Patent ID: 9143438
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: registering services provided by a plurality of network service nodes with a service broker/service directory (SB/SD) module; communicating the services registered with the SB/SD module to a policy control engine, the policy control engine maintaining subscriber data for each of a plurality of mobile subscribers in a mobile network; receiving a first data flow from the mobile network relating to a first mobile subscriber; receiving first subscriber data for the first mobile subscriber, the first subscriber data identifying at least one first service path corresponding to the first mobile subscriber and at least one first service policy corresponding to the first mobile subscriber, the at least one first service path including a first set of network service nodes in the plurality of network service nodes, wherein the first service path is one of a plurality of predefined service paths maintained by the SB/SD module; initiating routing of at least one packet of the first data flow over a network according to the first service path, wherein the at least one packet includes service header data identifying the at least one first service policy; wherein each service node in the first set of service nodes performs a service defined in a service subscription of the first mobile subscriber and at least one particular service node in the first set of network service nodes performs a particular service based at least in part on the at least one first service policy; and communicating data identifying a registration of a new service path for inclusion in the plurality of predefined paths, the new service path including a new service provided using a particular service node registered with the SB/SD module.