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Network system for policing resource intensive behaviors

US8495207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2010
Grant dateJul 23, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/0896
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system may include a network traffic policing system configured to monitor resource intensive users and applications of a wireless communication network. The network traffic policing system may include a processing device configured to determine policy actions; and a plurality of policy nodes in communication with the processing device and configured to: gather statistics regarding key variables of the wireless communication network, the statistics including at least one non-data usage variable, forward updated information relating to the key variables to the processing device, and enforce at least one policy action determined by the processing device.

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