Patent ID: 8863229

Claim:
A method for resource and admission control of a home network, comprising: performing authorization check, by a Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF) of a Next Generation Network (NGN) retail service provider, on a resource request after receiving the resource request sent by a Service Control Function (SCF), formulating an initial policy rule after the authorization check is passed, and sending a resource request comprising the initial policy rule to a Customer Premises Network (CPN); performing, by the CPN, authorization check on one or more resource requests after receiving them, each of which comprises the initial policy rule and is sent by an RACF of a respective NGN retail service provider, formulating a final policy rule after the authorization check is passed, and executing the final policy rule; wherein sending the resource request comprising the initial policy rule by the RACF of the NGN retail service provider to the CPN, is: sending, by a Policy Decision Functional Entity of the RACF of the NGN retail service provider (PD-FE(R)), the resource request comprising the initial policy rule to a Home network Policy Decision Functional Entity (HPD-FE) of the CPN, performing the authorization check on the resource requests, formulating the final policy rule after the authorization check is passed, and executing the final policy rule by the CPN, is: performing, by the HPD-FE of the CPN, the authorization check on the resource requests, and formulating the final policy rule after the authorization check is passed; sending, by the HPD-FE, the resource request comprising the final policy rule to a CPN Gateway Policy Enforcement Functional Entity (CGPF-FE); and executing, by the CGPE-FE, the final policy rule sent by the HPD-FE according to the received resource request.