Selective internet priority service
First Claim
1. A network device for participating in providing an Internet priority service for transmission of data packets each associated with an application type of a plurality of application types, the network element comprising:
- an IPS (Internet priority Service) function adapted to;
a) for each data packet;
i) determine which application type is associated with the data packet; and
ii) determine a priority level for transmission of the data packet, the priority level being a function of the application type associated with the data packet; and
b) transmit the data packets according to the priority levels of the data packets.
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Abstract
An Internet Priority Service (IPS) provides to authorized users priority access to communication over the Internet during emergencies. Transmission of data packets from an authorized user that accesses the IPS are given priority for transmission over the Internet. The level of priority given to a data packet depends on the type of application associated with the data packet. Each user or group of users may also be given a respective IPS level of priority. Furthermore, for a particular authorized user, access to the IPS may be limited to a specific number of application types, which for example do not have high bandwidth requirements. Assigning different priority levels as a function of application type and user or group of users, and limiting IPS access to specific application types allows efficient methods of emergency communication to be implemented over the Internet during emergencies.
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20 Claims
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1. A network device for participating in providing an Internet priority service for transmission of data packets each associated with an application type of a plurality of application types, the network element comprising:
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an IPS (Internet priority Service) function adapted to;
a) for each data packet;
i) determine which application type is associated with the data packet; and
ii) determine a priority level for transmission of the data packet, the priority level being a function of the application type associated with the data packet; and
b) transmit the data packets according to the priority levels of the data packets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network element for participating in providing an Internet priority service, the network element comprising:
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an IPS (Internet Priority Service) management function adapted to;
provide user access to the Internet priority service for at least one application type of a plurality of application types, each one of the plurality of application types having a respective associated priority level for transmission, the respective associated priority level of at least one of the plurality of application types being different than the priority level of at least one other application type of the plurality of application types. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a network element, a method of providing an Internet priority service for transmission of data packets each associated with an application type of a plurality of application types, the method comprising:
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b) for each data packet;
i) determining which application type is associated with the data packet; and
ii) determining a priority level for transmission of the data packet, the priority level being a function of the application type associated with the data packet; and
b) transmitting the data packets according to the priority levels of the data packets.
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18. In a network element, a method of participating in providing an Internet priority service, the method comprising:
providing user access to the Internet priority service for at least one application type of a plurality of application types, each one of the plurality of application types having a respective associated priority level for transmission, the respective associated priority level of at least one of the plurality of application types being different than the priority level of at least one other application type of the plurality of application types.
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19. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for providing, in a network element, an Internet priority service for transmission of data packets each associated with an application type of a plurality of application types, the computer readable code means in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable code means for;
for each data packet;
i) determining which application type is associated with the data packet; and
ii) determining a priority level for transmission of the data packet, the priority level being a function of the application type associated with the data packet; and
computer readable code means for transmitting the data packets according to the priority levels of the data packets.
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20. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for participating in providing an Internet priority service, the computer readable code means in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable code means for providing user access to the Internet priority service for at least one application type of a plurality of application types, each one of the plurality of application types having a respective associated priority level for transmission, the respective associated priority level of at least one of the plurality of application types being different than the priority level of at least one other application type of the plurality of application types.
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