METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING CAPABILITIES OF POLICY AND CHARGING ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining capabilities of a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), comprising:
- obtaining, by a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), capability information of the PCEF; and
performing, by the PCRF, processing according to the capability information.
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Abstract
A method for obtaining capabilities of a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) includes these steps: a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) obtains capability information of the PCEF; and the PCRF performs processing according to the capability information. A PCRF is also disclosed. With the present disclosure, the PCEF reports its capabilities in advance so that the PCRF makes policy decisions for a service or subscribes to appropriate application events from the PCEF when it knows the capabilities of the PCEF. This avoids possible subscription errors and decision failures arising when the PCRF is unable to know the capabilities of the PCEF.
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1. A method for obtaining capabilities of a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), comprising:
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obtaining, by a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), capability information of the PCEF; and performing, by the PCRF, processing according to the capability information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage medium, storing computer program codes, which, when executed by a computer, enable the computer to execute following steps:
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obtaining, by a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), capability information of a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); and performing, by the PCRF, processing according to the capability information.
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10. A Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), comprising:
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a capability information receiving unit adapted to obtain capability information of a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); and a processing unit, connected to the capability information receiving unit, and adapted to receive the PCEF capability information obtained by the capability information receiving unit and perform processing according to the capability information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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