Patent ID: 6714515
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A Bandwidth Broker (BB) that functions as a Policy Decision Point (PDP) in a radio network access portion of an integrated Internet Protocol (IP) network, said BB comprising:a user/application interface for receiving a call request; means for determining radio network resources required to satisfy the received call request; a first policy server interface toward a Radio Network Server (RNS) for sending queries from the BB regarding the availability of radio network resources to satisfy the received call request, and for receiving responses from the RNS indicating whether the requested resources are available; an intra-domain interface toward an edge router for sending an approval or a denial for the requested resources; an intra-domain interface toward a BB in another network domain for sending an indication of whether or not the request for resources can be satisfied; and a second policy server interface toward a Media Policy Server (MPS) for retrieving from the MPS, system operator instructions regarding how resources in the network should be allocated.