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- Patent Title: Policy device selection by common IMS
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Application No.: US16404215Application Date: 2019-05-06
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Publication No.: US10917527B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Hossein M. Ahmadi , Sudhakar Reddy Patil , Violeta Cakulev , Robert Avanes , Lalit R. Kotecha
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Arlington
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Main IPC: H04M15/00
- IPC: H04M15/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W8/08 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W80/10

Abstract:
A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request associated with a subscriber, wherein the request includes information identifying whether the user is a Fifth Generation (5G) subscriber or information identifying a gateway device associated with the user. The computer device may be further configured to select a Fourth Generation (4G) Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) device or a 5G Policy Control Function (PCF) device based on the information included in the received request and forward the received request to the selected 4G PCRF device or 5G PCF device.
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