Dynamically configuring attributes of a parent circuit on a network element

US9007913B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Sudhagar Chinnaswamy · San Jose, US
• Timothy J. Lynch · San Francisco, US
• Lars Martin · Vancouver, CA
• Sudhakar Chunduru · Fremont, US
• Samvid S. Shah · San Jose, US
• Sunny Wang · New Taipei, TW
• Srikanth Chavali · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/20
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for dynamically configuring a parent circuit through a subscriber record on an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server responsive to an authorization event for the subscriber session on the network element. According to one embodiment of the invention, the AAA server accesses the subscriber record for a subscriber session on the network element. Based on this subscriber record, a set of one or more attributes for a subscriber circuit and a set of one or more attributes for a parent circuit of the subscriber circuit are determined. The network element applies the set of subscriber circuit attributes to the subscriber circuit and the set of parent circuit attributes to the parent circuit.