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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Batz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard A. Galatioto, Cary, NC (US);
Juan M. Mojica, Cary, NC (US);
Humberto M. Taváres, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request to initiate a communication flow associated with a subscriber and identifying one or more parameters to be monitored for the communication flow. The method further includes extracting one or more bits from packets associated with the communication flow; the bits are used to determine an operating system associated with the communication flow. A policy decision can be executed for the communication flow based on the operating system associated with the communication flow. In more specific examples, the bits are sent to a next destination in response to a threshold being reached for at least one of the parameters. The parameters can be associated a volume parameter or a time parameter. The policy decision could include blocking traffic associated with the subscriber, initiating billing, redirecting the communication, managing a quality of service level for the communication flow, etc.