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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Kwok Ho Chan, Dunstable, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kwok Ho Chan, Dunstable, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing communication (across a network) between a first network device and a second network device apply policy data received from a policy device (e.g., a policy server), thus offloading significant functionality from the policy device. Offloading such functionality reduces the processing required by the policy device, thus improving network performance. Such systems permit network access admission control in a scalable manner.