METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION INTERFACES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating establishing a first interface between a processor and the system where the system performs a policy and charging rules function in a mobile communications network and where the first interface bypasses a packet data network gateway and a serving gateway, facilitating establishing a second interface between the processor and the system where the second interface utilizes the packet data network gateway and the serving gateway, providing a first message from the processor to the system via the first interface where the first message is associated with a quality of service authorization, and receiving a second message from the system via the first interface where the second message is associated with the quality of service authorization. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
facilitating, by a system including a processor, establishing a first interface between the system and a first server, wherein the system performs policy and charging rules function in a mobile communications network, wherein the first interface bypasses a packet data network gateway and a serving gateway, and wherein the first server operates as one of a mobile management entity or a serving general packet radio service support node; providing a first message from the system to the first server via the first interface, wherein the first message is associated with a quality of service authorization; and receiving, at the system, a second message from the first server via the first interface, wherein the second message is associated with the quality of service authorization.