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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Cheng-hong HU, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chou Lan Pok, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Raftelis, San Antonio, TX (US);
Cheng-Hong Hu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chou Lan Pok, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Raftelis, San Antonio, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network policy manager having a controller element to provision one or more network elements in a communication system with at least one base policy template and at least one atomic policy template retrieved from one or more base policy templates and a plurality of atomic policy templates according to a service order of a subscriber. At least one base policy template can correspond to an operating baseline of the one or more network elements, while at least one atomic policy template can correspond to one among a plurality of service configurations of the one or more network elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.