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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Hans Bystrom, Sundbyberg, SE;
Victor Ferraro Esparza, Valencia, ES;
Niklas Gertoft, Karlskrona, SE;
Claes Hempel, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Peter Lindau Nordhammer, Lyckeby, SE;
Hans Bystrom, Sundbyberg, SE;
Victor Ferraro Esparza, Valencia, ES;
Niklas Gertoft, Karlskrona, SE;
Claes Hempel, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Peter Lindau Nordhammer, Lyckeby, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and corresponding apparatus for controlling service traffic in a communication network including an online charging system performing the steps of receiving a request for service traffic control, the request including at least data identifying a first communication network account; determining, based on the received data and a predefined set of rules, a first network traffic policy profile associated with the first account; transmitting to a Policy and Charging Rules Function PCRF a first policy control command including an identifier identifying the first network traffic policy profile stored in an network traffic policy profile entity, to be applied in controlling the service.