System and method of subscriber to content provider network access service management
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsZlatko Krstulich, Bashar Said Bou-Diab
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for subscriber to content provider network access service management which is requested by and paid for by the content provider to the network access provider. In response to the request from the content provider the network access provider invokes changes in bandwidth and/or quality of service for network traffic traversing between the web service provided by the content provider and the subscriber, either automatically or in response to a run-time request. The changes made in bandwidth and/or quality of service for the network traffic enables more robust and timely content and applications to be delivered to the specific subscriber from the content provider.
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A system for managing network service to subscriber premises equipment, the system comprising:
- a service management system for receiving a service request from a content provider system of a content provider, and for generating service management commands with use of said service request, said service request requesting as a service, an improvement in network service to said subscriber premises;
- a network management system (NMS) coupled to said service management system and responsive to said service management commands received from said service management system to generate network management commands;
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- network access provider (NAP) infrastructure providing said network service to said subscriber premises equipment and coupled to said NMS and responsive to said network management commands received from said NMS to change network transport parameters for implementing said improvement in said network service to said subscriber premises equipment,
- wherein said content provider is charged for said improving of said network service to said subscriber premises equipment.
A method for managing network service to subscriber premises equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving at a service management system a service request from a content provider system of a content provider, said service request requesting as a service an improvement in network service to said subscriber premises;
- generating service management commands with use of said service request;
- sending said service management commands from said service management system to a network system manager (NMS);
- generating network management commands at said NMS with use of said service management commands;
- sending said network management commands from said NMS to network access provider (NAP) infrastructure providing said network service to said subscriber premises equipment;
- changing at said NAP infrastructure network transport parameters for improving said network service to said subscriber premises equipment in response to said NAP infrastructure receiving said network management commands from said NMS;
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- charging said content provider for said improving of said network service to said subscriber premises equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.