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US 8,046,442 B2Granted
Method, a device for configuring at least one firewall and a system comprising such device
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorsAntje Barth, Georg Carle, Ali Fessi, Marc Fouquet, Morten Schläger
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Abstract
A method and a device to configure at least one firewall are provided comprising the steps of (i) transmitting at least one mobility report to a firewall controller; (ii) transmitting at least one session report to the firewall controller; and (iii) configuring the at least one firewall according to the information obtained by the at least one mobility report and by the at least one session report.
Claims23
A method of configuring at least one firewall comprising:
- receiving at least one mobility report providing information relating to the location of a terminal at a firewall controller;
- receiving at least one session report from an application function of an internet multimedia subsystem at the firewall controller;
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- configuring the at least one firewall according to the information obtained by the firewall controller in the at least one mobility report and in the at least one session report,
- wherein said firewall controller has external interfaces towards said application function of an internet multimedia subsystem, and towards said at least one firewall.
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A firewall controller, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive at least one mobility report providing information relating to the location of a terminal and at least one session report from an application function of an internet multimedia subsystem;
- a processor configured to configure at least one firewall based on information received in the at least one mobility report and in the at least one session report,
- a first interface towards said application function of an internet multimedia subsystem, and
- a second interface towards said at least one firewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.