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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Kevin Scott Cutler, Carp, CA;
Susan Patricia Ackerman, Kanata, CA;
Steve Rock, Carp, CA;
Felix Katz, Nepean, CA;
Kalyan Premchand Siddam, Nepean, CA;
Fernando Cuervo, Dunrobin, CA;
Kevin Scott Cutler, Carp, CA;
Susan Patricia Ackerman, Kanata, CA;
Steve Rock, Carp, CA;
Felix Katz, Nepean, CA;
Kalyan Premchand Siddam, Nepean, CA;
Fernando Cuervo, Dunrobin, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) from a requesting entity, a message including a request associated with at least one service data flow (SDF); extracting a subscriber identifier and a first identifier from the message; retrieving a subscription record associated with the subscriber identifier, wherein the subscription record is associated with a first plurality of subrecords; identifying an first subrecord from the plurality of subrecords based on the first identifier; and conditionally fulfilling the request based on a first value stored in the first subrecord.