Policy enforcement across wireless communication networks over application functions
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsLyle T. Bertz, Mark Richard Bales, Tracy Lee Nelson
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AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsLyle T. Bertz, Mark Richard Bales, Tracy Lee Nelson
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A wireless communication network enforces a user policy for a User Equipment (UE) and directs another wireless communication network to enforce another user policy for another UE. In the wireless communication network, an Application Function (AF) receives the user policy from another AF in the other wireless communication network and transfers the user policy to the PCF. The PCF distributes the user policy to a Network Function (NF). The NF enforces the user policy. The PCF identifies the other user policy for the other UE and transfers the other user policy to the AF. The AF responsively transfers the other user policy to the other AF. The other AF transfers the other user policy to another PCF in the other wireless communication network. The other PCF distributes the other user policy to another NF in the other wireless communication network which enforces the other user policy.
A method of operating a wireless communication network comprising an Application Function (AF) and a Policy Control Function (PCF) to enforce user policies for multiple a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
A wireless communication network configured to enforce user policies for multiple User Equipment (UE), the wireless communication network comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.