Patent ID: 8880666
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: applying, at a policy request router, a rule based on a parameter representing a network condition to select a first policy server for a first policy request received from a policy requestor; sending from the policy request router to the policy requestor a first duration and a first identifier representing the first policy server, the policy requestor to send the first policy request to the first policy server based on the first identifier, the first policy server to enforce a first policy associated with the first policy request, the policy requestor to send first subsequent policy requests after the first policy request to the first policy server based on the first identifier until the first duration has expired and to send a second subsequent policy request to the policy request router after the first duration has expired; and when the second subsequent policy request is received from the policy requestor at the policy request router, sending from the policy request router to the policy requestor a second duration and a second identifier representing a second policy server, the second policy server different from the first policy server.