Dynamic in-band service control mechanism in mobile network

Abstract

A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for transmitting signaling information within payload traffic. For example, the method parses a certificate received from a service provider to obtain service imprint information associated with a mobile service, inserts a service control parameter derived from the service imprint information into a packet header, and forwards the packet header within payload traffic to a policy charging and enforcing function.

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[0001]The present disclosure relates generally to communication networks and, more particularly, to a method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a dynamic in-band service control mechanism in a mobile network, e.g., in a 3G network, a LTE (long term evolution) wireless network and the like.BACKGROUND[0002]With the introduction of LTE and wide availability of mobile broadband, there is significant growth in mobile services and applications. These new mobile services and applications pose huge challenges and opportunities to mobile operators in terms of providing network management (such as Quality of Service (QoS)) and control. Traditionally, mobile core network control is achieved by a policy control and charging (PCC) mechanism which is based on Internet Protocol (IP) flow at the network layer. However, most of the mobile services such as Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) need to be managed at the application level and these mobile services are mostly transacti...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

This approach enhances mobile network efficiency by providing real-time, scalable service control and QoS management for web-based services, ensuring effective resource allocation and low latency, thereby improving the performance of delay-sensitive applications.

Problems solved by technology

These new mobile services and applications pose huge challenges and opportunities to mobile operators in terms of providing network management (such as Quality of Service (QoS)) and control.

In addition, the time sensitive nature of these transactional services requires a very low latency management solution.

The traditional flow based service control does not manage the session based service well.

However, these ecosystems have poor or no interactions with each other.

Given the dynamic nature of the mobile environment, it is difficult for these ecosystems to adapt to current conditions experienced by the mobile applications.

This can lead to mobile applications not performing well when resources are not correctly allocated to meet the needs of the mobile application, particularly in real time, delay sensitive applications.

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