公开(公告)号：US08406137B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-26

申请号：US12825049

申请日：2010-06-28

申请人： Kalyan Premchand Siddam ,  Haiqing Ma ,  Sachin Lalseta ,  Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Kalyan Premchand Siddam ,  Haiqing Ma ,  Sachin Lalseta ,  Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H04W28/16

摘要： Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of generating a Policy and Control Charging (PCC) rule for managing packet traffic across a network. The method may include: receiving a request message for PCC rules from a requesting network component; authorizing a set of QoS information based on the requested set of QoS information; generating a PCC rule; and transmitting the PCC rule to an enforcing network component. The request message may include a requested set of QoS information and multiple traffic mappings each describing a flow of packets transmitted across the network. The PCC rule may include the authorized set of QoS information and multiple flow descriptions corresponding to each traffic mapping. The PCRN may include: a first interface that receives a request message, a policy engine, a rule generator, and a second interface that transmits the PCC rule to an enforcing network component.

摘要翻译： 各种示例性实施例涉及生成用于管理跨网络的分组流量的策略和控制计费（PCC）规则的方法。 该方法可以包括：从请求网络组件接收PCC规则的请求消息; 基于所请求的一组QoS信息授权一组QoS信息; 产生PCC规则; 并将PCC规则发送到执行网络组件。 请求消息可以包括所请求的一组QoS信息和多个流量映射，每个流量映射描述通过网络传输的分组流。 PCC规则可以包括与每个业务映射相对应的授权的QoS信息集和多个流描述。 PCRN可以包括：接收请求消息的第一接口，策略引擎，规则生成器以及将PCC规则发送到强制性网络组件的第二接口。

公开(公告)号：US20120322406A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-20

申请号：US13597993

申请日：2012-08-29

申请人： Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： H04W4/24

CPC分类号： H04L12/1407 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04L12/1467 ,  H04L29/1216 ,  H04L61/157 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/55 ,  H04M15/64 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04W4/24

摘要： Various embodiments relate to a system and related method for charging an actual subscriber using a single subscriber profile. A Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) may receive a message including a service request and may refer to a subscriber profile to add at least one subscriber identifier (ID) to the message. An Online Charging System (OCS) may thereafter receive a translated message originating from the PCRN and use the at least one subscriber ID included in the translated message to find charging information for the actual subscriber. The OCS may include the charging information in a charged message. A device providing service may then use the charged information to charge the actual subscriber for the requested service.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及用于使用单个用户简档对实际订户进行计费的系统和相关方法。 策略和计费规则节点（PCRN）可以接收包括服务请求的消息，并且可以引用用户简档来向消息添加至少一个订户标识符（ID）。 在线计费系统（OCS）此后可以接收来自PCRN的翻译消息，并使用包含在转换的消息中的至少一个用户ID来查找实际用户的计费信息。 OCS可以在收费的消息中包括计费信息。 然后，提供服务的设备可以使用收费的信息为所请求的服务的实际订户收费。

公开(公告)号：US08305922B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-06

申请号：US12708314

申请日：2010-02-18

申请人： Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： H04Q7/00

CPC分类号： H04W4/24 ,  H04L12/1407 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/66

摘要： Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node and machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: determining network status; receiving an application request at the PCRN; generating a new PCC rule in response to the application request and network status; and providing the new PCC rule to a PCEN. Various exemplary embodiments further include receiving an event message, determining the network status from received event messages and isolating congestion using previously issued PCC rules and a network topology.

摘要翻译： 各种示例性实施例涉及包括以下中的一个或多个的方法和相关网络节点和机器可读存储介质：确定网络状态; 在PCRN处接收应用请求; 响应于应用请求和网络状态生成新的PCC规则; 并向PCEN提供新的PCC规则。 各种示例性实施例还包括接收事件消息，从接收到的事件消息确定网络状态，并使用先前发布的PCC规则和网络拓扑来隔离拥塞。

公开(公告)号：US08295170B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-23

申请号：US12824817

申请日：2010-06-28

申请人： Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L12/1407 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04L12/1467 ,  H04L29/1216 ,  H04L61/157 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/55 ,  H04M15/64 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04W4/24

摘要： Various embodiments relate to a system and related method for charging an actual subscriber using a single subscriber profile. A Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) may receive a message including a service request and may refer to a subscriber profile to add at least one subscriber identifier (ID) to the message. An Online Charging System (OCS) may thereafter receive a translated message originating from the PCRN and use the at least one subscriber ID included in the translated message to find charging information for the actual subscriber. The OCS may include the charging information in a charged message. A device providing service may then use the charged information to charge the actual subscriber for the requested service.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及用于使用单个用户简档对实际订户进行计费的系统和相关方法。 策略和计费规则节点（PCRN）可以接收包括服务请求的消息，并且可以引用用户简档来向消息添加至少一个订户标识符（ID）。 在线计费系统（OCS）此后可以接收来自PCRN的翻译消息，并使用包含在转换的消息中的至少一个用户ID来查找实际用户的计费信息。 OCS可以在收费的消息中包括计费信息。 然后，提供服务的设备可以使用收费的信息为所请求的服务的实际订户收费。

