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ACCESS, PRIORITY AND BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT BASED ON APPLICATION IDENTITY

  • US 20090241170A1
  • Filed: 03/18/2009
  • Published: 09/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling packet flow, comprising:

  • receiving packets destined for one or more resources, the respective packets each including an inserted application identifier and user identifier identifying a registered application and a user, respectively;

    determining, by a packet processor of a security node, the inserted application identifier for each of the respective packets received;

    determining, for each of the received packets, whether the user identifier is authorized to use an application and a resource included in a set of security rules based on the inserted application identifier of the received packet; and

    if the user is authorized to use the application and the resource, controlling, by the packet processor, the packet flow of each of the received packets sent from the security node by adjusting one or more of a priority of the received packets or a bandwidth to the resource.

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