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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
John Stenfelt, Göteborg, SE;
Fabian Castro Castro, Madrid, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF, node (), for handling User Equipment-Aggregated Maximum Bit Rate, UE-AMBR, for a wireless device () in a communications network (). The PCRF node () comprises a direct interface () with a Mobility Management Entity/Serving General packet radio service Support Node, MME/SGSN (). The PCRF node () receives a subscribed UE-AMBR from the MME/SGSN () using the direct interface (). The subscribed UE-AMBR is associated with a wireless device subscription. When triggered, the PCRF node () calculates a UE-AMBR based on the subscribed UE-AMBR and based policies associated with the wireless device (). The PCRF node () transmits the calculated UE-AMBR to the MME/SGSN () using the direct interface ().