Service redirection from a policy and charging control architecture

FC Castro, AML Nieto, IM Cabello - US Patent 11,647,085, 2023 - Google Patents
the PCC architecture includes, amongst other entities, a Policy and Charging Control Rules
Function (hereinafter PCRF) in charge of policy control decision and flow based charging …

Detection and report of limited policy and charging control capabilities

MBP Marcos, JJP Balbás, SF Alonso… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of the art
that may be related to various aspects of the present invention. The following discussion is …

PCC QoS authorization based on rule split and flow direction

HH Ma - US Patent 9,154,991, 2015 - Google Patents
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging
rules node (PCRN) of updating a policy and charging control (PCC) rule. The method …

Service redirection from a policy and charging control architecture

FC Castro, AML Nieto, IM Cabello - US Patent 10,476,970, 2019 - Google Patents
For authorizing redirection services in a policy and charging control architecture, a policy
and charging control rules function (PCRF) server determines control rules and redirection …

Methods and apparatuses of service function chain based on pcc architecture

X Li, L Thiebaut - US Patent App. 15/329,005, 2017 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a control method and appa ratus of service a function chain
based on PCC architecture, the method includes receiving policy rule information of an IP …

High-availability, scalable policy and charging control systems, and methods therefor

FC Castro - US Patent 9,735,971, 2017 - Google Patents
In a method carried out by a first and second policy and charging rules functions
(PCRF)(201, 202), the first PCRF receives (s10), from a policy and charging enforcement …

Long-term evolution (LTE) policy control and charging rules function (PCRF) selection

DM Jones, H Ben-Hajla - US Patent 8,249,551, 2012 - Google Patents
2. Background Art An increasingly large number of individuals use portable computing
devices, such as laptop computers, personal data assistants (PDAs), Smart phones and the …

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 …

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 …

Usage-sensitive policy and charging control method, servers, systems and computer programs

AML Nieto, MAM De La Torre - US Patent 8,732,303, 2014 - Google Patents
In a policy and charging control method carried out by a server including a policy and
charging enforcement function (PCEF), identification information for identifying a particular …