Patent ID: 9414265
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating area based policy for user equipment (UE) operating in different areas of a shared home Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, wherein the LTE system comprises a core network that provides service to a plurality of radio access networks, the method comprising: detecting a trigger, and responsive to the trigger, determining a first enterprise operating area in which the UE is currently located, wherein the first enterprise operating area is one of a plurality of enterprise operating areas of the LTE system and wherein each enterprise operating area of the plurality of enterprise operating areas is associated with a one or more different radio access networks of the plurality of radio access networks; determining whether the first enterprise operating area is a home enterprise operating area for the UE from among the plurality of enterprise operating areas or a visited enterprise operating area for the UE from among the plurality of enterprise operating areas; when the first enterprise operating area is the home enterprise operating area, selecting a first set of policy rules for the UE; when the first enterprise operating area is the visited enterprise operating area, selecting a second set of policy rules for the UE.