Inter-access mobility and service control
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1. A method for providing service control, the method comprising:
- storing rules for service control in a first network element;
sending the rules from the first network element to a gateway and to a second network element upon request.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method, system, network elements and computer programs, for providing service control. A Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF, sends rules for service control not only to a gateway but also to another network element such as a home agent, upon request, e.g. when a user equipment is registering to the network. The home agent preferably is a home agent of a Mobile Internet Protocol, IP, network.
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1. A method for providing service control, the method comprising:
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storing rules for service control in a first network element;
sending the rules from the first network element to a gateway and to a second network element upon request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22)
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10. A system for providing service control, the system comprising:
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a first network element;
a second network element; and
a gateway;
wherein the first network element is configured to store rules for service control, and to send rules to a gateway and to the second network element upon request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A network element storing rules for service control, the network element being configured to send the rules to a gateway and to another network element upon request.
- 16. A gateway which is configured to send, when receiving a registration request, the registration request to a network element storing rules for service control, and to send additional address information to the network element, the additional address information informing the network element of an address of a second network element to which the rules for service control are to be sent.
- 18. A network element which is configured to send, when receiving a registration request, the registration request to a second network element storing rules for service control, and to send additional address information to the second network element, the additional address information informing the second network element of an address of a gateway to which the rules for service control are to be sent.
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19. A network element which is configured to send, when receiving a deregistration request, information to a second network element storing rules for service control, for informing the second network element of the deregistration.
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21. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and loadable into a gateway or a network element, wherein, when the computer program is executed, the following steps are performed:
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storing rules for service control in a first network element;
sending the rules from the first network element to a gateway and to a second network element upon request.
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