Detection And Report Of Limited Policy And Charging Control Capabilities

A Home Policy and Charging Rule Function (H-PCRF) in a telecommunications network having a Home Public Mobile Public Network (HPLMN) and a Visited Public Mobile Public Network (VPLMN), comprising:

• a network interface that receives and sends signaling messages;
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• a processing unit which detects dynamically from a received message a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) scenario with regard to PCC capabilities of a VPLMN, the network interface sending a message to a Home Application Function (H-AF) notifying the H-AF of the detected PCC scenario with regard to a user roaming on said VPLMN.

A method of a Home Policy Application Function (H-AF) in a telecommunications network having a Home Public Mobile Public Network (HPLMN) and a Visited Public Mobile Public Network (VPLMN), comprising the steps of:

• receiving a message from a Home Policy and Charging Rule Function (H-PCRF) at a network interface which notifies the H-AF of a detected Policy and Charging Control (PCC) scenario with regard to PCC capabilities of a VPLMN;
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• deciding with a processing unit whether to progress a service session request with regard to a user roaming on said VPLMN or not based on the information received in the message from the H-PCRF.

A Home Policy Application Function (H-AF) in a telecommunications network having a Home Public Mobile Public Network (HPLMN) and a Visited Public Mobile Public Network (VPLMN), comprising:

• a network interface that receives a message from a Home Policy and Charging Rule Function (H-PCRF) which notifies the H-AF of a detected Policy and Charging Control (PCC) scenario with regard to PCC capabilities of a VPLMN;
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• a processing unit which decides whether to progress a service session request with regard to a user roaming on said VPLMN or not based on the information received in the message from the H-PCRF.