SERVICE CLASS DEPENDANT ASIGNMENT OF IP ADDRESSES FOR COTROLLING ACCESS TO AN D DELIVERY OF E-SEVICES

摘要

For controlling access to and delivery of electronic services in an Internet Protocol (IP) based network environment, services requiring distinct sets of service parameters (QoS levels, filters) are separated by assigning certain quantities of IP addresses to different services or classes of services. If assigned statically, a certain IP address is assigned to a certain application, user or hardware device. Thus, depending on a requested service comprising a certain service attribute or set of service attributes like QoS level (s), a particular - the requested service enabling - IP address is assigned or granted, e.g. from a pool of available IP addresses.The proposed mechanism thus grants or denies access to a requested service or service infrastructure based on a currently assigned IP address and guarantees that all data packets are transferred in a particular way and/or via a particular network infrastructure.