Patent ID: 8839365
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for handling, in a gateway node in a wireless communications network, applications used in a wireless communications network, comprising: providing access for a user equipment (UE) to an application server (APS); providing download of an authenticated application to the UE, wherein the application is authenticated using an authentication service; providing communication of communication packets between a service on a packet data network and the UE using the application, wherein at least one of the communication packets includes an internet protocol (IP) address, a port number, an application identifier and authentication data; identifying and authenticating the application used in the service by using packet inspection of the communication packets and determining the application identifier and the authentication data located in the at least one packet; determining application statistics relating to the identified application; and storing the application statistics in a database.