Method and system for dynamically allocating services for subscribers data traffic

摘要

Access services are dynamically allocated for processing received data traffic by creating routing information for data traffic associated with a particular subscriber, subscriber equipment and/or network address information. The routing information identifies services that the data traffic can be subjected to and the order in which the services are provided. When an attached request is received, appropriate services for the requesting subscriber are retrieved from a database based on particular identifying information which may include the identification of the subscriber, subscriber equipment, network address or other information. The services are organized in a routing path and the allocated network address and the routing path are transferred to a smart router. Data traffic, associated with the allocated network address is then routed through servers to provide the identified services.

主权项

1. A method that allocates access services for a subscriber requesting to attach to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the method comprising the actions of:
obtaining identification information of a requesting subscriber that sent a request to attach to an IP network and a currently assigned IP address which was assigned to the requesting subscriber to be used during the current access session over the IP network; identifying, based at least in part on the identification information, two or more different access services associated with the identification information; creating a routing path toward an external IP network that includes two or more different access service servers in which data traffic associated with the subscriber is passed through in a certain order for providing the identified two or more of access services, wherein the certain order in the routing path defines routing received packets toward a first access service server from the two or more different access service servers, waiting for receiving a relevant processed packet from the first access service server and transfer the received relevant processed packet toward a second access service server from the two or more different access service servers; and associating the routing path with the currently assigned IP address.