A Process for monitoring the quality of service of the communication over
an Internet or intranet network, said process being executed in a
end-user terminal and comprising the steps of: establishing a session
between a first end-user terminal and a service or a second end-user
terminal via a signaling plane; characterized in that it further
comprises the steps of: monitoring the quality of service of the
communication during said session; using said signaling plane for
transmitting information representative of said quality of service during
said session, whereby all parties share the same information. The
process is well adapted to the known SIP protocol and allow the end-users
of the network to share the same QoS information relating to the
communication.