Automated adjustment of subscriber policies
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1. A system for automated adjusting of subscriber policies, the system comprising:
- a servicing node operable to;
apply traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with one or more subscribers, the data traffic being served by a plurality of network nodes, each of the one or more subscribers being assigned a level of service for providing the data traffic, the level of service guaranteeing a proportional difference between an amount of the data traffic provided to the each of the one or more subscribers based on the level of service;
determine network conditions associated with the data traffic, the network conditions being indicative of increases or decreases in a demand for bandwidth for data moving across a network associated with the one or more subscribers, the increases or the decreases in the demand being determined based on at least one of an amount of bandwidth consumed by the one or more subscribers, a resource availability associated with the network, and a planned reconfiguration of the network;
based on the determination, change a number of the plurality of network nodes serving the data traffic, the number of the plurality network nodes being selected based on the modified amount of the data traffic; and
modify the traffic enforcement rules based on modified amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers and based on the selected number of the plurality network nodes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules; and
a policy management unit being a hardware-based policy management unit operable to;
based on the determination of the network conditions, modify the amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers, wherein the amount of the data traffic is proportionally modified according to the level of service associated with the each of the one or more subscribers.
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Provided are methods and systems for adjusting of subscriber policies. A method for adjusting of subscriber policies may include applying traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with a subscriber. The method can further include determining network conditions associated with the data traffic. The method can include modifying, based on the determination of the network conditions, attributes according to attribute adjustment rules to obtain modified attributes. The method can further include modifying the traffic enforcement rules based on the modified attributes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules.
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1. A system for automated adjusting of subscriber policies, the system comprising:
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a servicing node operable to; apply traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with one or more subscribers, the data traffic being served by a plurality of network nodes, each of the one or more subscribers being assigned a level of service for providing the data traffic, the level of service guaranteeing a proportional difference between an amount of the data traffic provided to the each of the one or more subscribers based on the level of service; determine network conditions associated with the data traffic, the network conditions being indicative of increases or decreases in a demand for bandwidth for data moving across a network associated with the one or more subscribers, the increases or the decreases in the demand being determined based on at least one of an amount of bandwidth consumed by the one or more subscribers, a resource availability associated with the network, and a planned reconfiguration of the network; based on the determination, change a number of the plurality of network nodes serving the data traffic, the number of the plurality network nodes being selected based on the modified amount of the data traffic; and modify the traffic enforcement rules based on modified amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers and based on the selected number of the plurality network nodes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules; and a policy management unit being a hardware-based policy management unit operable to; based on the determination of the network conditions, modify the amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers, wherein the amount of the data traffic is proportionally modified according to the level of service associated with the each of the one or more subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for automated adjustment of subscriber policies, the system comprising:
a servicing node comprising a hardware processor and a memory, the hardware processor being operable to; apply traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with one or more subscribers, the data traffic being served by a plurality of network nodes, each of the one or more subscribers being assigned a level of service for providing the data traffic, the level of service guaranteeing a proportional difference between an amount of the data traffic provided to the each of the one or more subscribers based on the level of service; determine network conditions associated with the data traffic, the network conditions being indicative of increases or decreases in a demand for bandwidth for data moving across a network associated with the one or more subscribers, the increases or the decreases in the demand being determined based on at least one of an amount of bandwidth consumed by the one or more subscribers, a resource availability associated with the network, and a planned reconfiguration of the network; based on the determination, modify the amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers, wherein the amount of the data traffic is proportionally modified according to the level of service associated with the each of the one or more subscribers; based on the determination, change a number of the plurality of network nodes serving the data traffic, the number of the plurality network nodes being selected based on the modified amount of the data traffic; and modify the traffic enforcement rules based on the modified amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers and based on the selected number of the plurality network nodes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for automated adjustment of subscriber policies, the method comprising:
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applying, by a servicing node, traffic enforcement rules to a data traffic associated with one or more subscribers, the data traffic being served by a plurality of network nodes, each of the one or more subscribers being assigned a level of service for providing the data traffic, the level of service guaranteeing a proportional difference between an amount of the data traffic provided to the each of the one or more subscribers based on the level of service; determining, by the servicing node, network conditions associated with the data traffic, the network conditions being indicative of increases or decreases in a demand for bandwidth for data moving across a network associated with the one or more subscribers, the increases or the decreases in the demand being determined based on at least one of an amount of bandwidth consumed by the one or more subscribers, a resource availability associated with the network, and a planned reconfiguration of the network; based on the determination, modifying, by a policy management unit, the amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers, wherein the amount of the data traffic is proportionally modified according to the level of service associated with the each of the one or more subscribers; based on the determination, changing, by the servicing node, a number of the plurality of network nodes serving the data traffic, the number of the plurality network nodes being selected based on the modified amount of the data traffic; and modifying, by the servicing node, the traffic enforcement rules based on the modified amount of the data traffic to be provided to the each of the one or more subscribers and based on the selected number of the plurality network nodes to obtain modified traffic enforcement rules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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