Patent ID: 7933221
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of regulating a flow of data traffic that is communicated from a mobile device in a wireless coverage area to a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising: performing a packet-inspection process on a portion of the flow of data traffic that is communicated from the mobile device to the wireless telecommunications network, wherein the packet-inspection process comprises selecting a data packet from a plurality of data packets within the flow and inspecting data-packet attributes within the data packet that include a user identifier attribute that identifies a user associated with the mobile device, an application identifier attribute that identifies an application from which the data packet originates, a mobile device identifier attribute that identifies the mobile device, and a sector identifier attribute that identifies a portion of the wireless coverage area; and based on a value of a data-packet attribute, determining whether to enforce a network policy such that if the value of the data-packet attribute is a first value, then the network policy will be enforced but if the value of the data-packet attribute is a second value, then the network policy will not be enforced, wherein enforcing the network policy includes regulating the flow of data traffic that is communicated from the mobile device to an access node of the wireless telecommunications network, wherein enforcement of the network policy includes prioritizing a flow of data traffic from a first type of application over a flow of data traffic from a second type of application, wherein the flow of data traffic from the second type application is regulated to flow at a lower rate than the flow of data traffic from the first type of application and wherein the enforcement of the network policy is implemented by setting a value of a reverse activity bit (RAB) associated with the flow of data traffic.