Patent ID: 11894937
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code configured, upon execution by at least one processor, to cause the at least one processor to:
obtain policy related information and charging related information;
generate a pre-rule based on said policy related information and said charging related information, wherein said pre-rule is a partly-generated rule of a N4 rule related to local traffic offloading with respect to at least one user plane function entity under control of an intermediate session management function entity, wherein said N4 rule is a packet detection rule, a forwarding action rule, a usage reporting rule, or a quality of service enforcement rule, and wherein said pre-rule comprises an indication that said intermediate session management function entity is to determine information that said intermediate session management function is to use together with said pre-rule to generate said N4 rule; and
transmit said pre-rule to said intermediate session management function entity.