Patent ID: 8745244
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing Policy and Charging Control (PCC) in a multi-Packet Data Network (PDN) scenario, comprising: receiving, by a Visited Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (VPCRF), PCC rules sent by a Home Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (HPCRF), and S9 sub-session information that is associated with the PCC rules and sent by the HPCRF; and sending, by the VPCRF, the PCC rules according to the S9 sub-session information; wherein an S9 sub-session identified by the S9 sub-session information is in a mapping relationship with an Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN), session and a gateway control session, and wherein the S9 sub-session is a session between the VPCRF and the HPCRF; wherein the step of sending, by the VPCRF, the PCC rules according to the associated S9 sub-session information comprises: sending, by the VPCRF, the PCC rules through a corresponding IP-CAN session and a gateway control session according to the mapping relationship between the S9 sub-session identified by the S9 sub-session information and the IP-CAN session and the gateway control session; wherein the step of sending the PCC rules comprises: sending the PCC rules to a PDN gateway, through the IP-CAN session; and obtaining Quality of Service, QoS, rules from the PCC rules, and sending the QoS rules to a Serving Gateway, S-GW, through the gateway control session.