Policy Formulating Method, Policy Server, and Gateway
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a gateway, user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network;
receiving, by a policy server, the user agent information from the gateway;
determining, by the policy server, whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information; and
formulating, by the policy server, a charging or quality of service (QoS) policy according to whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a policy formulating method. The method includes: receiving, by a policy server, User-Agent information sent by a gateway, where the User-Agent information carries type information of a terminal or type information of a browser used by a terminal; determining, by the policy server, a type of the terminal according to the User-Agent information; and formulating, by the policy server, a charging policy and/or a QoS quality of service policy according to the type of the terminal. Type information of a user terminal or type information a browser used by a terminal is reported to a policy server. The policy server is capable of correctly distinguishing a terminal type, for example a mobile phone or a PC is surfing the Internet, and then the policy server formulates a corresponding policy to implement Internet access charging and QoS guarantee.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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transmitting, by a gateway, user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network; receiving, by a policy server, the user agent information from the gateway; determining, by the policy server, whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information; and formulating, by the policy server, a charging or quality of service (QoS) policy according to whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a gateway, configured to transmit user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network; and a policy server, configured to; receive the user agent information from the gateway, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information associated with a terminal accessing a wireless network; determine whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information; and formulate a charging or a quality of service (QoS) policy according to whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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- 12. The system according to claim ii, wherein the policy server is further configured to register a user agent information reporting event on the gateway.
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15. The system according to claim ii, wherein a different charging or QoS policy is formulated when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.
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16. The system according to claim ii, wherein the charging or QoS policy prohibits the terminal from accessing the Internet when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network, and the charging or QoS policy permits the terminal to access the Internet when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the Internet.
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17. The system according to claim ii, wherein the charging or QoS policy provides a different QoS guarantee for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.
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18. The system according to claim ii, wherein the charging or QoS policy specifies a different Internet access charge for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.
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