Patent ID: 8788677
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling sessions in a network comprising: an interface for communicating with an entity operable to send and receive messages regarding a session; data storage adapted to store session data related to the session and to store configuration data corresponding to the entity; and a controller configured to: determine, during the establishment of a new session, a major-minor release combination of a protocol version to be used in the new session from first and second attribute value pairs (AVPs) of a message received from the entity requesting establishment of the new session, and determine, during an existing session, the major-minor release combination of a protocol version to be used in the existing session from the session data responsive to receiving, from the entity, a message regarding the existing session, wherein the first and second AVPs respectively indicate a major release and a minor release corresponding to the major-minor release combination.