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Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Dirk Kopplin, Ytterby, SE;

Susana Fernandez Alonso, Madrid, ES;

Maria Belóu Pancorbo Marcos, Madrid, ES;

Inventors:

Dirk Kopplin, Ytterby, SE;

Susana Fernandez Alonso, Madrid, ES;

Maria Belóu Pancorbo Marcos, Madrid, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/891 (2013.01); H04L 12/857 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/813 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04W 36/0066 (2013.01); H04L 47/41 (2013.01); H04L 47/2491 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A policy and charge control (PCC) architecture and method for handling access point name-aggregate maximum bit rate (APN-AMBR) subscription data that is associated with a subscriber regardless of whether the subscriber's User Equipment (UE) is located in an AMBR-capable access area such as an E-UTRAN or in an AMBR non-capable access area such as a 3G SGSN. The PCC architecture includes: (a) a policy server such as a PCRF that installs the APN-AMBR subscription data during an IP session establishment for the subscriber in the IP level convergence point and (b) an IP level convergence point that enforces the APN-AMBR subscription data for a lifetime of an IP session associated with the IP session establishment.


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