Policy and charging control for groups
Policy and charging control for groups It is provided a method, comprising checking whether a first data connection to be established belongs to a predefined group of data connections; supervising whether a group session to a steering device is established, wherein the group session is dedicated to the group; prohibiting, if the first data connection belongs to the group and the group session is established, an apparatus performing the method from establishing a connection session to the steering device, wherein the connection session is dedicated to the first data connection only.
1. An apparatus comprising
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
requesting a requested value of a parameter from a steering device for a terminal;
checking if a message received in response to the request comprises an identifier of a group;
identifying, if the message comprises the identifier, a stored value of the parameter, wherein the stored value is stored for the group;
applying the stored value to the terminal.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform:
monitoring if the terminal belongs to the group before the requesting means requests the requested value;
supervising whether a group session to the steering device is established, wherein the group session is dedicated to the group;
prohibiting, if the terminal belongs to the group and the group session is established, the apparatus from establishing a connection session to the steering device, wherein the connection session is dedicated to the request of the parameter.
3. Method, comprising:
requesting a requested value of a parameter from a steering device for a terminal;
checking if a message received in response to the request comprises an identifier of a group;
identifying, if the message comprises the identifier, a stored value of the parameter, wherein the stored value is stored for the group;
applying the stored value to the terminal.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
monitoring if the terminal belongs to the group before the requested value is requested;
supervising whether a group session to the steering device is established, wherein the group session is dedicated to the group;
prohibiting, if the terminal belongs to the group and the group session is established, an apparatus performing the method from establishing a connection session to the steering device, wherein the connection session is dedicated to the request of the parameter.