Amdocs Development Limited

Allot Communications Ltd.

Marvell International Limited

Allot Ltd.

Alla Goldner

Asaf Shahar

Andrei Kojukhov

Avi Chapnick

Borislav Glozman

Tzvika Naveh

Ofer Hermoni

Eyal Felstaine

Penny Efraim-Sagi

Gabriel Podolsky

Roy Segal

Rami Avraham Schwartz

Liat Kasif Wein

Lior Barak

A cellular traffic monitoring system includes: a traffic detection function (TDF) module to monitor cellular traffic associated with a cellular subscriber device, and to generate detection output which includes at least one of: a type of an application associated with the cellular traffic of the cellular subscriber device, and a type of the cellular traffic of the cellular subscriber device. The cellular traffic monitoring system further includes a policy charging and enforcement function (PCEF) module to enforce one or more charging rules to the cellular subscriber device, based on the detection output.

Method, system, and device of cellular traffic monitoring

As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for orchestrating resources in a 5G network based on user equipment behavior analytics. A policy control function in the 5G network collects analytic information associated with past behavior of user equipment in a 5G network. The policy control function predicts future behavior of the user equipment in the 5G network, based on the analytic information. The policy control function generates one or more policy decisions based on the future behavior of the user equipment, wherein the one or more policy decisions cause an orchestration function of the 5G network to orchestrate resources within the 5G network for use by the user equipment.

System, method, and computer program for resource orchestration in a 5G network based on user equipment behavior analystics

As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for generating a network slice experience index for evaluating a network slice. In use, a guaranteed quality of experience (QoE) is determined for a slice of a network. For at least one point in time, an actual QoE of the network overall is measured. A slice experience index is generated based on a delta between the guaranteed QoE and the actual QoE. The slice of the network is evaluated using the slice experience index.

System, method, and computer program for generating a network slice experience index for evaluating a network slice

As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for handling a user equipment connection to a 5G network. An orchestration function of the 5G network identifies a connection to be established with the 5G network by the user equipment. The orchestration function determines a data center in the 5G network having resources available for use by the user equipment. The orchestration function generates access related information to be used by the user equipment for establishing the connection with the 5G network, wherein the access related information is based in part on the data center having the resources available for use by the user equipment. The orchestration function causes the user equipment to establish the connection to the 5G network according to the access related information by communicating the necessary information to a policy control function (PCF).

System, method, and computer program for user equipment handling in a 5G network based on available resources

A cellular traffic monitoring system includes: a Traffic Detection Function (TDF) module to monitor cellular traffic associated with a cellular subscriber device, and to generate application detection output indicative of an application used by the cellular subscriber device; an application-based charging module to generate, based on the application detection output of said TDF module, application-based charging data related to said cellular subscriber device; a Policy Charging and Enforcement Function (PCEF) module to enforce one or more charging rules that are Service Data Flow (SDF) based and are related to said cellular subscriber device; an SDF-based charging module to generate SDF-based charging data related to said cellular subscriber device; and a charging correlator module to identify a potential over-charging due to an overlap between the application-based charging data and the SDF-based charging data.

System, device, and method of traffic detection

As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for managing charging for network slices. In use, a network slice management function manages a lifecycle of a network slice instance. Additionally, the network slice management function monitors the network slice instance for one or more chargeable events. Further, the network slice management function detects a chargeable event of the one or more chargeable events for the network slice instance, based on the monitoring. Still yet, the network slice management function triggers charging for the chargeable event.

System, method, and computer program for network slice charging management

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automatically certifying a Virtual Network Function (VNF) for use in a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network. In use, an online automated VNF certification system receives information associated with at least one VNF. Further, the online automated VNF certification system performs a first level of certification for the at least one VNF by validating metadata corresponding to the information associated with the at least one VNF. Additionally, the online automated VNF certification system performs a second level of certification for the at least one VNF, including testing deployment based functionality associated with the at least one VNF and validating results of testing the deployment based functionality. Still yet, the online automated VNF certification system performs a third level of certification for the at least one VNF by executing one or more test cases associated with the at least one VNF and validating results of executing the one or more test cases. Moreover, the online automated VNF certification system identifies the at least one VNF as certified as a result of performing the third level of certification for the at least one VNF.

System, method, and computer program for automatically certifying a virtual network function (VNF) for use in a network function virtualization (NFV) based communication network

Cellular traffic monitoring and charging using application detection rules

The present invention provides a cellular traffic monitoring system, which includes: a traffic detection function (TDF) module to monitor cellular traffic associated with a cellular subscriber device, and to generate detection output which includes at least one of: a type of an application associated with said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device, and a type of said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device. The further includes a policy charging and enforcement function (PCEF) module to enforce one or more charging rules to said cellular subscriber device, based on said detection output.

Device, system, and method of cellular traffic monitoring

A wireless terminal includes a wireless interface that is configured to selectively connect the wireless terminal to a network using one of at least two different access modes including a cellular access mode and at least one non-cellular access mode. A mode control that selects the one of the at least two different access modes based at least in part on an access priority signal received from the network.

Method and apparatus for selecting a mode in a multi-mode communications client

A femtocell includes a transceiver that receives a first request signal from a first service request device (SRD) that operates in at least one of a circuit switched (CS) domain and a packet switched (PS) domain. A control module generates a second request signal based on the first request signal. The transceiver transmits the second request signal in at least one of the CS domain and the PS domain from the femtocell to a mobile switch center (MSC) server. The transceiver provides Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) centralized services (ICS) to the first SRD based on the second request signal.

Femtocell architecture using internet protocol multimedia subsystem centralized services

An access network discovery and selection (ANDSF) module includes a first transceiver that receives an service continuity signal from a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS). A first control module generates a preference and policy information signal based on the service continuity signal. The preference and policy information signal includes a list of access networks available for selection by a service request device (SRD). The first transceiver transmits the preference and policy information signal from the ANDSF module to the SRD.

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