US 12,284,311 B2
Methods of and devices for implementing and executing policy rules on a per application basis in a telecommunications system
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid (ES); Ruth Pallares Del Egido, Madrid (ES); Miguel Angel Puente Pestaña, Madrid (ES); and Carlos Jimenez Cordon, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,868.
Application 18/321,868 is a division of application No. 17/287,139, granted, now 11,711,471, previously published as PCT/EP2018/083328, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291841 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 15/66 (2013.01) [H04M 15/8016 (2013.01); H04M 15/8228 (2013.01); H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04M 2215/7414 (2013.01); H04M 2215/7833 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of supporting execution of an application rule for an application to be accessed by a User Equipment, UE, in a user session in a Service Based Architecture, SBA, domain in a core network of a telecommunications system, said SBA at least comprising a Policy Control Function, PCF, an Application Function, AF, a User Plane Function, UPF and a Session Management Function, SMF, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving, by said SMF, an instruction from said PCF, instructing said SMF to execute a desired application rule to all present and future user sessions pertaining to said application, said desired application rule being different from existing Policy Charging and Control, PCC, rules and having higher precedence than existing per session PCC rules;
identifying, by said SMF, user sessions pertaining to said application to which said desired application rule is applicable, and
executing, by said SMF, said desired application rule to said identified user sessions pertaining to said application.