US 12,425,488 B2
Method of operating a telecommunications network
Simon Beddus, London (GB); Claudia Cristina, London (GB); and Fadi El-Moussa, London (GB)
Assigned to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/552,636
Filed by BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/054362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207192, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2104476 (GB), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171654 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/564 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/564 (2022.05) [H04L 67/60 (2022.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of operating a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network comprising a client device, a server, and an edge device connecting the client device to the server, the method being performed by the edge device and comprising:
intercepting a service request from the client device en route to the server, said service request requesting a service from the server;
identifying client device characteristic information associated with the client device;
identifying service requirement information associated with the requested service;
comparing the identified client device characteristic information with the identified service requirement information so as to determine if the client device characteristic information complies with the service requirement information; and
in response to determining that the client device information:
complies with the service requirement information:
permitting the server to provide the requested service in accordance with the service request; and
does not comply with the service requirement information:
preventing the server from providing the requested service in accordance with the service request; and
in response to the preventing:
identifying a characteristic of the client device characteristic information that is non-compliant with the service requirement information;
identifying a reconfiguration for modifying a network connection between the client device and the server to render the characteristic compliant with the requirement information, wherein the reconfiguration comprises re-routing, to a new network path between the client device and the server, communications associated with the client device; and
implementing the identified reconfiguration.