Dynamic mobile service control deployment architecture
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsQ. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt
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Abstract
A dynamic mobile service control architecture for policy-based control and charging of a mobile data network is described. Reference point links logically connecting a subscription profile repository and a service gateway allows the service gateway to receive information about a subscription to a service by a subscriber and forward this subscription information to an external application function that is providing the service to the subscriber through the mobile data network. Reference point links logically connecting a policy server with the service gateway allows the service gateway to receive and enforce policy rules on service data flows passing through the service gateway.
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A mobile data network with a dynamic mobile service control architecture comprising:
- a service providing network;
- an access network configured to provide a wireless connectivity to a mobile device registered to a subscriber;
- an access gateway configured to route a service data flow between the service providing network and the access network, wherein the service data flow carries data packets for a service between an external application function and the mobile device, wherein the external application function is in an external network, wherein the external network is external to the mobile data network;
- a policy server configured to generate a policy rule based on a subscriber information set and a first subscription information set, wherein the subscriber information set includes information about the subscriber and the first subscription information set includes information about subscriptions associated with the subscriber, wherein the policy server is further configured to send the policy rule to a service gateway;
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- the service gateway, configured to route the service data flow between the mobile data network and the external network, wherein the service gateway is further configured to enforce the policy rule on the service data flow.
A mobile data network with a dynamic mobile service control architecture comprising:
- a service providing network;
- an access network configured to provide a wireless connectivity to a first mobile device registered to a first subscriber;
- an access gateway configured to route a first service data flow between the service providing network and the access network, wherein the first service data flow carries data packets for a first service between an external application function and the first mobile device, wherein the external application function is in an external network, wherein the external network is external to the mobile data network;
- a subscription profile repository configured to send a first subscription information set associated with the first subscriber to a service gateway;
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- the service gateway, configured to route the first service data flow between the mobile data network and the external network, wherein the service gateway is further configured to send the first subscription information set to the external application function.
A mobile data network with a dynamic mobile service control architecture comprising:
- a service providing network;
- an access network configured to provide a wireless connectivity to a first mobile device registered to a first subscriber;
- an access gateway configured to route a first service data flow between the service providing network and the access network, wherein the first service data flow carries data packets for a first service between an external application function and the first mobile device, wherein the external application function is in an external network, wherein the external network is external to the mobile data network;
- a subscription profile repository configured to send a first subscription information set associated with the first subscriber to a service gateway;
- a policy application server configured to generate a first policy rule based on a first service information set, a first subscriber information set, and the first subscription information set, wherein the first service information set includes information about the first service, the first subscriber information set includes information about the first subscriber and the first subscription information set includes information about subscriptions associated with the first subscriber;
- the service gateway, configured to route the first service data flow between the mobile data network and the external network, wherein the service gateway is further configured to send the first subscription information set to the external application function, wherein the service gateway is further configured to enforce the first policy rule on the first service data flow, wherein the service gateway is further configured to generate the first subscriber information set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.