InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,473,986
Tomici , et al. October 18, 2016

Methods, systems and apparatus for managing and/or enforcing policies for managing internet protocol ("IP") traffic among multiple accesses of a network


Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatus for managing and/or enforcing one or more policies for managing internet protocol ("IP") traffic among multiple accesses of a network in accordance with a policy for managing bandwidth among the multiple accesses are disclosed. Among the methods, systems and apparatus is a method that may include obtaining performance metrics associated with the multiple accesses. The method may also include adapting one or more rules of one or more the policies for managing IP traffic among the plurality of accesses based, at least in part, on the performance metrics and the policy for managing bandwidth among the plurality of accesses. The method may further include managing IP traffic associated with at least one wireless transmit and/or receive unit ("WTRU") among the plurality of accesses responsive to the adapted rules.



Inventors:
Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ), Lopez-Torres; Oscar (San Antonio, TX), Ye; Chunxuan (Wayne, PA), Patel; Milan (Middlesex, GB), Livet; Catherine (Montreal, CA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


Tomici; John L.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Reznik; Alexander
Lopez-Torres; Oscar
Ye; Chunxuan
Patel; Milan
Livet; Catherine
Southold
Blue Bell
Titusville
San Antonio
Wayne
Middlesex
Montreal
NY
PA
NJ
TX
PA
N/A
N/A
US
US
US
US
US
GB
CA


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002176673

Appl. No.:
13/446,685

Filed:
April 13, 2012


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20120324100 A1 Dec 20, 2012



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Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

61475023 Apr 13, 2011
61546543 Oct 12, 2011




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 28/16 (20130101); H04L 45/123 (20130101); H04L 45/308 (20130101); H04L 45/38 (20130101); H04W 76/022 (20130101)
Current International Class: G06F 15/16 (20060101); H04W 28/16 (20090101); H04L 12/721 (20130101); H04L 12/725 (20130101); H04W 76/02 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;709/224

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