SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING NETWORK TRAFFIC REDUCTION POLICY IN OVERLOADED AREA

• US 20150106513A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ideaware Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ideaware Inc.
• Inventors: CHA, Yang Myung
• Application Number:
  US14/503,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02

Abstract

A system for operating network traffic reduction policy in an overloaded area includes a storage medium for storing policy agent identification information disposed at a wireless terminal apparatus in response to the wireless terminal apparatus identification information; a communication unit for receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at an overloaded area from a communication server; a confirmation unit for confirming the policy agent identification information disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus corresponding to the received wireless terminal apparatus identification information by the storage medium; and a processing unit for transmitting network usage cutoff policy information included with a timer for clearing network usage cutoff to policy agents corresponding to the policy agent identification information confirmed by the confirmation unit.

Claims

1. A system for operating network traffic reduction policy in an overloaded area, comprising:

a storage medium for storing policy agent identification information disposed at a wireless terminal apparatus in response to the wireless terminal apparatus identification information;

a communication unit for receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at an overloaded area from a communication server;

a confirmation unit for confirming the policy agent identification information disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus corresponding to the received wireless terminal apparatus identification information by the storage medium; and

a processing unit for transmitting network usage cutoff policy information included with a timer for clearing network usage cutoff to policy agents corresponding to the policy agent identification information confirmed by the confirmation unit.

2. The system for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 1, wherein the network usage cutoff policy information includes the policy information for cut-offing network connection, during constant time defined by the timer, for the remaining applications, except for the predefined specific applications, of a plurality of network usage applications disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus.

3. The system for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 1, wherein

the communication unit further receives the wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at an area deviated or cleared from the overloaded area from a server on a communication network,

the confirmation further confirms the policy agent identification information disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus in response to the further received wireless terminal apparatus identification information by the storage medium, and

the processing unit transmits the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff to the policy agents corresponding to the policy agent identification information further confirmed by the confirmation unit when time further receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information is within time, defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, already transmitted to the policy agents.

4. The system for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit transmits the application identification information allowing the network usage irrespective the position of the wireless terminal apparatus in the overloaded area to the policy agents.

5. The system for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit transmits the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff to the policy agents, in case of further receiving at least one of the user'"'"'s wireless terminal apparatus identification information deviated from the overloaded area from the communication server and the user'"'"'s wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at the area at the time of clearing overload in the overloaded area, within time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, and

the policy agents clears the network connection cutoff for the specific applications on arriving on the time defined to the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, in case of not receiving the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff, within the time set to the timer for clearing the network connection cutoff.

6. The system for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 1, wherein the policy agents confirms the current position information and whether the current position deviates the overloaded area before arriving on the time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, clears the network connection cutoff for the applications by the policy agents disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus, in the case that the current position deviates the overloaded area, after the confirming, and clears the network connection cutoff for the applications on arriving on the time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, in the case that the current position does not deviate the overloaded area, after the confirming.

7. A method for operating network traffic reduction policy in an overloaded area, comprising:

storing policy agent identification information disposed at a wireless terminal apparatus in response to the wireless terminal apparatus identification information;

receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at an overloaded area from a communication server;

confirming the policy agent identification information disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus corresponding to the received wireless terminal apparatus identification information by the storage medium; and

transmitting network usage cutoff policy information included with a timer for clearing network usage cutoff to policy agents corresponding to the confirmed policy agent identification information.

8. The method for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 7, wherein the network usage cutoff policy information includes the policy information for cut-offing network connection, during constant time defined by the timer, for the remaining applications, except for the predefined specific applications, of a plurality of network usage applications disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus.

9. The method for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 7, further comprising

receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at an area deviated or cleared from the overloaded area from the communication server,

confirming the policy agent identification information disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus in response to the received wireless terminal apparatus identification information by the storage medium, and

transmitting the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff to the policy agents corresponding to the policy agent identification information further confirmed by the confirmation unit when time further receiving the wireless terminal apparatus identification information is within time, defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, already transmitted to the policy agents.

10. The method for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 7, further comprising transmitting the application identification information allowing the network usage irrespective the position of the wireless terminal apparatus in the overloaded area to the policy agents.

11. The method for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 7, further comprising

transmitting the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff to the policy agents, in case of further receiving at least one of the user'"'"'s wireless terminal apparatus identification information deviated from the overloaded area from the communication server and the user'"'"'s wireless terminal apparatus identification information positioned at the area at the time of clearing overload at the overloaded area, within time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff,

wherein the policy agents clears the network connection cutoff for the specific applications on arriving on the time defined to the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, in case of not receiving the policy information for clearing the network usage cutoff, within the time set to the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff.

12. The method for operating the network traffic reduction policy in the overloaded area according to claim 7, wherein the policy agents confirms the current position information and whether the current position deviates the overloaded area before arriving on the time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, clears the network connection cutoff for the applications by the policy agents disposed at the wireless terminal apparatus, in the case that the current position deviates the overloaded area, after the confirming, and clears the network connection cutoff for the applications on arriving on the time defined by the timer for clearing the network usage cutoff, in the case that the current position does not deviate the overloaded area, after the confirming.

13. A computer-readable recording medium for recording programs to perform a method of claim 7.