Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for allowing a single platform to recognize and process both Diameter messages and Radius messages. A gateway is provided for translating Radius messages received from a wireline device into NASReq messages. A Diameter Proxy Agent receives both Diameter messages from a wireless device and the NASReq messages from the gateway. The Diameter Proxy Agent selects a PCRF to which to pass a NASReq message, and upon receipt of a NASReq message the PCRF either creates or updates a NASReq session object. By recognizing and processing Radius messages, wireline services can be offered at the same time as wireless services without requiring the use of a second platform. In addition, use of the PCRF server to support wireline services offers much better scalability than that offered by traditional AAA servers.

Abstract: A method for establishing a session between a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) and an auxiliary host, includes: receiving, at the PCRN, an application session request message from a packet data network gateway (PGW); establishing an access session with the packet data network gateway; receiving, at the PCRN, an auxiliary session request message from the auxiliary host; and establishing an auxiliary access session with the auxiliary host corresponding to the access session with the packet data network gateway.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for allowing a single platform to recognize and process both Diameter messages and Radius messages. A gateway is provided for translating Radius messages received from a wireline device into NASReq messages. A Diameter Proxy Agent receives both Diameter messages from a wireless device and the NASReq messages from the gateway. The Diameter Proxy Agent selects a PCRF to which to pass a NASReq message, and upon receipt of a NASReq message the PCRF either creates or updates a NASReq session object. By recognizing and processing Radius messages, wireline services can be offered at the same time as wireless services without requiring the use of a second platform. In addition, use of the PCRF server to support wireline services offers much better scalability than that offered by traditional AAA servers.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for providing a shared RAM cache of a database, accessible by multiple processes. By sharing a single cache rather than local copies of the database, memory is saved and synchronization of data accessed by different processes is assured. Synchronization between the database and the shared cache is assured by using a unidirectional notification mechanism between the database and the shared cache. Client APIs within the processes search the data within the shared cache directly, rather than by making a request to a database server. Therefore server load is not affected by the number of requesting applications and data fetch time is not affected by Inter-Process Communication delay or by additional context switching. A new synchronization scheme allows multiple processes to be used in building and maintaining the cache, greatly reducing start up time.

Abstract: Methods and systems of managing communication networks are provided. Network management information received for an electronic device of a protection group, which includes a working electronic device and a protection electronic device in the communication network, is applied to both the working electronic device and the protection electronic device. Indications of the network management information, or portions of the network management information, may be displayed only for an active one of the working electronic device and the protection electronic device. In the event of an activity switch, such indications are displayed only for a newly active one of the working electronic device and the protection electronic device. In another embodiment, received network management information is applied to an active one of the working electronic device and the protection electronic device.