Apparatus and Method for Authorization for Access Point Name (APN) Usage in a Specific Access
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsPatrick Stupar, Chennagiri Krishna Subramanaya Pandit, Haipeng Jin, Gerardo Giaretta, Arungundram C. Mahendran
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor; determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor; administering authorization rules based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology; and determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from administering the authorization rules.
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A method for providing authorization for access point name (APN) usage in a specific access, the method comprising:
- using a receiver for receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor;
- determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor;
- administering at least one authorization rule based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology;
- and
- using a processing unit for determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from the administering step.
An apparatus for providing authorization for access point name (APN) usage in a specific access, the apparatus comprising
- a receiver for receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor;
- and
- a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the memory contains program code executable by the processor for performing the following:
- determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor;
- administering at least one authorization rule based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology;
- and
- using a processing unit for determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from administering the at least one authorization rule.
An apparatus for providing authorization for access point name (APN) usage in a specific access, the apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor;
- means for determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor;
- means for administering at least one authorization rule based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology;
- and
- means for determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from administering the at least one authorization rule.
A computer-readable medium storing a computer program, wherein execution of the computer program is for:
- receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor;
- determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor;
- administering at least one authorization rule based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology;
- and
- determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from administering the at least one authorization rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.