Patent ID: 9055411
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) and a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) in a wireless communication system, for monitoring members in a monitored group, the method comprising: allocating a same group Identity (ID) for members in a monitored group; selecting one of a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW)/PCEF and a PCEF for a member corresponding to the first user to access the network in the monitored group according to the group ID of the member; selecting a PCRF for the member; saving at least one of a corresponding relationship between the group ID and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the PGW/PCEF, and a corresponding relationship between the group ID and an IP address of the PCEF; saving at least a corresponding relationship between the group ID and an IP address of the PCRF; and selecting, when other members in the monitored group access the network, one of the PGW/PCEF and the PCEF for the other members according to the group ID of the other members and the saved corresponding relationship, and selecting the PCRF for the other members.