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PCRF AND PCC RULE SETTING METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK

  • US 20140233432A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2012
  • Published: 08/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) for setting a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) rule in a mobile communication network, the PCEF comprising:

  • a receiver for receiving a command message including a monitoring key list including at least one monitoring key corresponding to a PCC rule and a number of instances monitored in a corresponding service, from a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF);

    a setting unit for setting the PCC rule based on the command message and setting a monitoring key of the PCC rule according to the at least one monitoring key; and

    a monitoring processor for setting a range of monitoring in consideration of the number of instances and the at least one monitoring key, and performing monitoring based on the set range of the monitoring.

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