Group policy and charging rule treatment method and device, and communication system

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provide a group policy and charging rule treatment method and device, and a communication system, wherein the group policy and charging rule treatment method comprises the steps of: obtaining at least one item of group identifiers or attribute information of user equipment; and generating a policy and charging rule or triggering an event according to the at least one item of group identifiers or attribute information of the user equipment. The device comprises an obtaining module used for obtaining the at least one item of group identifiers or attribute information of the user equipment, and a rule generating module used for generating the policy and charging rule or triggering the event according to the at least one item of group identifiers or attribute information of the user equipment. The embodiment of the invention also provides a communication system comprising the device. The method, device and system provided in the embodiment of the invention can improve the policy control efficiency and reduce the complexity of the policy maintenance and management.

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technical field [0001] The embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of communication, and in particular, to a group policy and charging rule processing method, device and communication system. Background technique [0002] The policy and charging control (Policy Charging Control, hereinafter referred to as: PCC) mechanism of the prior art stipulates that when users conduct business, they need to establish an independent policy control mechanism for each business service data flow of all users. The establishment process includes the following steps. First, after the gateway receives the IP-CAN session establishment request message initiated by the user equipment (assigning an IP address visible to the network PDN network), it sends a message including UE identification, IP address and APN information to the PCRF. The IP CAN session establishment message notifies the PCRF of the establishment of the IP CAN session. If the PCRF needs information about ...

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For example, for the application of remote meter reading, the operator will form a group of meter devices in a certain area, and the MTC devices in the above group all have the same M2M device attribute information, such as low mobility, insensitive to delay, etc. After the above-mentioned MTC devices are connected to the network, according to the current PCC processing mechanism, the network side needs to execute and issue corresponding PCC rules for each service establishment initiated by each MTC device. However, due to the large number of MTC devices, If the existing PCC processing mechanism is used, it will definitely cause a lot of overhead to the performance of the network

In addition, some M2M devices are simple to apply, and for MTC devices belonging to the same group, they have the same M2M device attribute information, that is, their service types are consistent, such as the above-mentioned remote meter reading service, for the above-mentioned group MTC devices in a group can share the same PCC control policy. If the existing PCC processing mechanism is used, there are disadvantages of low policy control efficiency and complicated policy maintenance.

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