MULTIPLE SERVICES WITH POLICY ENFORCEMENT OVER A COMMON NETWORK

摘要

The present invention allows different types of services to be implemented over a common local access network, wherein each service can be ensured the resources necessary to provide the service, and unauthorized use can be prevented. Accordingly, various types of media services may be provided to various types of customer premise equipment, and the packet flows for each o f these services may be individually controlled. On either side of the local access network, a customer service edge and a network service edge are provided to establish virtual communication pipes for the respective service s. The customer and network service edges will establish the virtual communication pipes and control traffic flow over the virtual communication pipes in light of policy parameters provided by a network policy server.