IP Library Granted Patent US 10,499,319
Granted Patent B2
US 10,499,319 · App. 15/025,726 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Method and device for processing access network information of UE, and PCRF

Inventor: Xiaoyun Zhou (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W48/16H04L12/1407H04M15/62H04M15/66H04W4/24H04W48/18H04W24/04H04W28/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,499,319
App. No.
15/025,726
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and device for processing access network information of UE, a PCRF, a BBERF and an AF. The method includes that: a PCRF receives a request from an AF, wherein the request is used for requesting to report access network information; the PCRF judges whether an access network where the UE is located supports reporting of the access network information or not; and under the condition that a judgment result is that the access network where the UE is located does not support the reporting of the access network information, the PCRF feeds back to the AF first indication information indicating a failure of reporting the access network information. By the present disclosure, the effects of accurately feeding back the access network information, greatly improving feedback efficiency and avoiding the application layer processing error are further achieved.

Claims (17)

1. A method for processing access network information of User Equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving, by a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), a request from a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), wherein the received request is used for requesting to report the access network information;

judging, by the PCEF, whether an access network where the UE is located supports reporting of the access network information or not; and

when a judgment result is that the access network where the UE is located does not support the reporting of the access network information, reporting, by the PCEF, to the PCRF, second indication information indicating a failure of reporting the access network information, wherein the PCRF sends the second indication information to an Application Function (AF);

wherein the PCEF judges whether the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or not according to a type of an Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , after judging, by the PCEF, whether the access network where the UE is located has support for reporting the access network information or not, further comprising:

when the judgment result is that the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or whether the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or not is not able to be judged, sending, by the PCEF, to the access network a request used for requesting to report the access network information;

when feedback information fed back by the access network does not comprise the access network information, sending, by the PCEF, to the PCRF third indication information, sending, a failure of reporting the access network information, wherein the PCRF sends the third indication information to the AF; and/or, when feedback information fed back by the access network comprises the access network information, sending, by the PCEF, the access network information to the PCRF, wherein the PCRF sends the access network information to the AF.

3. A device for processing access network information of User Equipment (UE) applied to a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), wherein the device comprises a hardware processor configured to execute program components stored on a memory, and the program components comprises:

a seventh receiving component, configured to receive a request from a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), wherein the received request is used for requesting to report the access network information;

a third judging component, configured to judge whether an access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or not; and

a first reporting component, configured for the PCEF to, when a judgment result of the third judging component is that the access network where the UE is located does not support the reporting of the access network information, report, to the PCRF, second indication information indicating a failure of reporting the access network information, wherein the PCRF sends the second indication information to an Application Function (AF);

wherein the third judging component is further configured to judge whether the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or not according to a type of an Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN).

4. The device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:

supports the supports the reporting of the access network information, or whether the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of supports the reporting of the access network information, or whether the access network where the UE is located supports the reporting of the access network information or not is not able to be judged, send to the access network a request used for requesting to report the access network information;

a ninth sending component, configured to, when feedback information fed back by the access network does not comprise the access network information, send to the PCRF third indication information, send to a failure of reporting the access network information, wherein the PCRF sends the third indication information to the AF; and/or,

a tenth sending component, configured to, when the feedback information fed back by the access network comprises the access network information, send the access network information to the PCRF, wherein the PCRF sends the access network information to the AF.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2016
From: ZHOU, XIAOYUN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038125/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0465535 · Sep 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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