Patent ID: 8659999

Claim:
A method for use with an NGN (next generation network) network operator and an NGN service provider and a customer premises network, the NGN network operator having a respective PD-FE (policy decision functional entity), the NGN network operator providing data transport to the customer premises network, the NGN service provider having a respective PD-FE, the respective PD-FE of the NGN network operator and the respective PD-FE of the NGN service provider being distinct and being communicatively coupled therebetween, the customer premises network having a CGPE-FE (customer premises network gateway policy enforcement functional entity), the method comprising: within the NGN service provider, making resource and admission control policy for the NGN home network; communicating the resource and admission control policy from the respective PD-FE of the NGN service provider to the CGPE-FE of the customer premises network; at the customer premises network, enforcing the communicated resource and admission control policy.