US 2018/0027478 A1Published application

A device and a method for controlling an ip core network

AssigneeOrange

InventorMalla Reddy Sama

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Abstract

A control device for controlling an IP core network is disclosed. The device includes an interconnection gateway for connection with an external network and switches each connected to at least one access point. The device is configured to communicate with a control entity for controlling the switches and/or a control entity for controlling the gateway, to obtain communications parameters for a communications session of a communication terminal connected to an access point and comprising at least one parameter relating to a communications tunnel between a switch connected to the access point and the terminal. The device is configured to use said at least one communications parameter to produce at least one processing rule for processing data flows for the session, to be applied by the gateway, the switch, and/or the access point. The device is configured to transmit at least one rule to that piece of equipment.

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Dependent claims

A control device for controlling an IP core network comprising at least one interconnection gateway suitable for connecting with at least one external packet data network and a plurality of switches, each switch being connected to at least one access point of an access network, the control device configured to:

communicate with a control entity for controlling switches and with a control entity for controlling said at least one interconnection gateway, the control device configured to obtain communications parameters from said control entities for use during a communications session of a communication terminal, the terminal being connected to an access point of the access network, the communications parameters comprising at least one communications parameter relating to a communications tunnel between a switch connected to the access point and the terminal as set up for the session using a first communications protocol, and at least one communications parameter relating to a communications tunnel between the switch and an interconnection gateway connected to the switch as set up for the session using a second communications protocol distinct from the first protocol;
produce, on the basis of at least one communications parameter obtained by the control device, at least one processing rule for processing data flows relating to the communications session, the processing rule to be applied by by a piece of equipment selected from the interconnection gateway, the switch, and the access point;
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transmit the at least one processing rule to the piece of equipment for application to the data flows relating to the communications session.

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A control method for controlling an IP core network comprising at least one interconnection gateway for connecting with at least one external packet data network and a plurality of switches each switch being connected to at least one access point of an access network, the control method being for implementation by a control device and comprising:

communicating with a control entity for controlling the switches and/or with a control entity for controlling the at least one interconnection gateway, comprising obtaining communications parameters from the control entities for use during a communications session of a terminal, the terminal being connected to an access point of the access network, these communications parameters comprising at least one communications parameter relating to a communications tunnel between a switch connected to the access point and the terminal as set up for the session using a first communications protocol, and at least one communications parameter relating to a communications tunnel between the switch and an interconnection gateway connected to the switch as set up for the session using a second communications protocol distinct from the first protocol;
using at least one obtained communications parameter to produce at least one processing rule for processing data flows relating to the communications session, the processing rule being for application by a piece of equipment selected from the interconnection gateway, the switch, and/or the access point;
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transmitting the at least one processing rule to the piece of equipment for application to the data flows relating to the communications session.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/541,689Filed 30 Dec 2015
Priority: FR 15500375 Jan 2015
Published: 25 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04W 40/36
Modification of an existing route: due to handover
H04L 45/38
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: flow based routing
H04L 63/164
Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer: at the network layer
H04L 63/166
Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer: at the transport layer

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