POLICY CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND GATEWAY

摘要

Disclosed are a policy control method, apparatus and gateway, wherein the method includes the following steps: when the service request of a user is received, policy information of the user is obtained through an extended interface, wherein the policy information includes extended policy control functions which the user subscribes to; according to the extended policy control functions which the user subscribes to, policy control is performed on data stream currently generated. The invention can uniformly control and manage various policy control functions, and reduce the number of control network elements in the network, thus simplifying the structure of the network, facilitating the management and maintenance of the network, and benefiting the satisfaction of the requirement for the service development.