System and method of providing services via a peer-to-peer-based next generation network
First Claim
1. A peer-to-peer network comprising:
- a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being configured to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions directly with another intelligent terminal node, the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes comprising at least one user P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a user policy function; and
a plurality of network service nodes coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, the plurality of network service nodes comprising at least one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and at least one network P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a provider policy decision function and to exert stricter security control over a communication session than the security control exerted by the at least one user P2P function module;
wherein the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and the plurality of network service nodes are not one or more of a session admission control component or one or more of a POTS Access Function, and the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and the plurality of network service nodes do not maintain session state information.
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Abstract
A peer-to-peer network comprises a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being operable to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node, a plurality of network service nodes coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, the plurality of network service nodes comprise at least one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, at least one user P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to user policies, and at least one network P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to operator provider policies, and operable to exert stricter security control than the at least one user P2P function module.
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20 Claims
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1. A peer-to-peer network comprising:
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a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being configured to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions directly with another intelligent terminal node, the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes comprising at least one user P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a user policy function; and a plurality of network service nodes coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, the plurality of network service nodes comprising at least one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and at least one network P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a provider policy decision function and to exert stricter security control over a communication session than the security control exerted by the at least one user P2P function module; wherein the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and the plurality of network service nodes are not one or more of a session admission control component or one or more of a POTS Access Function, and the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and the plurality of network service nodes do not maintain session state information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication network comprising:
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a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being configured to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node and to collect charging information associated with the communication sessions, the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes comprising at least one user P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a user policy function; a network service stratum coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and configured to locate resource services, perform billing functions, and authenticate providers of resource services in the network and to adjust a class of service of a first communication session, during the first communication session, based upon a charging policy selected by one of the intelligent terminal nodes involved in the communication session; and a network transport stratum configured to couple the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes to resource services in the network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing services in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:
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authenticating a first intelligent terminal node as a service provider adapted to provide service; receiving a request for an identifier of the service provider from a second intelligent terminal node of the network; looking up the requested identifier of the first intelligent terminal node and transmitting the requested identifier to the second intelligent terminal node; enabling the second intelligent terminal node to initiate a communication session with the first intelligent terminal node; receiving a request, during the communication session, from the first or second intelligent terminal node to improve the quality of the communication session and enabling the requested improvement during the communication session; and receiving charging information related to charges for the communication session and the session improvement and generating billing information in response to the charging information, wherein the first and second intelligent terminal nodes comprising at least one user P2P function module configured to store, locate and distribute service resource information associated with a user policy function.
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