公开(公告)号：US20110320323A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US12824817

申请日：2010-06-28

申请人： Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/1407 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04L12/1467 ,  H04L29/1216 ,  H04L61/157 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/55 ,  H04M15/64 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04W4/24

摘要： Various embodiments relate to a system and related method for charging an actual subscriber using a single subscriber profile. A Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) may receive a message including a service request and may refer to a subscriber profile to add at least one subscriber identifier (ID) to the message. An Online Charging System (OCS) may thereafter receive a translated message originating from the PCRN and use the at least one subscriber ID included in the translated message to find charging information for the actual subscriber. The OCS may include the charging information in a charged message. A device providing service may then use the charged information to charge the actual subscriber for the requested service.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及用于使用单个用户简档对实际订户进行计费的系统和相关方法。 策略和计费规则节点（PCRN）可以接收包括服务请求的消息，并且可以引用用户简档来向消息添加至少一个订户标识符（ID）。 在线计费系统（OCS）此后可以接收来自PCRN的翻译消息，并使用包含在转换的消息中的至少一个用户ID来查找实际用户的计费信息。 OCS可以在收费的消息中包括计费信息。 然后，提供服务的设备可以使用收费的信息为所请求的服务的实际订户收费。

公开(公告)号：US20080183769A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-31

申请号：US11712577

申请日：2007-02-27

申请人： Joseph M. Regan ,  Ron E. Haberman ,  Miroslav Vrana ,  Hamdy Farid ,  Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Joseph M. Regan ,  Ron E. Haberman ,  Miroslav Vrana ,  Hamdy Farid ,  Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/2856 ,  H04L12/2874 ,  H04L29/12226 ,  H04L61/2015 ,  H04L63/10

摘要： Managing subscriber host information is disclosed. A new or updated information about a subscriber host is received. It is determined whether the subscriber host is associated with a multi-chassis peering. If it is determined that the subscriber host is associated with a multi-chassis peering, the new or updated information is propagated to a peer chassis associated with the multi-chassis peering.

摘要翻译： 公开管理用户主机信息。 接收到关于订户主机的新的或更新的信息。 确定用户主机是否与多机架对等体相关联。 如果确定订户主机与多机架对等体相关联，则新的或更新的信息被传播到与多机架对等体相关联的对等机架。

公开(公告)号：US20150005004A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-01

申请号：US14370712

申请日：2013-01-03

申请人： Fernando Cuervo ,  Konstantin Livanos ,  Laurent Thiebaut ,  Bruno Landais

发明人： Fernando Cuervo ,  Konstantin Livanos ,  Laurent Thiebaut ,  Bruno Landais

IPC分类号： H04W64/00

CPC分类号： H04W64/00

摘要： In an embodiment, there is provided a method for reducing the load due to user location change reporting for location-based policy and/or charging control services for said user, in a mobile communication system wherein granularity of user location includes granularity at cell level and/or granularity at service area level, a service area (or Location or Routing or Tracking Area) comprising a set of cells defined at network operation level, a method wherein said user location change reporting is based on at least one of: a granularity of reporting at a base station level, whereby a user location change is reported upon change of serving base station, a granularity of reporting at a policy area level, whereby a user location change is reported upon entering or leaving a policy area, a policy area comprising a set of cells and/or serving areas, defined at policy and/or charging control level, for a granularity of reporting at a cell level or at a service area level or at a policy area level, a deferred user location change reporting until user plane activity is resumed, in case said user is not currently active in the user plane.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，提供了一种用于在移动通信系统中减少由于用户位置变化报告用于所述用户的基于位置的策略和/或计费控制服务的负载的方法，其中用户位置的粒度包括小区级的粒度， /或服务区域级别的粒度，包括在网络操作级别定义的一组单元的服务区域（或位置或路由或跟踪区域），其中所述用户位置更改报告基于以下各项中的至少一个的方法： 在基站级别进行报告，由此在服务基站改变时报告用户位置改变，在策略区域级别报告粒度，由此在进入或离开策略区域时报告用户位置改变，策略区域包括 在策略和/或计费控制级定义的一组小区和/或服务区域，用于在小区级别或服务区域级别或策略区域le处的报告的粒度 vel，延迟用户位置更改报告，直到恢复用户平面活动，以防所述用户当前在用户平面中没有活动。

