Preload PCC Method and apparatus for controlling PPC rule in preload mode

摘要

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling PCC rules in preload mode. The method includes recording a system time of each assigned PCC rule in a Preload mode and obtaining a Preload mode update time interval, wherein the Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) entity records the system time of each assigned PCC rule; If the Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) detects that the entity has not previously set the due date for the service in the steady session state, the interval between the system time and the current time of the last corresponding PCC rule of the recorded issued service; And when the interval time between the system time and the current time of the last issued PCC rule is equal to the obtained Preload mode update time interval, the PCRF entity detects the PCC rule corresponding to the service whose performance period is not set in advance And updating the valid time and the effective time. This solves the conventional problem that PCC rules can not be used repeatedly