METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DISTRIBUTING POLICY RULES TO THE MOBILE EDGE

• US 20140031029A1
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tekelec
• Original Assignee: Tekelec
• Inventors: Rajagopalan, Sundaram, Deo, Ajay Padmakar, Baniel, Uri
• Granted Patent: US 10,477,385 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing policy rules from a data content network to user equipment in a mobile network are disclosed. In one example, the method includes obtaining, by a mobile offload gateway (MOG) located in a core data content network, at least one mobile policy rule associated with a mobile subscriber. The method further includes transmitting, from the MOG, the at least one mobile policy rule to a user equipment (UE) located outside of the core data content network, wherein the UE is associated with the mobile subscriber and configuring the UE to function in accordance to the at least one mobile policy rule.

Claims

1. A method for distributing policy rules from a core data content network to user equipment in a mobile network, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a mobile offload gateway (MOG) located in a core data content network, at least one mobile policy rule associated with a mobile subscriber;

transmitting, from the MOG, the at least one mobile policy rule to a user equipment (UE) located outside of the core data content network, wherein the UE is associated with the mobile subscriber; and

configuring the UE to function in accordance to the at least one mobile policy rule.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one mobile policy rule restricts signaling messages generated by and transmitted from the UE to the core data content network.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one mobile policy rule includes at least one of:

a battery usage policy rule, a radio access network airlink measurement policy rule, a data network throttling policy rule, a tier-based subscription policy rule, a signaling control policy rule, and a user data quota policy rule.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the data network throttling policy rules include policy rules for reducing or ceasing data content traffic from the core data content network to the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE is located in a mobile network.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the mobile network includes a 3GPP radio access network (RAN), a 3G RAN, a 4G RAN, or a long term evolution (LTE) RAN.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the MOG includes a mobile policy gateway (MPG).

8. The method of claim 1 wherein obtaining at least one mobile policy rule includes receiving the at least one mobile policy rule from a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein obtaining at least one mobile policy rule includes querying a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node for the at least one mobile policy rule.

10. A system for distributing policy rules from a data content network to user equipment in a mobile network, the system comprising:

a mobile offload gateway (MOG) configured to obtain at least one mobile policy rule associated with a subscriber and transmitting, from the MOG, the at least one mobile policy rule, wherein the MOG is located in a data content network; and

a user equipment (UE) configured to receive the at least one mobile policy rule and configured to function in accordance to the at least one mobile policy rule, wherein the UE is located in mobile network.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one mobile policy rule restricts signaling messages generated by and transmitted from the UE to the core data content network.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one mobile policy rule includes at least one of:

a battery usage policy rule, a radio access network airlink measurement policy rule, a data network throttling policy rule, a tier-based subscription policy rule, a signaling control policy rule, and a user data quota policy rule.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the data network throttling policy rules include policy rules for reducing or ceasing data content traffic from the core data content network to the UE.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the UE is located in a mobile network.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the mobile network includes a 3GPP radio access network (RAN), a 3G RAN, a 4G RAN, or a long term evolution (LTE) RAN.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein the MOG includes a mobile policy gateway (MPG).

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the MOG is configured to receive the at least one mobile policy rule from a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein the MOG is configured to query a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node for the at least one mobile policy rule.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

obtaining, by a mobile offload gateway (MOG) located in a core data content network, at least one mobile policy rule associated with a mobile subscriber;

transmitting, from the MOG, the at least one mobile policy rule to a user equipment (UE) located outside of the core data content network, wherein the UE is associated with the mobile subscriber; and

configuring the UE to function in accordance to the at least one mobile policy rule.