Traffic differentiated network services
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsJEREMY BREAU, FREDERICK C. ROGERS, LYLE T. BERTZ, ARUN SANTHARAM
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Abstract
Network services are provided to client devices based on the network traffic to be communicated between the device and the network. A number of home agents are configured to provide network services to mobile nodes. The system is configured in such a way that a mobile nodes may be served by more than one of the home agents. Thereby, for example, a certain mobile node may be provided one type of network traffic via one home agent and a different type of network traffic via another home agent.
Claims11
A system for providing network services to a mobile device configured to communicate over a network, the system comprising:
- a first home agent that is optimized to handle a first class of network traffic, wherein the first home agent accepts a first registration request from the mobile device for a first network session that includes the first class of application layer traffic, and wherein the first home agent rejects the first registration request when the first session does not include the first class of application layer traffic;
- a second home agent that is optimized to handle a second class of network traffic, wherein the second home agent accepts a second registration request from the mobile device for a second network session that includes the second class of application layer traffic, and wherein the second home agent rejects the second registration request when the second session does not include the second class of application layer traffic;
- wherein the second home agent provides the second network session to the mobile device concurrently with the first home agent that is providing the first network session to the mobile device when the second registration request is accepted while the first network session is in progress;
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- wherein classes of network traffic are distinguished by packet transmission characteristics of each class of network traffic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.