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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Muhammad Waqar Afzal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Khurram Ahmad Mirza, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract
A system uses deep packet inspection and a services policy database to select policy control functions based on services associated with a packet data session rather than an access point name or data network name. As a packet data session is initiated, a system management function (SMF) determines a service associated with the session and routes a policy request to one of several policy control functions (PCF or PCRF) depending on the service. Policies specific to the service may be chosen and enforced at the selected PCF/PCRF.