Advanced service-aware policy and charging control methods, network nodes, and computer programs
US9660818B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/028
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method carried out in a telecommunication network, a policy decision function provides an instruction to a policy enforcement function and/or a traffic detection function. Within the instruction, some service instances of a service are identified by the order according to which the service instances are started. The instruction also indicates: (i) a service instance level reporting rule according to which the policy enforcement function and/or traffic detection function should report, or should not report, information to the policy decision function after occurrence of an event relating to any one of the identified service instances; and/or (ii) a service instance level enforcement rule that the policy enforcement function and/or traffic detection function should enforce on a received packet relating to any one of the identified service instances. The invention also relates to network nodes and computer programs.
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