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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Yusun Kim Riley, Weston, MA (US);
Sundaram Rajagopalan, Waltham, MA (US);
Uri Baniel, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Yusun Kim Riley, Weston, MA (US);
Sundaram Rajagopalan, Waltham, MA (US);
Uri Baniel, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing nested policy configuration in a communications network are disclosed. The method is performed at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node. According to one method, first policy profile information associated with a first identifier is obtained from a policy profile database, where the first identifier is associated with a first subscriber and where the first policy profile information includes a second identifier. Second policy profile information associated with the second subscriber is obtained, using the second identifier obtained with the first policy profile information, from the policy profile database.