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US 8,787,174 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for condition-triggered policies
AssigneeTekelec
InventorsYusun Kim Riley, Bradley W Gosnell, Peter Joseph Marsico
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Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for determining condition-triggered policies. The method occurs at a Diameter node. The method includes receiving a notification of a network condition. The method further includes determining, based on the network condition, policy information for a plurality of associated subscribers.
Claims27
A system for determining condition-triggered information, the system comprising:
- a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node comprising:
- a communications interface;
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- a policy selection module for receiving a notification of a network condition and determining, based on the network condition, policy information for a plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the PCRF node receives an indication of network congestion regarding a first subscriber of the plurality of associated subscribers and wherein the policy selection module selects and communicates, to a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with the plurality of associated subscribers or to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), the policy information for changing policies of the plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the plurality of associated subscribers are in a geographic area and wherein the policies are configured to mitigate congestion in the geographic area, wherein the policy information is for triggering the subscriber terminals to establish connections via a non-congested node,
- wherein the communications interface is configured for sending a steering of roaming (SoR) message including the policy information, a re-authorization request (RAR) message including the policy information, or a credit control answer (CCA) message including the policy information.
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A method for determining condition-triggered information, the method comprising:
- at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node:
- receiving a notification of a network condition;
- determining, based on the network condition, policy information for a plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the PCRF node receives an indication of network congestion regarding a first subscriber of the plurality of associated subscribers and wherein the policy information is communicated, to a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with the plurality of associated subscribers or to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), for changing policies of the plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the plurality of associated subscribers are in a geographic area and wherein the policies are configured to mitigate congestion in the geographic area, wherein the policy information is communicated for triggering the subscriber terminals to establish connections via a non-congested node;
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- sending the policy information, wherein sending the policy information includes sending a steering of roaming (SoR) message including the policy information, a re-authorization request (RAR) message including the policy information, or a credit control answer (CCA) message including the policy information.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:
- at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node:
- receiving a notification of a network condition;
- determining, based on the network condition, policy information for a plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the PCRF node receives an indication of network congestion regarding a first subscriber of the plurality of associated subscribers and wherein the policy information is communicated, to a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with the plurality of associated subscribers or to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), for changing policies of the plurality of associated subscribers, wherein the plurality of associated subscribers are in a geographic area and wherein the policies are configured to mitigate congestion in the geographic area, wherein the policy information is communicated for triggering the subscriber terminals to establish connections via a non-congested node;
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- sending the policy information, wherein sending the policy information includes sending a steering of roaming (SoR) message including the policy information, a re-authorization request (RAR) message including the policy information, or a credit control answer (CCA) message including the policy information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.