INTELLIGENT POLICY SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BANDWIDTH CONTROL IN AN ATM NETWORK

摘要

An intelligent policy server system and method for providing multiple service features and for controlling bandwidth usage in an ATM network. Profile arrays are provided which define feature authorizations and provisioning for subscribers and Customer Logical Ports served by edge switches. Depending on triggers associated with a signaling message received in an edge switch, a particular feature is invoked and executed by a policy server.