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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2013
Applicant:

Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd, Beijing, CN;

Inventor:

Qian Xue, Beijing, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1257 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/5019 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling a PPC rule in a Preload mode. The method comprises: in a Preload mode, a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) entity recording system time each time a PCC rule is delivered, and obtaining a Preload mode update time interval; at an interval of one clock period, the PCRF entity checking whether a service currently in a stable session state has a preset execution data, and if the service does not have a preset execution date, detecting an interval between the current time and a time when the previous PPC rule corresponding the service is delivered; when the interval between the current time and the time when the previous PPC rule corresponding to the service is delivered is one Preload mode update time interval, the PCRF entity updating an effective time and an expiration time of the PCC rule corresponding to the service that has been detected to have no preset execution date, so as to solve the problem that the PCC rule cannot be used repeatedly in the prior art.


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