公开(公告)号：US08599852B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US10903436

申请日：2004-07-30

申请人： J. Fernando Cuervo ,  Michel Sim ,  Pierrick Jacques Guingo ,  Arnoldus Joannes Jacobus Jansen

发明人： J. Fernando Cuervo ,  Michel Sim ,  Pierrick Jacques Guingo ,  Arnoldus Joannes Jacobus Jansen

IPC分类号： G01R31/08 ,  G06F11/00 ,  H04L5/22 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/00 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/025 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/42

摘要： Apparatus and method are provided for distributing service domain reachability information across domain boundaries, thereby allowing domain management systems to determine routing for cross-domain services even when the domains have different technologies or administrators. A Service Domain Manager within each domain advertises to neighbouring domains which services it supports. A domain which receives such advertisements forwards the advertisement on to other domains. Each SDM builds a routing information table which specifies the service, the domain, the next hop, and optionally user defined metrics. The routing information table does not include end-point addresses, in order to keep the size of the table manageable. In this way, the NMS of each domain obtains an end-to-end view of service routes.

摘要翻译： 提供了设备和方法，用于跨域边界分发服务域可达性信息，从而允许域管理系统确定跨域服务的路由，即使域具有不同的技术或管理员。 每个域内的服务域管理器将其支持的服务通告给相邻域。 接收这种广告的域将广告转发到其他域。 每个SDM构建路由信息表，其中指定服务，域，下一跳和可选的用户定义的度量。 路由信息表不包括端点地址，以便保持表的大小可管理。 这样，每个域的NMS获取业务路由的端到端视图。

公开(公告)号：US20130215793A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-22

申请号：US13763013

申请日：2013-02-08

申请人： Kevin Scott Cutler ,  Susan Patricia Ackerman ,  Steve Rock ,  Felix Katz ,  Kalyan Premchand Siddam ,  Fernando Cuervo

发明人： Kevin Scott Cutler ,  Susan Patricia Ackerman ,  Steve Rock ,  Felix Katz ,  Kalyan Premchand Siddam ,  Fernando Cuervo

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L41/5029 ,  H04L63/102

摘要： Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) from a requesting entity, a message including a request associated with at least one service data flow (SDF); extracting a subscriber identifier and a first identifier from the message; retrieving a subscription record associated with the subscriber identifier, wherein the subscription record is associated with a first plurality of subrecords; identifying an first subrecord from the plurality of subrecords based on the first identifier; and conditionally fulfilling the request based on a first value stored in the first subrecord.

摘要翻译： 各种示例性实施例涉及包括以下一个或多个的方法和相关网络节点：在来自请求实体的策略和计费规则节点（PCRN）处接收包括与至少一个服务数据流相关联的请求的消息 SDF）; 从消息中提取订户标识符和第一标识符; 检索与所述订户标识符相关联的订阅记录，其中所述订阅记录与第一多个子记录相关联; 基于所述第一标识符从所述多个子记录中识别第一子记录; 并且基于存储在第一子记录中的第一值有条件地满足请求。

公开(公告)号：US08244263B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US12787862

申请日：2010-05-26

申请人： Fernando Cuervo ,  Ajay Kirit Pandya

发明人： Fernando Cuervo ,  Ajay Kirit Pandya

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04W24/00 ,  H04L12/1407 ,  H04L41/0663 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/16

摘要： Various embodiments relate to a system and related method for handling requests from a user device in a wireless communications network. Various embodiments relate to a Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) attempting to bind an IP-CAN session established in a Packet Data Network gateway (PGW) with a gateway control session established in a serving gateway (SGW). In instances when the IP-CAN session and gateway control session no longer match, the PCRN may wait to receive a subsequent message from the PGW and/or SGW. When the PCRN does not receive the subsequent message containing a matching session, the PCRN may kill the sessions in all the relevant gateways. This may cause the system to reestablish a new, matching connection instead of remaining in a hanging state.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及用于在无线通信网络中处理来自用户设备的请求的系统和相关方法。 各种实施例涉及试图将在分组数据网络网关（PGW）中建立的IP-CAN会话与在服务网关（SGW）中建立的网关控制会话绑定的策略和计费规则节点（PCRN）。 在IP-CAN会话和网关控制会话不再匹配的情况下，PCRN可以等待接收来自PGW和/或SGW的后续消息。 当PCRN没有收到包含匹配会话的后续消息时，PCRN可能会杀死所有相关网关中的会话。 这可能导致系统重新建立新的匹配连接，而不是保持挂起状态。