Patent ID: 8769112

Claim:
A method for Policy and Charging Control (PCC) based on a time period, comprising: providing, by a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) entity, a time indication of activation and/or deactivation of Quality of Service (QoS) rules to a Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function (BBERF) entity while providing the QoS rules by the PCRF entity to the BBERF entity; wherein the step of providing the QoS rues by the PCRF entity to the BBERF entity comprises: after the PCRF entity receives a gateway control session establishment request message from the BBERF entity, making PCC rules and QoS rules corresponding to the PCC rules by the PCRF entity, determining time of activation and/or deactivation of the PCC rules and the QoS rules by the PCRF entity, and providing the QoS rules and the time of activation and/or deactivation of the QoS rules by the PCRF entity to the BBERF entity through a gateway control session establishment acknowledgement message; or after the PCRF entity receives a gateway control and QoS rule request message from the BBERF entity, updating or remaking PCC rules and QoS rules corresponding to the PCC rules by the PCRF entity, determining time of activation and/or deactivation of the updated or remade PCC rules and QoS rules by the PCRF entity, and providing the QoS rules and the time of activation and/or deactivation of the QoS rules by the PCRF entity to the BBERF entity through a gateway control and QoS rule request acknowledgement message: or after the PCRF entity receives a request of triggering QoS rule modification, updating or remaking PCC rules and QoS rules corresponding to the PCC rules by the PCRF entity, determining time of activation and/or deactivation of the updated or remade PCC rules and QoS rules by the PCRF entity, and providing the QoS rules and the time of activation and/or deactivation of the QoS rules by the PCRF entity to the BBERF entity through a gateway control and QoS rule providing message.