attribute of the end-user and
communicates the QoS attribute to an edge router of another access
network.