Hierarchies and categories for management and deployment of policies for distributed wireless traffic optimization

A system for deploying and employing policies for wireless traffic optimization in a wireless network based on hierarchies, the system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory unit having stored there on instructions which when executed by the processor causes the system to:
• deploy a global policy set of the policies for wireless traffic optimization among mobile devices in the wireless network;
• deploy a first policy set of the policies among a first subset of mobile devices among the mobile devices;
• deploy a second policy set of the policies among a second subset of mobile devices among the mobile devices.

A mobile device which employs policies for wireless traffic mitigation and resource consumption based on policy hierarchy, the mobile device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory unit having instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor, causes the mobile device to:
• receive and apply a global policy set of the policies for wireless traffic mitigation and device resource consumption at the mobile device;
• receive and apply a first policy set of the policies applicable to the mobile device based on device type, model or platform;
• receive and apply a second policy set of the policies applicable to the mobile device based on a user of the mobile device.