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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Saravana Velusamy, Olathe, KS (US);

Rajil Malhotra, Olathe, KS (US);

Asfaw Negeri, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for managing service modification requests in a serving gateway. In one example, a method of operating a serving gateway includes identifying an incoming service modification from a packet data network gateway and determining whether the incoming service modification is permitted based on policy data. The method further includes, if the incoming service modification is permitted, allowing the incoming service modification to proceed across the Long-Term Evolution network. The method also provides, if the incoming service modification is not permitted, altering the incoming the incoming service modification based on the policy data.


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