Patent ID: 9125106
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a gateway, connectivity between a user equipment device (UE) and a network at a service level indicated in a gateway policy profile associated with the UE; receiving, by the gateway, information indicative of a change to the service level, wherein the change corresponds to an upgrade of the service level or a downgrade of the service level; transmitting, by the gateway, the information for receipt by the UE; determining, by the gateway, failure of the gateway to receive an acceptance response from the UE indicative of the UE accepting the change; and responsive to the receiving of the information by the gateway and the determining of the failure, (i) updating, by the gateway, the gateway policy profile to make the change if the change corresponds to the downgrade, or (ii) maintaining, by the gateway, the gateway policy profile unchanged if the change corresponds to the upgrade.