Abstract:
The invention comprises methods and arrangements for Policy Decision Point discovery in a roaming or handover scenario in an IP network (IN) comprising a plurality of network elements. The invention comprises methods and arrangement in an user equipment for receiving the address of the serving policy decision point and sending to the Home Agent a registration request comprising the local IP address of the user equipment so that the home agent can register the local IP address. The registration request will also comprise the address (ASPDP1) of the serving policy decision point (SPDP1) so that the Home Agent can forward the address of the serving policy decision point to the anchor Policy Decision Point and so that the anchor Policy Decision Point can contact the serving policy decision point by using said address of the serving Policy Decision Point.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for enabling user services in a communication network with a plurality of terminal users. An initiating user terminal (200) executes a group discovery process with the terminals (202) to form a user group. Capabilities are exchanged with the terminals, including at least one of: functional resources, available services, equipment information, applications or data programs, and current traffic or connection characteristics When a group service request (R) is received from a user terminal (D) in the group, functions and actions required for the requested service are assigned to functional resources in the terminals based on the exchanged terminal capabilities. The requested group service can then be consumed by means of these functional resources without involving an operator controlled group management server.
Abstract:
The invention comprises methods and arrangements for Policy Decision Point discovery in a roaming or handover scenario in an IP network (IN) comprising a plurality of network elements. The authentication function, e.g. an AAA-server, receives the address (ASPDP1) of the serving Policy Decision Point (SPDP1) associated to the user equipment, and stores the address of the serving policy decision point together with the local address of the user equipment. The authentication function sends the address of the serving policy Decision Point to the Home Agent so that the Home Agent can forward the address of the serving policy decision point to the anchor Policy Decision Point and so that the anchor Policy Decision Point can contact the serving policy decision point by using said address of the serving Policy Decision Point.
Abstract:
A method is provided which enables ratings data registered by a number of users for a first service and at least one corresponding service to be collected, wherein each user have been federated for a Single-Sign-On (SSO) on the first service as well as on the corresponding service/s. In response to a request for a set of ratings data received from a user requesting for the first service, a group of users is identified and the SSO identity of each SSO federated user of the identified group of users is mapped to one or more service identities of the respective SSO federated user. The mapping enables ratings data associated with the SSO users of the identified group of SSO users to be collected and normalized, such that the requested ratings data can then be provided to the requesting user in a unified format.
Abstract:
The invention comprises methods and arrangements for Policy Decision Point discovery in a roaming or handover scenario in an IP network (IN) comprising a plurality of network elements. The authentication function, e.g. an AAA-server, receives the address (ASPDP1) of the serving Policy Decision Point (SPDP1) associated to the user equipment, and stores the address of the serving policy decision point together with the local address of the user equipment. The authentication function sends the address of the serving policy Decision Point to the Home Agent so that the Home Agent can forward the address of the serving policy decision point to the anchor Policy Decision Point and so that the anchor Policy Decision Point can contact the serving policy decision point by using said address of the serving Policy Decision Point.
Abstract:
A device retrieves a first subset (340) of events (e.g. dropped sessions, resource reservation failures, loss of radio bearers etc.) from stored data associated with a network (e.g. node details, traffic details etc.), and determines (330) one or more discriminating features (e.g. node type, network type, service type etc.) of the first subset of events using a feature selection method (e.g. mutual information, information gain, principal feature analysis etc.). The device also retrieves one or more additional stored subsets (350) of events, different than the first subset of events, from the data associated with the network, and cross-checks (310) for the presence of the discriminating feature(s) in the additional subset(s) of events. The device then detects (320) a feature that is a root cause of a problem in the network based on the cross-checked discriminating feature(s).
Abstract:
A method to prevent churn of customers may include creating a customer model based on churned customers' behavior; creating one or more other customer models corresponding to existing customers' behavior during corresponding one or more time periods; comparing the customer model to the one or more other customer models; identifying whether the existing customers are potential churn customers based on the comparison; and generating measures to retain the existing customers when the existing customers are identified as potential churn customers.
Abstract:
A device retrieves a first subset of events from data associated with a network, and determines one or more discriminating features of the first subset of events using a feature selection method. The device also retrieves one or more additional subsets of events, different than the first subset of events, from the data associated with the network, and cross validates the one or more discriminating features based on the one or more additional subsets of events. The device further detects a feature that is a root cause of a problem in the network based on the cross validated one or more discriminating features.
Abstract:
A method for managing an automated service level agreement (SLA) negotiation between two providers (400a, 400b) belonging to different network domains, an initiating SLA negotiation manager (401a), a terminating SLA negotiation manager (401b), and a system for managing the negotiation. A negotiation is executed between two request handlers (40a, 402b) of the respective SLA negotiation managers. The request handler of the terminating SLA negotiation handler manages a policy checking procedure by interrogating an associated Policy Decision Point (PDP, 407) associated with the terminating SLA negotiation handler, via a resource handler (406b). A new or updated SLA, resulting from a successful negotiation is stored in an SLA database (SLA DB, 405a, 405), in the initiating, as well as in the terminating SLA negotiation manager.