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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Fan MO, Ottawa, CA;
Lui Chu Yeung, Kanata, CA;
Kevin Scott Cutler, Carp, CA;
Hamdy Farid, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Fan Mo, Ottawa, CA;
Lui Chu Yeung, Kanata, CA;
Kevin Scott Cutler, Carp, CA;
Hamdy Farid, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/26 (2013.01); H04L 12/1432 (2013.01); H04L 41/5067 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) node and a method for authorizing a Quality of Service (QoS) for a wireless subscriber based on subscriber usage and time-of-day for a 3GPP-compliant packet data network.