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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
John Stenfelt, Göteborg, SE;
Hans Mattsson, Bollebygd, SE;
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 Access Point Names, APNs. The PCRF node receives, from a Core Network, CN, node (), a request message comprising information indicating a first APN associated with a packet data connection. The request message is a request for a second APN being configured for a wireless device () arranged to communicate via the packet data connection. The PCRF node selects a configuration for the wireless device (), and selects the second APN adapted to the selected configuration from a plurality of candidate second APNs. Each candidate second APN in the plurality comprises different configurations for the same packet data connection. The PCRF node transmits a response message to the CN node (). The response message comprises information indicating the selected second APN.