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US 2012/0072585 A1Published application
PCC Control at PCRF Failure
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsYong YANG, Susana FERNANDEZ ALONSO
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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsYong YANG, Susana FERNANDEZ ALONSO
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A method for policy control in an infrastructure network comprising a Gateway (GW) an Access Function (AF), and at least one Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes: (a) the GW establishing a Gx or Gxx session in order to set the current PDN connection under PCC control, (b) the GW further providing information about the current PDN connection to a first PCRF, (c) the first PCRF performing authorization and policy decision based on the PDN connection information and sends it together with restoration instructions to the GW, (d) the GW when detecting that the first PCRF is not available, applying the restoration instructions, said instructions requiring the GW to try to regain PCC control and/or requiring the GW to gracefully delete the services associated with the PCC control.
In an infrastructure network comprising a gateway (GW), an access function (AF), and at least one policy and charging rules function (PCRF), a method for policy control, comprising:
A policy and charging rules function (PCRF), the PCRF being adapted to:
A gateway, the gateway being adapted to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.