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Establishing facets of a policy for a communication session

  • US 8,438,613 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2007
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for establishing a plurality of facets of a policy for a communication session, comprising:

  • facilitating registration of an access terminal at a visited network, the access terminal associated with a home network having a home policy server;

    receiving the policy at a non-transitory visited policy server of the visited network, the policy comprising the facets;

    determining that a first facet is unacceptable;

    determining that a second facet identifies an application at the home network that is not supported by the visited network;

    establishing, by the visited policy server, a policy output based on the application even though the visited policy server does not support the application;

    negotiating the first facet until a stopping point is reached, the negotiation comprising;

    adjusting by the visited policy server at least one facet that applies to one or more particular packets, the at least one facet not supported by the visited policy server;

    notifying the home policy server of the adjustment;

    receiving a notification if the at least one facet adjusted by the visited policy server is acceptable; and

    establishing the first facet in accordance with the negotiation.

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