Intelligent policy server system and method for bandwidth control in an atm network
AssigneeVerizon Business Global LLC
InventorsJohn K. GALLANT, Thomas Glenn Hall, JR., Steven R. Donovan
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Abstract
An intelligent policy server system and method for providing multiple service features and for controlling bandwidth usage in an ATM network. Profile arrays are provided which define feature authorizations and provisioning for subscribers and Customer Logical Ports served by edge switches. Depending on triggers associated with a signaling message received in an edge switch, a particular feature is invoked and executed by a policy server.
Claims21
1-81. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor to:
- store, in the memory, information associated with a plurality of subscribers associated with an packet-switched network,
- the information identifying for each subscriber of the plurality of subscribers:
- a network address associated with the subscriber,
- a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the subscriber, and
- at least one policy feature associated with treatment of communications, in the packet-switched network, associated with the subscriber, and
- handle a communication associated with a particular subscriber, of the plurality of subscribers, based on the information associated with the particular subscriber.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to:
- determine information associated with a subscriber of an packet-switched network,
- the information identifying:
- a network address associated with the subscriber,
- a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the subscriber, and
- at least one policy feature associated with treatment of communications, in the packet-switched network, associated with the subscriber,
- receive a request to establish a communication associated with the subscriber, and
- establish, based on receiving the request, one or more connections for the communication,
- the one or more connections being established in the packet-switched network based on the information associated with the subscriber.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, information associated with a subscriber associated with a packet-switched network,
- the information identifying:
- a network address associated with the subscriber,
- a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the subscriber, and
- at least one policy feature associated with treatment of communications, in the packet-switched network, associated with the subscriber,
- receiving, by the processor, a request to establish a communication associated with the subscriber;
- and
- establishing, by the processor, one or more connections for the communication in the packet-switched network based on the information associated with the subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.