US Patent 7003578 Method and system for controlling a policy-based network

A method and system are described for controlling a policy-based network. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a first policy is established within a policy server of the network, wherein the first policy includes at least a first function and a second function. The first policy is converted into at least a second policy and a third policy, wherein the second policy is associated with the first function and the third policy is associated with the second function. The second policy and the third policy are distributed within the network to at least one node. The at least one node is controlled using the second policy and the third policy.