Policy formulating method, policy server, and gateway

1. A policy formulating method comprising:

performing, by a gateway, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) on a packet sent by a terminal to acquire user agent information and sending the user agent information to a policy server;

receiving, by the policy server, the user agent information sent by the gateway, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information used by the terminal accessing a wireless network;

registering, by the policy server, a user agent information reporting event on the gateway;

determining, by the policy server, whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information;

formulating, by the policy server, a charging or quality of service (QoS) policy according to whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network;

delivering, by the policy server, the charging or QoS policy to the gateway and performing, by the gateway, the policy and notifying the policy to the user terminal; and

wherein the charging or QoS policy prohibits the terminal from accessing the Internet when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network, and

wherein the charging or QoS policy permits the terminal to access the Internet when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the Internet.

2. The policy formulating method according to claim 1 , after the receiving, by the policy server, the user agent information sent by the gateway, further comprising:

canceling, by the policy server, the user agent information reporting event on the gateway.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a different charging or QoS policy is formulated when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the charging or QoS policy provides a different QoS guarantee for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the charging or QoS policy specifies a different Internet access charge for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the policy server is a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gateway is a gateway general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (GGSN).

8. A policy server comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:

receive user agent information sent by a gateway, wherein the user agent information carries a terminal type information or a browser type information associated with a terminal accessing a wireless network, and wherein Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) was performed on the packet by the gateway;

register a user agent information reporting event on the gateway;

determine whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network according to the user agent information;

formulate a charging or a quality of service (QoS) policy according to whether the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network or a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network; and

deliver the charging or QoS policy to the gateway and performing, by the gateway, the policy and notifying the policy to the terminal;

wherein the charging or QoS policy prohibits the terminal from accessing the Internet when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network, and

wherein the charging or QoS policy permits the terminal to access the Internet when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the Internet.

9. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein the programming further includes instructions to:

cancel the user agent information reporting event on the gateway after the user agent information sent by the gateway is received.

10. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein a different charging or QoS policy is formulated when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

11. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein the charging or QoS policy provides a different QoS guarantee for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

12. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein the charging or QoS policy specifies a different Internet access charge for the terminal when the terminal is a mobile phone directly accessing the wireless network than when the terminal is a personal computer using a mobile phone as a modem to indirectly access the wireless network.

13. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein the policy server is a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity.

14. The policy server according to claim 8 , wherein the gateway is a gateway general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (GGSN).