Enforcement of user level policies from visited networks in a mobile IP environment
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1. A system for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of user level policies associated with an access terminal; and
a processor of a visited bearer manager, the processor in communication with the memory and configured to;
establish a mobile IP connection with the access terminal;
receive at the visited bearer manager the user level policies in a skippable mobile IP extension of a control message sent from a home bearer manager in response to registering a care-of address of the access terminal, the mobile IP extension comprising a user level policies field communicating one or more policy identifiers corresponding to the user level policies;
skip a user level policy of the user level policies that is not recognizable; and
apply user level policies that are recognizable to the mobile IP connection.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores one or more user level policies associated with an access terminal. The processor establishes a mobile IP connection with the access terminal. The processor receives the user level policies from a home IP gateway of the access terminal, and applies the user level policies to the mobile IP connection.
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1. A system for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of user level policies associated with an access terminal; and a processor of a visited bearer manager, the processor in communication with the memory and configured to; establish a mobile IP connection with the access terminal; receive at the visited bearer manager the user level policies in a skippable mobile IP extension of a control message sent from a home bearer manager in response to registering a care-of address of the access terminal, the mobile IP extension comprising a user level policies field communicating one or more policy identifiers corresponding to the user level policies; skip a user level policy of the user level policies that is not recognizable; and apply user level policies that are recognizable to the mobile IP connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity from a foreign network, comprising:
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establishing a mobile IP connection with an access terminal; receiving, at a visited bearer manager, a plurality of user level policies in a skippable mobile IP extension of a control message sent from a home bearer manager in response to registering a care-of address of the access terminal, the mobile IP extension comprising a user level policies field communicating one or more policy identifiers corresponding to the user level policies; skipping a user level policy of the user level policies that is not recognizable; and applying user level policies that are recognizable to the mobile IP connection. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A logic for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity from a foreign network, the logic embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and configured to:
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establish a mobile IP connection with an access terminal; receive, at a visited bearer manager, a plurality of user level policies in a skippable mobile IP extension of a control message sent from a home bearer manager in response to registering a care-of address of the access terminal, the mobile IP extension comprising a user level policies field communicating one or more policy identifiers corresponding to the user level policies; skip a user level policy of the user level policies that is not recognizable; and apply user level policies that are recognizable to the mobile IP connection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, comprising:
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means for establishing a mobile IP connection with an access terminal; means for receiving a plurality of user level policies in a skippable mobile IP extension of a control message sent from a home bearer manager in response to registering a care-of address of the access terminal, the mobile IP extension comprising a user level policies field communicating one or more policy identifiers corresponding to the user level policies; means for skipping a user level policy of the user level policies that is not recognizable; and means for applying user level policies that are recognizable to the mobile IP connection.
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