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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Xiaoyun Zhou, Guangdong Province, CN;
Tong Rui, Guangdong Province, CN;
Xiaoyun Zhou, Guangdong Province, CN;
Tong Rui, Guangdong Province, CN;
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and a system for deleting redundant information of a home Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF). The Bearer Binding and Event Report Function (BBERF) in a visited network indicates gateway control session termination to the home PCRF through a visited PCRF after receiving a termination session triggering for determining to terminate a gateway control session between the BBERF in the visited network and the visited PCRF, and the home PCRF deletes policy control information related to the BBERF in the visited network. With the method of the present invention, the invalid session information in the home PCRF is cleared in time, which eliminates the redundancy of the home network resources and saves the home network resources.