Methods and apparatus for implementing policy and charging control

FC Castro, SF Alonso - US Patent 10,154,151, 2018 - Google Patents
According to the present invention there is provided a method of ensuring that all AF
sessions for an IP-CAN session reach the same PCRF when more than one PCRF is …

Method and apparatuses for tdf session establishment

RDC Ros, MBP Marcos - US Patent App. 13/254,042, 2012 - Google Patents
The present invention faces the issue of racing conditions occurring during the
establishment of an IP-CAN session in PCC architecture and a TDF session between a …

Method for selecting a policy and charging rules function server on a non-roaming scene

T Rui, Z Zong, X Zhou, J Song, J Zhu - US Patent 9,019,890, 2015 - Google Patents
The present invention discloses a method for selecting a policy and charging rules function
server in a non-roaming scenario to achieve that the PCC policies for each IP-CAN session …

Devices for determining to terminate a charging session and systems thereof

X Li, Y Cai - US Patent 9,648,172, 2017 - Google Patents
The present invention aims to provide devices for determining to terminate a charging
session and Systems thereof. A session termination decision device receives a decision …

Policy and charging control methods

EM Vazquez, MA SABRIDO, YG SERRANO… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
An IMS registration and session initiation is disclosed for a user equipment (UE). The UE
has a subscription identifier comprising an IMSI and/or MSISDN. A PDN-GW establishes …

Authorizing QoS per QCI

KP Siddam, F Cuervo - US Patent 8,644,337, 2014 - Google Patents
3 scriber plus the requested bandwidth is less than the QCI limit; and responsive to the
determining step, provision authorized QoS per QCI as the QCI limit. Another aspect of the …

Method and system for transmitting a bearer control mode in roaming scenarios

X Zhou, F Lu - US Patent 8,661,145, 2014 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a method and system for transmitting a bearer control mode
in a roaming scenario. The method includes: a home Policy and Charging Rules Function …

Method, apparatus and system for selecting policy and charging rules function entity

J Wu, X Zhou, T Rui, M Sun - US Patent App. 13/521,865, 2012 - Google Patents
This disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for selecting a Policy and
Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity. The method comprises: when an IP Connectivity …

Method and network element for obtaining IP-can session policy control information

Y Hu, W Shanshan - US Patent 8,335,220, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for obtaining IP-CAN session policy control infor mation is
applicable to a scenario where the access gateway does not process an IP-CAN session …

Efficient data delivery method and apparatus

SF Alonso, VMA Gonzalez, RDC Ros, IG Garcia… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A method of delivering data to user terminals connected to an Internet Protocol Connectivity
Access Network, IP-CAN, wherein the IP-CAN implements a Policy and Charging Control …