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 |
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.
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