Patent ID: 8788646
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for implementing policy control for a home gateway, said apparatus comprising a Co-located Policy Decision Function Entity (PD-FE); said Co-located PD-FE being configured to receive a Quality of Service (QoS) policy decided and sent by a PD-FE at network side, to select a home gateway in a Customer Premises Network according to the QoS policy, translate the QoS policy to a QoS policy supported by the home gateway according to capability of the home gateway, and to send the QoS policy supported by the home gateway to said home gateway; wherein said home gateway performs policy control for service traffic according to received QoS policy; wherein said Co-located PD-FE and the PD-FE are connected via an Rd interface at network side; and said Co-located PD-FE and said home gateway are connected via an Rh interface.