US 12,081,591 B2
Over-the-top management in a communication network
Göran Eriksson, Norrtälje (SE); Stefan Håkansson, Gothenburg (SE); Hans Mattsson, Mölndal (SE); Linus Andersson, Gothenburg (SE); David Del Peral Chico, Madrid (ES); Alfonso de Jesus Perez Martinez, Madrid (ES); Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid (ES); Rodrigo Alvarez Dominguez, Madrid (ES); and Marcos Caballero Del Dedo, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/611,845
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/228967, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19382386 (EP), filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201040 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/166 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for over-the-top (OTT) management in a communication network, the method being performed in an application client, and the method comprising:
sending a request for activation of a policy for an application network interaction protocol (ANIP) service to a packet data network gateway (PGW) wherein the request indicates an address to a local ANIP server;
receiving a set of rules related to the requested activation of the policy from the PGW, wherein the set of rules are defined for a packet data network (PDN) session applicable for the ANIP service; and
communicating over the communication network based on the received set of rules.