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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Hossein M. Ahmadi, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US);
Robert Avanes, Roanoke, TX (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Verison Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
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.