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Policy and Charging Control Architecture

The document discusses the 3GPP TS 23.203 policy and charging control architecture. It describes the key components of the PCC architecture including the PCRF, PCEF, SPR, OCS, OFCS, and AF. The PCEF is located in the GGSN and is responsible for service data flow detection, policy enforcement, charging, and interacting with the PCRF and charging systems. The PCRF provides network control and QoS policy to the PCEF. DPI helps analyze packet headers and payloads to identify flows, protocols, and applications for traffic prioritization.

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Policy and Charging Control Architecture

The document discusses the 3GPP TS 23.203 policy and charging control architecture. It describes the key components of the PCC architecture including the PCRF, PCEF, SPR, OCS, OFCS, and AF. The PCEF is located in the GGSN and is responsible for service data flow detection, policy enforcement, charging, and interacting with the PCRF and charging systems. The PCRF provides network control and QoS policy to the PCEF. DPI helps analyze packet headers and payloads to identify flows, protocols, and applications for traffic prioritization.

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Policy and charging control architecture

(3GPP TS 23.203)

PCC architecture PCEF PCRF DPI

1. PCC architecture

Overall PCC logical architecture (non-roaming) 3GPP TS 23.203

1. PCC architecture
Policy Control and Charging (PCC) functionality comprises of Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function (BBERF), Online Charging System (OCS), Offline Charging System (OFCS), Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) and Application Function (AF).

1. PCC architecture
The Application Function (AF) Eg. P-CSCF for IMS solution The Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) contains subscriber/subscription information. The Online Charging System (OCS) is a credit management system for pre-paid charging. The PCEF interacts with OCS to check out credit and report credit status over Gy interface. The Offline Charging System (OFCS) is used for offline charging. The OFCS receives charging events from PCEF over Gz interface and generates Charging Data Records (CDRs) which are sent to the billing system Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function (BBERF) location depends on the access technology. For 3GPP, the BBERF is located in the Serving-GW

2. Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF)


This functional entity is located in the GGSN. The PCEF encompasses Service Data Flow detection, policy enforcement and flow based charging functionalities. It provides Service Data Flow detection, user plane traffic handling, triggering control plane session management, QoS handling, service data flow measurement and online/offline charging interactions

PCEF located in the GGSN


(Futoshi Sasaki-IIJ Mobile (MVNO))

3. Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF)


Provides network control regarding service data flow detection, gating (blocking or allowing packets), QoS control and flow-based charging towards the PCEF. It can also apply security procedures before accepting information from the AF. The PCRF ensures that the PCEF user plane traffic mapping and treatment is in accordance with the user's subscription profile which it receives from SPR over Sp interface. The PCRF may reject the request received from the AF when the service information is not consistent with subscription information (either locally configured or received from SPR) and the PCRF responds to the AF with appropriate reason.

4. Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)-3G

DPI helps to understand the content. It analyzes packet header, source, destination and payload information, correlates packets to identify flows, protocols and applications and prioritizes the traffic.

DPI 4G - LTE

References
http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/123200_123299/123203/ 11.10.00_60/ts_123203v111000p.pdf https://sites.google.com/site/amitsciscozone/home/ltenotes/pcc-architecture http://www.roox.ru/solutions/smart-traffic-management/ http://nexnetsolutions.com/solutions/telecom-serviceproviders/packet-core/policy-and-charging-rules-functionpcrf/

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