Patent ID: 9077553
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling services received by a visiting subscriber to a visited network associated with a visited service provider, the method comprising: receiving, at a node of the visited network, a request for the visiting subscriber to receive at least one service from the visited network; retrieving, in response to the request, a quality of service to be afforded the visiting subscriber for each of the at least one service, the quality of service including a minimum guaranteed bit rate, GBR, threshold; determining whether to provide at least one of the at least one service to the visiting subscriber, based at least in part on: the determining including comparing the minimum GBR threshold and a maximum GBR threshold to a sum of a current GBR resource usage of a service provider associated with the visiting subscriber and a current aggregate maximum bit rate, AMBR, of the service provider associated with the visiting subscriber.