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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Ajay Padmakar Deo, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEKELEC, INC., Morrisville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/5022 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a PCRF with an integrated openflow controller. According to one system, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) is configured to determine policies to apply to network sessions or users. An openflow controller is integrated with the PCRF and configured to provide instructions to telecommunications network elements in an openflow protocol to implement the policies.