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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Namadurau Akil Ponnuswamy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sudhagar Chinnaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method performed in a network element coupled between a subscriber end station and an AAA server for avoiding AAA processing by at least temporarily suppressing AAA access-request messages for a rejected subscriber end station. The network element receives subscriber session-request messages from the subscriber end station. Subscriber session-request messages include information for verifying an identity that the network element transmits to the AAA server as AAA access-request messages. The network element receives AAA access-response messages corresponding to the AAA access-request messages. Responsive to an AAA access-response message, the network element determines that additional AAA access-request messages should be, at least temporarily, suppressed with regards to the subscriber end station. Responsive to determining, the network element suppresses any additional AAA access-request messages from being transmitted to the AAA server. The suppression of AAA access-request messages conserves execution resources in the network element and the AAA server.