Patent ID: 8958322
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for authorizing a policy and charging control rule, comprising: receiving, by a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), a resource allocation request message, wherein the resource allocation request message indicates that a resource is allocated on a designated bearer; sending, by the PCEF, Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP) information of the designated bearer to a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF), wherein the ARP information of the designated bearer is an ARP parameter of the designated bearer; and receiving, by the PCEF, Quality of Service (QoS) of a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) rule authorized by the PCRF when the PCRF determines that the ARP parameter of the designated bearer is available for resource allocation, wherein ARP parameter of the authorized PCC rule is the same as the ARP parameter of the designated bearer, and performing bearer binding according to the QoS of the authorized PCC rule.