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US 2014/0153398 A1Published application
Single bearer network connection establishment
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsLalit R. KOTECHA, Lee R. TJIO
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Abstract
A first device may establish a connection with a user device via a particular bearer associated with multiple policies for corresponding data flows. The first device may also receive a first data packet associated with a first data flow; apply, to the first data flow, a first policy of the multiple policies; transmit the first data packet to the user device via the particular bearer; receive a second data packet associated with a second data flow; apply, to the second data flow, a second policy of the one or more policies; and transmit the second data packet to the user device via the particular bearer.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- establishing, by a first device, a connection with a user device via a particular bearer,
- the particular bearer being associated with a plurality of policies for a corresponding plurality of data flows,
- one or more of the plurality of policies directing the first device or a second device to apply a particular level of quality of service to a corresponding one or more of the plurality of data flows;
- receiving, by the first device, a first data packet associated with a first data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- applying, by the first device, a first policy, of the plurality of policies, to the first data flow to provide a first level of quality of service to the first data flow;
- transmitting, by the first device, first data packet, associated with the first data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer;
- receiving, by the first device, a second data packet associated with a second data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- applying, by the first device, a second policy, of the plurality of policies, to the second data flow to provide a second level of quality of service to the second data flow;
- and
- transmitting, by the first device, the second data packet, associated with the second data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer.
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A system comprising:
- a first device to:
- establish a connection with a user device via a particular bearer,
- the particular bearer being associated with a plurality of policies for a corresponding plurality of data flows,
- one of the plurality of policies directing the first device or a second device to apply a particular level of quality of service to each of the corresponding one of the plurality of data flows;
- receive a first plurality of data packets associated with a first data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- apply a first policy, of the plurality of policies, to the first data flow to provide a first level of quality of service to the first data flow;
- transmit the first plurality of data packets, after applying the first policy to the first data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer;
- receive a second plurality of data packets associated with a second data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- apply a second policy, of the plurality of policies, to the second data flow to provide a second level of quality of service to the second data flow;
- and
- transmit the second plurality of data packets, after applying the second policy to the second data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer,
- the first data flow being different from the second data flow.
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A computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first device, cause the one or more processors to:
- establish a connection with a user device via a particular bearer,
- the particular bearer being associated with a plurality of policies for a corresponding plurality of data flows,
- one or more of the plurality of policies directing the first device or a second device to apply a particular level of quality of service to a corresponding one or more of the plurality of data flows;
- receive a first data packet associated with a first data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- apply a first policy, of the plurality of policies, to the first data flow to provide a first level of quality of service to the first data flow;
- transmit the first data packet, associated with the first data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer;
- receive a second data packet associated with a second data flow of the plurality of data flows;
- apply a second policy, of the plurality of policies, to the second data flow to provide a second level of quality of service to the second data flow;
- and
- transmit the second data packet, associated with the second data flow, to the user device via the particular bearer without establishing a new bearer for the second data flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.