Selective activation of network management policies of mobile devices in a mobile network

摘要

Systems and methods described herein employ techniques for generation and selective activation (or triggering) of network management policies in a congested network to, for example, prevent further aggravation of network congestion are disclosed. In order to address mobile network congestion it is necessary to be able to enforce network management policies on the devices which are in the a specific congested cell. This presents a challenge as the mobile devices cannot themselves determine if the cell they are currently located in is congested. Additionally, most network operators do not have mechanisms to determine which cells are congested in real-time. Thus, network operators (e.g., cellular providers) can create policies with congestion triggers that are not bound to specific cells to address congestion. The polices can be distributed to clients in the mobile network and selectively activated in congested cell locations (or areas) by the mobile clients.

主权项

1. A method of managing activation of network management policies in a mobile network, the method comprising:
prior to a change in location of a mobile device between a first location area and a second location area of a plurality of location areas of a mobile network, receiving, by the mobile device, a network management policy for the second location area, wherein the location area includes a plurality of cells forming the location area; responsive to a change in the location of the mobile device in the mobile network, determining if a new location is on a location area list distributed by a proxy server, wherein the location area list includes a congestion trigger associated with a congested network at a cell; and activating, by the mobile device, a network management policy associated with the mobile device when the new location is on the location area list, wherein the network management policy does not have specific binding to a particular location in the mobile network but is responsive to the congestion trigger in the location area list such that the network management policy is activated when the mobile device enters the congested cell but is not activated in uncongested cells in the location area.