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US 8,780,919 B2Granted
Intelligent policy server system and method for bandwidth control in an ATM network
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsJohn K. Gallant, Thomas Glenn Hall, Jr., Steven R. Donovan
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Abstract
An intelligent policy server system and method for providing multiple service features and for controlling bandwidth usage in an ATM network. Profile arrays are provided which define feature authorizations and provisioning for subscribers and Customer Logical Ports served by edge switches. Depending on triggers associated with a signaling message received in an edge switch, a particular feature is invoked and executed by a policy server.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- a processor device to:
- store, in the memory, information regarding a plurality of subscribers that are associated with a packet-switched network,
- the information regarding the plurality of subscribers including:
- a network address associated with a particular subscriber of the plurality of subscribers,
- information identifying a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the particular subscriber,
- information identifying a forward overbooking factor associated with the CLP, and
- information identifying a reverse overbooking factor associated with the CLP, and
- handle a communication associated with the particular subscriber based on at least one of the forward overbooking factor or the reverse overbooking factor.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to:
- determine information associated with a subscriber of a packet-switched network,
- the information identifying:
- a network address associated with the subscriber,
- a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the subscriber,
- information identifying a forward overbooking factor associated with the CLP, and
- information identifying a reverse overbooking factor associated with the CLP,
- receive a request to establish a communication associated with the subscriber, and
- establish, based on receiving the request, one or more connections for the communication,
- the one or more connections being established in the packet-switched network based on at least one of the forward overbooking factor or the reverse overbooking factor.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, information regarding a subscriber associated with a packet-switched network,
- the information identifying:
- a network address associated with the subscriber,
- a Customer Logical Port (CLP) associated with the subscriber,
- information identifying a forward overbooking factor associated with the CLP, and
- information identifying a reverse overbooking factor associated with the CLP,
- receiving, by the processor, a request to establish a communication associated with the subscriber;
- and
- establishing, by the processor, one or more connections for the communication in the packet-switched network based on at least one of the forward overbooking factor or the reverse overbooking factor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.