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US 8,949,447 B2Granted
Optimized interface between two network elements operating under an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorVesa Pauli Hellgren
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Abstract
According to several embodiments of the present invention, a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol, with a network element carrying out a policy and charging rule function is created, wherein the specific session may be used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- create a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with a network element carrying out a policy and/or charging rule function, wherein a specific session is used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules;
- request default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element;
- receive default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element carrying out the policy and/or charging rule function by using the single session;
- receive a message from an access network relating to the creation of an internet-protocol-connectivity-access-network bearer;
- determine whether the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access-network bearer creates a dedicated session;
- and
- apply the received default policy and/or charging control rules only if the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access network is determined to not create a dedicated session.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and at least one memory including computer program code,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- receive a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with a network element carrying out a policy and charging enforcement function, wherein a specific session is used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules;
- receive a request for default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element;
- send default policy and/or charging control rules to the network element carrying out the policy and charging enforcement function with the single session, wherein the network element determines whether a creation of an internet-protocol-connectivity-access network bearer creates a dedicated session;
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- transmit policy and/or charging control rules, different from the default policy and/or charging control rules, only if the network element determines that the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access network bearer creates a dedicated session.
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A method comprising:
- creating a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with a network element carrying out a policy and/or charging rule function, wherein a specific session is used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules;
- requesting default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element;
- receiving default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element carrying out the policy and/or charging rule function by using the single session;
- receiving a message from an access network relating to the creation of an internet-protocol-connectivity-access-network bearer;
- determining whether the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access-network bearer creates a dedicated session;
- and
- applying the received default policy and/or charging control rules only if the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access network is determined to not create a dedicated session.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol from a network element carrying out a policy and charging enforcement function, wherein a specific session is used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules;
- receiving a request for default policy and/or charging control rules from the network element;
- sending default policy and/or charging control rules to the network element carrying out the policy and charging enforcement function with the single session, wherein the network element determines whether a creation of an Internet-protocol-connectivity-access network bearer creates a dedicated session;
- and
- transmitting policy and/or charging control rules, different from the default policy and/or charging control rules, only if the network element determines that the creation of the internet-protocol-connectivity-access network bearer creates a dedicated session.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.