Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique for applying policy and charging rules to bearers
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Application No.: US15320069Application Date: 2015-07-29
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Publication No.: US10251097B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Ralf Keller , Patrik Dannebro , Anders Ryde
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/067436 WO 20150729
- International Announcement: WO2016/016338 WO 20160204
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W76/19 ; H04W4/24 ; H04W36/08 ; H04M15/00 ; H04W36/14 ; H04L12/14

Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to aspects of applying policy and charging rules to bearers in a communication network. The policy and charging rules are provided for application to at least a dedicated bearer. The technique presented herein may be implemented in connection with a mobile terminal moving between an access point of a first type supporting default and dedicated bearers and an access point of a second type supporting default and not supporting dedicated bearers. A method embodiment of the present disclosure removes an established dedicated bearer and temporarily suspends application of the rules to the dedicated bearer upon a move from an access point of the first type to an access point of the second type. A network endpoint of an ongoing session kept agnostic of the removal of the dedicated bearer. Upon a move from the access point of the second type to an access point of the first type, the dedicated bearer is re-established and the rules are re-applied to the re-established dedicated bearer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180184336A1 Technique for Applying Policy and Charging Rules to Bearers Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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