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

Claim 0:
1. A method of a session management function entity, comprising:
obtaining policy related information and charging related information;
generating 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 with said pre-rule to generate said N4 rule; and
transmitting said pre-rule to said intermediate session management function entity for generation of said N4 rule.