Patent ID: 8458767
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for enhanced service detection, the method comprising: at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node, requesting, from a deep packet inspection (DPI) node, notification of detection of traffic relating to a service, wherein requesting notification of detection of traffic relating to the service includes communicating a service identifier from the PCRF node to the DPI node; at the DPI node, identifying at least one traffic classifier usable to detect traffic corresponding to the service, using the at least one traffic classifier to detect traffic corresponding to the service, and notifying the PCRF node of the detection and of the at least one traffic classifiers; and at the PCRF node, determining a policy rule based on the at least one classifier and communicating the policy rule to a policy enforcement node.