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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Radius gateway on policy charging and rules function (pcrf) for wireline/wireless converged solution
Fan MO, Kanata, CA;
Satvinder Bawa, Ottawa, CA;
Lui Yeung, Kanata, CA;
Justin Newcomb, Kanata, CA;
Lay Been Tan, Kanata, CA;
Felix Landry, Pontiac, CA;
Ivaylo Tanouchev, Ottawa, CA;
Fan Mo, Kanata, CA;
Satvinder Bawa, Ottawa, CA;
Lui Yeung, Kanata, CA;
Justin Newcomb, Kanata, CA;
Lay Been Tan, Kanata, CA;
Felix Landry, Pontiac, CA;
Ivaylo Tanouchev, Ottawa, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for allowing a single platform to recognize and process both Diameter messages and Radius messages. A gateway is provided for translating Radius messages received from a wireline device into NASReq messages. A Diameter Proxy Agent receives both Diameter messages from a wireless device and the NASReq messages from the gateway. The Diameter Proxy Agent selects a PCRF to which to pass a NASReq message, and upon receipt of a NASReq message the PCRF either creates or updates a NASReq session object. By recognizing and processing Radius messages, wireline services can be offered at the same time as wireless services without requiring the use of a second platform. In addition, use of the PCRF server to support wireline services offers much better scalability than that offered by traditional AAA servers.