CPC H04L 69/322 (2013.01) [H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method performed by a session management function (SMF) entity in a communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a policy and charging control function (PCF) entity, a first message for applying a policy and charging control (PCC) rule to a protocol data unit (PDU) session, wherein the first message comprises at least one of location information of a terminal and time information of the terminal, wherein the PCC rule is related to a validation rule and wherein the validation rule includes at least one of valid location information and valid time information;
receiving, from the PCF entity, a second message for accepting a session management policy association request as a response to the first message, in case that the validation rule is determined to be satisfied by the PCF entity based on the at least one of the location information of the terminal and the time information of the terminal and the at least one of the valid location information and the valid time information; and
receiving, from the PCF entity, a third message for rejecting the session management policy association request as a response to the first message, in case that the validation rule is determined to be unsatisfied by the PCF entity based on the at least one of the location information of the terminal and the time information of the terminal and the at least one of the valid location information and the valid time information.
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