Policy formulating method, policy server, and gateway
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a gateway, user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network;
receiving, by a policy server, the user agent information from the gateway;
distinguishing, by the policy server, between a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information based on different locations of Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-based protocol stacks;
formulating, by the policy server, a first charging or quality of service (QoS) policy when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a second charging or QoS policy when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network;
delivering, by the policy server, the first charging or QoS policy or the second charging or QoS policy to the gateway according to the type of terminal; and
applying, by the gateway, the first charging or QoS policy or the second charging or QoS policy to the terminal.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a policy formulating method. The method includes: receiving, by a policy server, User-Agent information sent by a gateway, where the User-Agent information carries type information of a terminal or type information of a browser used by a terminal; determining, by the policy server, a type of the terminal according to the User-Agent information; and formulating, by the policy server, a charging policy and/or a QoS quality of service policy according to the type of the terminal. Type information of a user terminal or type information a browser used by a terminal is reported to a policy server. The policy server is capable of correctly distinguishing a terminal type, for example a mobile phone or a PC is surfing the Internet, and then the policy server formulates a corresponding policy to implement Internet access charging and QoS guarantee.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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transmitting, by a gateway, user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network; receiving, by a policy server, the user agent information from the gateway; distinguishing, by the policy server, between a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information based on different locations of Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-based protocol stacks; formulating, by the policy server, a first charging or quality of service (QoS) policy when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a second charging or QoS policy when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network; delivering, by the policy server, the first charging or QoS policy or the second charging or QoS policy to the gateway according to the type of terminal; and applying, by the gateway, the first charging or QoS policy or the second charging or QoS policy to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a gateway, configured to; transmit user agent information, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by a terminal accessing a wireless network; receive a charging or a quality of service (QoS) policy; and apply the policy to the terminal; and a policy server, configured to; receive the user agent information from the gateway, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information associated with a terminal accessing a wireless network; distinguish between a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information based on different locations of Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-based protocol stacks; formulate a first charging or quality of service (QoS) policy when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network and a second charging or QoS policy when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network; and deliver the first charging or QoS policy or the second charging or QoS policy to the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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