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US 8,472,371 B1Granted
Roaming support for wireless access subscriber over fixed IP access networks
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsFarooq Bari, Q. James Hu
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides for systems and methods that facilitate a transfer of a portion of a service-level policy agreement associated with a home wireless access network to a fixed internet protocol (IP) access network. An authentication component can authenticate a subscription of a multi-mode device across different network architectures. A policy component can provide at least a portion of a service-level policy agreement to enable or disable services or policies associated with a multi-mode device at the fixed IP access network on a per session basis.
Claims24
A system, comprising:
- a memory to store computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
- receiving policy data representative of a portion of a service-level policy agreement associated with a wireless access provider identity and a subscriber identity that is associated with a multi-mode device, wherein the portion represents a default service level policy specifying a data transfer service associated with the wireless access provider identity;
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- in response to determining that the default service level policy differs from an access policy represented by access policy data associated with a device of a network that facilitates internet protocol based communications, facilitating a negotiation of service related agreement data representing a condition for facilitating establishing a communication, by the multi-mode device, to the device of the network.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by a system including a processor, whether a default service level agreement associated with a network that facilitates internet protocol based communications and a wireless network associated with a multi-mode device has been created;
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- in response to determining, by the system, a deficiency of the default service level agreement, facilitating, by the system based on a pre-established rule for negotiating a policy agreement, a negotiation of service level agreement information associated with the network that facilitates the internet protocol based communications and the wireless network associated with the multi-mode device, wherein the service level agreement information represents an information exchange policy specifying a data service provided to the multi-mode device via the network.
A method, comprising:
- requesting, by a system, authentication of a subscription of a home network related to a multi-mode device;
- receiving, by the system, a service-level policy instruction from a device of the home network in response to the requesting of the authentication, wherein the instruction represents a default access policy specifying a data transfer service associated with the subscription of the home network related to the multi-mode device;
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- in response to determining, by the system, that a default access policy of a network associated with internet protocol based communications is distinct from the service-level policy instruction, modifying, by the system, service level agreement information referencing a condition for facilitating establishing a communication, by the multi-mode device, to a device of the network.
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A method, comprising:
- verifying, by a system including a processor, that a service-level policy agreement related to a multi-mode device associated with a home wireless network has been created;
- in response to determining, by the system, that a default access policy of a network facilitating internet protocol based communications is distinct from another access policy represented by the service-level policy agreement, facilitating, by the system, a modification of a portion of the service-level policy agreement based on a rule specifying the modification;
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- forwarding, by the system, policy-related information to a device of the network to facilitate an internet protocol data exchange between the multi-mode device and the device of the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.