摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for managing usage of a plurality of local area networks by a plurality of subscribers. Each subscriber is associated with one of a plurality of retail service providers. The subscribers each have a terminal for accessing one or more of the local area networks. For each attempt by one of the plurality of subscribers to access one of the plurality of local area networks, the method includes the steps of: (a) receiving at a gateway at a wholesale service provider network a request from the one of the plurality of local area networks for authenticating the one of the plurality of subscribers. The request contains subscriber credentials for the one of the plurality of subscribers; (b) forwarding the subscriber credentials to a retail service provider with which the one of the plurality of subscribers is associated; (c) receiving from the retail service provider authorization to grant access to the one of the plurality of local area networks when the one of the plurality of subscribers is authenticated based on the subscriber credentials and information relating to the one of the plurality of subscribers previously stored in a subscriber database; (d) authorizing the one of the plurality of local area networks to grant access to the one of the plurality of subscribers when the one of the plurality of subscribers is authenticated; (e) receiving session information from the one of the plurality of local area networks on usage of the one of a plurality of local area networks by the one of the plurality of subscribers; and (f) transmitting the information received on local area network usage to the retail service provider for use in billing the one of the plurality of subscribers.
摘要:
A method is provided for managing usage of a plurality of local area networks by a plurality of subscribers associated with a service provider. The subscribers have terminals for accessing the local area networks. The terminals each have a client program for communicating with a service provider network. For each subscriber desiring to access a local area network, the method includes: (a) receiving at a gateway at the service provider network a request for authenticating a subscriber desiring access to the local area network, the request containing subscriber credentials for the subscriber desiring access to the local area network; (b) authenticating the subscriber based on the subscriber credentials and information relating to the subscriber previously stored in a subscriber database; (c) authorizing the local area network to grant access to the subscriber when the subscriber is authenticated; (d) establishing a link between the gateway and a client program on a terminal operated by the subscriber; (e) collecting session information through the link; (f) receiving information on local area network usage by the subscriber; and (g) transmitting the information on local area network usage to a billing system for billing of usage by the subscriber.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for real-time collection of information about application level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A collector device communicates with a router in a mobile data network so that the collector can obtain substantially all of the data coming from the router in real-time and correlate the data to specific users. The collector device comprises a user identity subsystem, filter, and data transfer subsystem. The user identity subsystem inspects the data for source IP addresses and correlates them to corresponding mobile phone numbers. The filter then inspects the collected data and retains only application-level data. Lastly, the data transfer subsystem transfers the filtered data to a data reporting and analysis system.
摘要:
System and method for capturing, analyzing, and accessing application level activity and other user information on a mobile data network based on various privacy controls. A platform non-intrusively and transparently monitors data activity on a mobile data network in real-time. The platform comprises collectors, data managers, and a reports manager. The collectors capture information from routers and correlate IP addresses with phone numbers. The collectors retain data allowed by a set of capture filter rules. Data managers receive the retained data and augment it with additional information. A set of usage filter rules determines the communications and additional information that can go to each data manager for use in real-time reports on aggregated usage of the network. The report manager works with the data manager to provide real-time reports to an operator. A set of access usage rules determines the reports that the operator can access.
摘要:
A method of evaluating an effect of a run-time scheduling policy on a performance of an end-system, having associated resources, running one or more applications, each application having one or more tasks and the tasks being mapped to the associated resources of the end-system, includes generating a state process having a state space representative of an evolution of computation associated with the end-system, the evolution being representative of task transitions with respect to the applications, available resources and the run-time scheduling policy. Then, given the state space generated with respect to, inter alia, the specified run-time scheduling policy, the method includes computing performance metrics from the state process, the performance metrics being representative of the effect of the run-time scheduling policy on the performance of the one or more applications running on the end-system. The method preferably calculates the performance in terms of the probability distribution of the processing delay of each application and a deadline miss probability.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for storing data on application-level activity and other user information to enable real-time multi-dimensional reporting about a user of a mobile data network. A data manager receives information about application-level activity from a mobile data network and stores the information to provide dynamic real-time reporting on network usage. The data manager comprises a database, data processing module, and analytics module. The database stores the application-level data for a predetermined period of time. The data processing module monitors the data to determine if it corresponds to a set of defined reports. If the data is relevant, the processing module updates the defined reports. The analytics module accesses the database to retrieve information satisfying operator queries about network usage. If the operator chooses to convert the query into a defined report, the analytics module creates a newly defined report and populates it accordingly.
摘要:
The invention provides a system and method for sharing anonymous user profiles with a third party. In one aspect of the invention, the system shares user profiles with content servers on a mobile data network so that they may select content responsive to the user's profile. The system provides a store of user profiles for associating profile information with either a source IP address or mobile phone number, where the profile includes information on the user and the user's network usage. The system detects a user's transaction request and inspects it for either an IP address or phone number, which it uses to retrieve the appropriate profile. The system subsequently applies predetermined opt-out policies to determine how much of the user profile may be provided in response to the profile request. The system then returns the profile information such that the user's identity is masked.
摘要:
System and method for collecting and analyzing information on application-level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A platform non-intrusively and transparently monitors data activity on a mobile data network in real-time so that user-level information can be reported to an operator. The platform comprises a plurality of collectors, a data manager, and a report manager. The collectors communicate with network routers to almost all network data. The collectors inspect the data for IP addresses and correlate them to user mobile phone numbers. The data manager receives the data and augments it with information obtained by querying carrier information. The data manager stores the data and monitors it to see if it satisfies a set of defined real-time reports. The report manager then works with the data manager to develop and test new reports based on operator instructions for a specific report.
摘要:
A mobile services control platform supports an enhanced service, Voice Forwarding to Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi Voice. Functionally, the service allows a subscriber to use a Wi-Fi device to receive voice calls directed to his or her mobile number. In a representative example, when the user connects over a Wi-Fi network, e.g., using his or her laptop or other such device, he or she selects “Wi-Fi Voice” option from a client. As a result, future voice calls directed to the user's mobile number get routed to his or her laptop over Wi-Fi, without the caller being aware that the user has connected over a different network. Similarly, voice calls made by the user from his or her laptop Wi-Fi (e.g., through a softphone) are delivered to the recipient's device as if they originated from the mobile phone number.
摘要:
A converged network accessible by wireless client devices includes a wide area wireless network, a local area wireless network, and a gateway linked to the wide area and local area wireless networks for integrating access to the networks by the wireless client devices