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Policy co-ordination in a communications network

  • US 7,246,165 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2001
  • Issued: 07/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of notifying a policy enforcement point (PEP) node of policies and/or policy decisions made at a plurality of policy decision point (PDP) nodes, the PEP and the plurality of PDP nodes being arranged to communicate with one another via an IP network using the Common Open Policy Service, COPS, protocol, the method comprising:

  • at said PEP node, establishing a virtual policy enforcement point for each of the plurality of PDP nodes;

    establishing a COPS connection between each of the virtual policy enforcement points and corresponding ones of the plurality of PDP nodes; and

    sending decisions and decision responses between the virtual policy enforcement points and the corresponding ones of the plurality of PDP nodes over the respective COPS connections.

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