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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
John Stenfelt, Gothenburg, SE;
Lars Gunnar Lovsen, Gothenburg, SE;
Stefan Rommer, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
John Stenfelt, Gothenburg, SE;
Lars Gunnar Lovsen, Gothenburg, SE;
Stefan Rommer, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A Packet Data Network Gateway, a PDN-GW (), arranged to receive and forward packet data of at least a first and a second service flow in both an uplink and a downlink direction, with a first access network () of a first kind being used for the first service flow and a second access network () of a second kind being used for the second service flow. The PDN-GW () is arranged to transmit to a PCRF (), a Policy and Charging Rules Function, information regarding which kinds of access networks that the PDN-GW () can handle, and to receive, in reply from the PCRF, rules for which of said access networks () that should be used for said service flows. The PDN-GW () is also arranged to use said rules to bind a service flow to an access network () in the downlink direction and to perform access network binding verification in the uplink direction.