Patent ID: 8489096
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving information parameters at an old gateway in response to a handover mobility signal sent by a user equipment toward a new gateway, the handover mobility signal being associated with an inter-access handover of the user equipment, wherein the inter-access handover of the user equipment comprises one of a handover of the user equipment from a mobile access network to a fixed broadband access network or a handover of the user equipment from the fixed broadband access network to the mobile access network; causing transmission of the information parameters from the old gateway to an old policy control function; causing, based at least in part on the received information parameters, an authorization message including one or more of an authorization decision, session information, or subscriber data related to an ongoing session to be sent from the old policy control function to a new policy control function; setting up a service between the user equipment and an application function; receiving, at the old gateway, a request for a bearer establishment transmitted by the user equipment; accepting the request at the old gateway and assigning an interne protocol address to the user equipment; requesting an authorization by the old gateway to the old policy control function of at least one service and rules information associated with the user equipment; authorizing the at least one service and at least one policy decision by the old policy control function; and causing the policy decisions to be sent back to the old gateway to enforce the policy decisions and to acknowledge the bearer establishment request, wherein the new policy control function is configured to transmit an authorization decision to the new gateway to continue the session through the new gateway and the new policy control function, and wherein the session comprises a plurality of different internet protocol data flows with specific requirements for bearer resources.