Patent ID: 9055557
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: installing, with a service unit within a gateway of a wireless connectivity access network that provides connectivity to an access point name of a packet data network, a rule set to a forwarding unit within the gateway, wherein the rule set comprises a set of one or more pre-defined policy and charging control (PCC) rules for the access point name; receiving, with the service unit in response to installing the rule set, a group identifier for the rule set from the forwarding unit; receiving, with the service unit after installing the rule set to the forwarding unit and receiving the group identifier from the forwarding unit, a service request issued by a wireless device associated with a subscriber, wherein the service request specifies a requested service for a connectivity access network session for the subscriber; and installing, with the service unit to a session context of the forwarding unit, the group identifier and a rule map that together identify a subset of the set of pre-defined PCC rules for the requested service, wherein the session context is associated with the connectivity access network session for the subscriber.