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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Paulus Karremans, Tilburg, NL;
Inventor:
Paulus Karremans, Tilburg, NL;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/813 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01); H04L 67/2852 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system is disclosed for policy-based control of a communication network having a distributed architecture, including at least one heterogeneous communication network, which network elements provide for registering events, sending notifications of the occurrence of events and enforcing a policy upon said events if certain conditions are met, wherein the PEPserves as a server towards a PDP, being a client By applying the method and system of the invention, multiple Stakeholders, having each at least one Policy Decision Point, can influence policy enforcements carried out at a Policy Enforcement Point