Signaling-less dynamic call setup and teardown by utilizing observed session state information

• US 10,069,728 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2017
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tofighbakhsh, Mostafa
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Dung B.
• Application Number:
  US15/682,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20170373970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 379 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0835 One way packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0858 One way delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/087 Jitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/302 Route determination based on requested QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/70 Routing based on monitoring results
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery

Abstract

Signaling-less call setup and teardown by employing observed Quality of Experience (QoE) and resource demands. A system provides an environment for supersonic treatment of observed QoE and Quality of Service (QoS) demands for mobile applications. Specifically, a monitoring component is employed to determine session state information associated with a traffic flow, which includes observed QoE and resource demand data. The session state information is stored in a shared memory location and can be analyzed to modify and/or create a network policy for the traffic flow. The network policy is applied to one or more traffic flows to minimize signaling exchanges between a communication network and a mobile station.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

accessing session state information associated with first traffic flows between first user devices and a network device of a network, wherein the session state information comprises quality of experience data associated with the first traffic flows, and wherein the quality of experience data comprises user satisfaction data that has been input by a first user device of the first user devices; and

based on the session state information, determining policy data indicative of a network policy associated with a second traffic flow between a second user device and the network device, wherein the policy data specifies that respective notifications of messages available to the second user device are to be aggregated to generate aggregated notification data that is to be directed to the second user device based on a condition of the network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first traffic flows and the second traffic flow are determined to belong to a common category.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the network policy is a first network policy, and wherein the operations further comprise:

updating a second network policy based on the session state information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the session state information comprises name data indicative of a first traffic flow of the first traffic flows.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the session state information comprises mode data indicative of a mode of operation associated with a first traffic flow of the first traffic flows.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the session state information comprises network data associated with an observed network state of the network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the session state information comprises preference data indicative of a preference associated with a device of the first user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the condition of the network satisfies a defined condition criterion, directing the aggregated notification data that to the second user device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the determining that the condition of the network satisfies the defined condition criterion comprises determining that the network is in an idle mode of operation.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the policy data facilitates a periodic transfer of the aggregated notification data.

11. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a system comprising a processor, session state information associated with first traffic flows between first user equipment and a network device of a network, wherein the session state information comprises quality of experience data that quantifies user satisfaction associated with one of the first traffic flows; and

based on the session state information, determining, by the system, policy data indicative of a network policy associated with a second traffic flow between a second user equipment and the network device, wherein the policy data specifies that respective notifications of messages available to the second user equipment are to be aggregated to generate aggregated notification data that is to be provided to the second user equipment based on a condition determined to be applicable to the network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining comprises determining the policy data in response to verifying that the first traffic flows and the second traffic flow belong to a common category.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the accessing comprises accessing name data indicative of a first traffic flow of the first traffic flows.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the accessing comprises accessing mode data indicative of a mode of operation associated with a first traffic flow of the first traffic flows.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the accessing comprises accessing network data associated with an observed network state of the network.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the accessing comprises accessing preference data indicative of a preference associated with the first user equipment.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining session state information associated with first traffic flows between first user equipment and a network device of a network, wherein the session state information comprises quality of experience data indicative of a metric for representing user satisfaction associated with a first flow of the first traffic flows; and

based on the session state information, determining policy data that represents a network policy associated with a second traffic flow between a second user equipment and the network device, wherein the policy data specifies that respective notifications of messages available to the second user equipment are to be aggregated to generate aggregated notification data that is to be provided to the second user equipment in response to determining that condition data indicative of a condition of the network is determined to satisfy a defined network condition criterion.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

verifying that the first traffic flows and the second traffic flow belong to a same category.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the session state information comprises mode data indicative of a mode of operation associated with a first traffic flow of the first traffic flows.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the session state information comprises preference data indicative of a preference associated with the first user equipment.