Systems and methods for policy-enabled communications networks
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A system for policy-based control of a label switching network carrying one or more of voice and data traffic, the system comprising:
- a central office, the central office including a trunk gateway;
the label switching network being coupled to the trunk gateway of the central office;
a network administration system, the network administration system including a plurality of policies stored in a policy repository each policy of at least a subset of the plurality of policies controlling, at least in part, the operation of the label switching network wherein a policy is one of an admission policy and a life cycle policy wherein further an admission policy maps packet traffic flows onto one or more label switched paths within the label switching network and a life cycle policy creates, deletes and monitors the one or more label switched paths within the label switching network; and
a call control complex, the call control complex coupled to the network administration system and the label switching network.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for policy-based management of a multiprotocol label switching (“MPLS”) network. In an embodiment, a system includes a policy-based network administration system, and the policy-based network administration system includes a plurality of policies. The system also includes an MPLS network, which is coupled to the policy-based network administration system.
277 Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A system for policy-based control of a label switching network carrying one or more of voice and data traffic, the system comprising:
-
a central office, the central office including a trunk gateway; the label switching network being coupled to the trunk gateway of the central office; a network administration system, the network administration system including a plurality of policies stored in a policy repository each policy of at least a subset of the plurality of policies controlling, at least in part, the operation of the label switching network wherein a policy is one of an admission policy and a life cycle policy wherein further an admission policy maps packet traffic flows onto one or more label switched paths within the label switching network and a life cycle policy creates, deletes and monitors the one or more label switched paths within the label switching network; and a call control complex, the call control complex coupled to the network administration system and the label switching network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A method of operating a label switching network with policy based management, the method comprising:
-
operating at least a portion of the label switching network based at least in part on a first policy, wherein a policy is one of an admission policy and a life cycle policy wherein further an admission policy maps packet traffic flows onto one or more label switched paths within the label switching network and a life cycle policy creates and deletes the one or more label switched paths within the label switching network; receiving a control input; selecting a second policy based at least in part on the control input, the second policy being different from the first policy; and operating at least the portion of the label switching network based at least in part on the second policy. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A method for policy-based management of a label switching network, the method comprising:
-
a step for operating at least a portion of the label switching network based at least in part on a first policy, wherein a policy is one of an admission policy and a life cycle policy wherein further an admission policy maps packet traffic flows onto one or more label switched paths within the label switching network and a life cycle policy creates deletes and configures the one or more label switched paths within the label switching network; a step for receiving a control input; a step for selecting a second policy based at least in part on the control input, the second policy being different from the first policy; and a step for operating at least the portion of the label switching network based at least in part on the second policy. - View Dependent Claims (18)
-
Specification