Patent ID: 8433325
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a user equipment registration request at a node that manages a plurality of radio access points and enables connectivity with macro mobile communication services supplied by a macro service provider, the user equipment registration request including an identification of an enterprise in which the node is deployed, wherein the user equipment registration request is received from a Home Node B radio access point, wherein the Home Node B radio access point appends the identification of the enterprise in which the node is deployed to the user equipment registration request, and wherein the identification of the enterprise was supplied by the Home Node B radio access point to the node that manages the plurality of radio access points during a prior registration of the Home Node B radio access point; responsive to receipt of the user equipment registration request, generating and sending a user equipment policy request to a policy database; receiving from the policy database a user equipment policy associated with the user equipment; and thereafter treating user equipment traffic in accordance with the user equipment policy, wherein the user equipment traffic passes between user equipment and one of the plurality of radio access points, and wherein the policy database is managed by the enterprise, wherein the enterprise is other than the macro service provider.