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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Susana Fernandez Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Fuencisla Garcia Azorero, Madrid, ES;
Antonio Iniesta Gonzalez, Madrid, ES;
Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Madrid, ES;
Ignacio Rivas Molina, Madrid, ES;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for event notification in a core network of a cellular communications system. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first Policy and Control Function (PCF) serving an Access Management (AM) policy association for a User Equipment (UE) wherein the first PCF is comprised in a core network of a cellular communications system comprises subscribing to an event exposure service of a second PCF serving a Session Management (SM) policy association for the UE. The method further comprises, responsive to subscribing to the event exposure service of the second PCF, receiving a report from the second PCF. In this manner, separate deployments of the first and second PCFs are enabled and still the first PCF serving the AM policy association for the UE can implement AM policies for the UE, e.g., based on UE data usage, e.g., of specified service bundles.