Virtualized Policy & Charging System
First Claim
1. A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising:
- a policy enforcement function;
a first policy element;
a second policy element; and
a network element communicatively coupled to the policy enforcement function, the first policy element, and the second policy element, wherein the network element is configured to;
communicate first policy information between the policy enforcement function and the first policy element, andcommunicate second policy information between the first policy enforcement function and the second policy element.
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Abstract
A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising: a policy enforcement function, a first policy element, a second policy element, and a network element, wherein the network element is communicatively coupled to the policy enforcement function, the first policy element, and the second policy element, and wherein the network element is configured to communicate first policy information between the policy enforcement function and the first policy element, and communicate second policy information between the first policy enforcement function and the second policy element.
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89 Claims
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1. A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising:
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a policy enforcement function; a first policy element; a second policy element; and a network element communicatively coupled to the policy enforcement function, the first policy element, and the second policy element, wherein the network element is configured to; communicate first policy information between the policy enforcement function and the first policy element, and communicate second policy information between the first policy enforcement function and the second policy element. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising:
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one or more policy enforcement functions; a policy element cloud system configured to run a plurality of virtual policy element instances or threads, wherein the policy element cloud system is configured to; run a first virtual policy element, the first virtual policy element configured to communicate first policy information with at least one of the one or more policy enforcement functions, and run a second virtual policy element, the second virtual policy element configured to communicate second policy information with at least one of the one or more policy enforcement functions; and a load balancer configured to; determine a processing demand associated with the policy element cloud system, and based on the processing demand associated with the policy element cloud system, assign communication of the first policy information to the first virtual policy element, and assign communication of the second policy information to the second virtual policy element.
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89. A network system for providing one or more services to one or more end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising:
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a first policy enforcement function, the first policy enforcement function being located in a first mobile operator network or a first country network of a multi-country mobile operator; a second policy enforcement function, the second policy enforcement function being located in a second mobile operator network or a second country network of the multi-country mobile operator; a policy element cloud system configured to; run a first virtual policy element, the first virtual policy element configured to communicate first policy information with the first policy enforcement function, and run a second virtual policy element, the second virtual policy element configured to communicate second policy information with the second policy enforcement function; and a load balancer configured to; assign communication of the first policy information to the first virtual policy element, and assign communication of the second policy information to the second virtual policy element.
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