US 12,683,967 B2 · Determining policy rules in a mobile network using subscription data in an application server

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for creating service rules based on user information retrieved from an application server. One apparatus in a network that supports said techniques includes a memory storing instructions executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to receive, from a PCF, a request to provide service rules for a user and to identify one or more service contexts associated with the user, each service context holding information for accessing user information in an external application server. The instructions further cause the apparatus to retrieve user information from the external application server using each of the identified one or more service contexts, and to create one or more service rules by using the retrieved user information, where the network applies the one or more service rules to configure the data connection requested by the user.

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Dependent claims

A policy control function (PCF) comprising:

at least one memory;
and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the PCF to:
transmit, to a network node, a request for service rules associated with a subscriber in a mobile communication network, wherein the request for service rules comprises a subscriber identity of a user equipment (UE) of the mobile communication network;
receive, from the network node, one or more service rules associated with the subscriber based on the request, wherein each of the one or more service rules is associated with an external service with which the subscriber has subscription and indicates how traffic for the external service is to be handled in the mobile communication network, wherein the external service is provided by a service provider that is external to the mobile communication network;
translate a service level indicated by the one or more service rules into at least one quality of service flow identifier (QFI);
and
generate a set of policy control and charging (PCC) rules based on the QFI.

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A processor for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:
transmit, to a network node, a request for service rules associated with a subscriber in a mobile communication network, wherein the request for service rules comprises a subscriber identity of a user equipment (UE) of the mobile communication network;
receive, from the network node, one or more service rules associated with the subscriber based on the request, wherein each of the one or more service rules is associated with an external service with which the subscriber has subscription and indicates how traffic for the external service is to be handled in the mobile communication network, wherein the external service is provided by a service provider that is external to the mobile communication network;
translate a service level indicated by the one or more service rules into at least one quality of service flow identifier (QFI);
and
generate a set of policy control and charging (PCC) rules based on the QFI.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Determining policy rules in a mobile network using subscription data in an application server

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Determining policy rules in a mobile network using subscription data in an application server

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