Systems, methods and computer program products for managing quality of service, session, authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a regional/access network (RAN)
First Claim
1. A system for managing Quality of Service (QoS), session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG), the system comprising:
- a first subsystem that is configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session from the CPN; and
a second subsystem that is configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow from the CPN.
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Abstract
Quality of Service (QoS) and/or bandwidth allocation is managed in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG). A first subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session in the CPN. A second subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow in the CPN. Thus, the RAN can independently manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session and for an application flow.
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44 Claims
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1. A system for managing Quality of Service (QoS), session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG), the system comprising:
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a first subsystem that is configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session from the CPN; and
a second subsystem that is configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow from the CPN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for managing Quality of Service (QoS), session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG), the method comprising:
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sending an Update Session Bandwidth Info message from the RAN to the RG to notify the RG when new bandwidth and/or new QoS information is available for a session;
sending an Update Application Flow Control Info message from the RAN to the RG to notify the RG when new bandwidth and/or new QoS information is available for an application flow;
sending an Update Session Bandwidth Response message from the RAN to the RG to notify the RG of access session bandwidth and/or QoS settings that are stored in the RAN for the CPN; and
sending an Update Flow Control Response message from the RAN to the RG to notify the RG of application flow bandwidth and/or QoS settings that are stored in the RAN for the CPN. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer program product that is configured to manage Quality of Service (QoS), session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG), the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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computer-readable program code that is configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session from the CPN; and
computer-readable program code that this configured to manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow from the CPN. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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