Patent ID: 9491045
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A transport policy requesting node for requesting a transport policy for a bearer of a session in a communications system comprising a policy decision function, the transport policy requesting node comprising: a processor coupled to a memory; an event handling mechanism adapted, when executed by the processor, to detect a triggering event triggering the selection of a transport policy for the bearer of a session; a transport policy selection mechanism adapted, when executed by the processor, to select a transport policy and transmit a policy request indicative of the transport policy to the policy decision function; a context information handling mechanism adapted, when executed by the processor, to receive information relating to a context relevant to the session; and wherein the transport policy comprises one or more of: wherein the detection of the triggering event and/or receiving information is achieved by intercepting signalling traffic relating to the session.