Methods and apparatus for enforcing a common user policy within a network

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:

• receive, during a first time period, a first data packet to be sent to a wired device, the wired device being operatively coupled to a first wired network node from a plurality of wired network nodes during the first time period;
• apply a policy to the first data packet based on a user identifier being associated with the wired device during the first time period;
• send the first data packet to the first wired network node via a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) tunnel through a second wired network node from the plurality of wired network nodes such that the second wired network node does not store the policy;
• receive, during a second time period, a second data packet to be sent to a wireless device, the wireless device being operatively coupled to a wireless network node from a plurality of wireless network nodes;
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• apply the policy to the second data packet based on the user identifier being associated with the wireless device during the second time period.

A system, comprising:

• a wired network node configured to receive, from a core network node, an up-link policy associated with a user, the wired network node configured to receive the up-link policy based on the user being associated with a wired device operatively coupled to the wired network node when the user is associated with the wired device, the wired network node configured to apply the up-link policy to a first data packet received from the wired device prior to sending the first data packet to the core network node, the wired network node configured not to apply, based on the user being associated with the wired device an down-link policy to data packets received from the core network node prior to sending the data packets to the wired device;
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• a wireless network node configured to receive, from the core network node, the up-link policy associated with the user, the wireless network node configured to receive the up-link policy based on the user being associated with a wireless device operatively coupled to the wireless network node when the user is associated with the wireless device, the wireless network node configured to apply the up-link policy to a second data packet received from the wireless device prior to sending the second data packet to the core network node, the wireless network node configured not to apply, based on the user being associated with the wireless device, any down-link policy to data packets received from the core network node prior to sending the data packets to the wireless device.