Quality of Service to Over the Top Applications Used With VPN

A method for extending quality of service (QoS) treatment to an over-the-top (OTT) application transmitting data over a commercial wireless network via a single-tenant virtual private network (VPN) tunnel, comprising:

• receiving a VPN quality of service (QoS) registration or both registration and request messages;
• performing validation on said VPN quality of service (QoS) registration and request messages;
• querying a local mobile network operator (MNO) information database for a home mobile network operator (MNO) assigned to a requesting VPN client device;
• determining that an over-the-top (OTT) application routing data over a single-tenant virtual private network (VPN) tunnel is permitted to influence quality of service (QoS) settings on said home mobile network operator (MNO);
• sending a message with appropriate quality of service (QoS) information to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) on said home mobile network operator (MNO);
• and
• returning a VPN quality of service (QoS) response message to a VPN client/server with an appropriate status identifier.

A method for extending quality of service (QoS) treatment to an over-the-top (OTT) application transmitting data over a commercial wireless network via a multi-tenant virtual private network (VPN) tunnel, comprising:

• receiving a VPN quality of service (QoS) registration or both registration and request messages;
• performing validation on said quality of service (QoS) registration and request messages;
• and
• recording and tracking virtual private network (VPN) tunneling information received in said quality of service (QoS) request message.

A quality of service (QoS) server for extending quality of service (QoS) treatment to an over-the-top (OTT) application transmitting data over a commercial wireless network via a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel, comprising:

• an over-the-top (OTT) application interface for interfacing with an over-the-top (OTT) application server;
• a mobile network operator (MNO) policy and charging rules function (PCRF) interface for interfacing with a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) on a home mobile network operator (MNO) assigned to an over-the-top (OTT) application client device;
• a number portability database (NPDB) interface for interfacing with an external number portability database (NPDB);
• a virtual private network (VPN) client/server interface for interfacing with a virtual private network client/server at either end of a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel routing data to/from said over-the-top (OTT) application server;
• a local virtual private network (VPN) tunneling information database to store information for supported virtual private networks (VPN);
• a local application information database to store a profile for a supported over-the-top (OTT) application;
• and
• a local mobile network operator (MNO) information database to store home mobile network operator (MNO) information for supported over-the-top (OTT) application clients.