Provisioning PCF Session Management Policy in Desktop Online (3.2)

PCFRules can be provisioned in the PCC Extensions screen in the Desktop after having inserted the data model into your system as described in PCC Extensions (3.1).

To open the PCC Extensions screen, click on the Manage screen option in Desktop and then click on the PCC Extensions button. 


The PCC Extensions screen

In the PCC Extensions screen you can view, add, edit, and remove populated definitions for:


  • RulesMapping UDR
  • Target UDR
  • SessionRule UDR
    • Ambr UDR
    • AuthorizedDefaultQos UDR
      • Arp UDR
  • PCCRule UDR
    • FlowInformation UDR
      • EthFlowDescription UDR
    • TscaiInputContainer UDR
    • DownlinkDataNotificationControl UDR
  • QosData UDR
  • ChargingData UDR
  • TrafficControlData UDR
    • RedirectInformation UDR
    • UpPathChgEvent UDR
    • SteeringMode UDR
  • UsageMonitoringData UDR
  • QosCharacteristics UDR
  • QosMonitoringData UDR
  • ConditionData UDR

in the SMPolicy Data Model (3.2) and:


  • Period
  • RouteToLocation
    • RouteInformation

in the Common Data Model (3.2)

Creating Rules Definitions

The different definitions need to be configured in the following order:

  1. Period
  2. RouteInformation
  3. RouteToLocation
  4. RedirectInformation
  5. UsageMonitoringData
  6. QosCharacteristics
  7. QosMonitoringData
  8. ConditionData
  9. Arp
  10. AuthorizedDefaultQos
  11. Ambr
  12. SessionRule
  13. EthFlowDescription
  14. FlowInformation
  15. TscaiInputContainer
  16. DownlinkDataNotificationControl
  17. PCCRule
  18. QosData
  19. ChargingData
  20. Target
  21. RulesMapping

The reason for the order stated above is that some definitions are selectable in other definitions, see the SMPolicy Data Model (3.2) for more information about these dependencies.

To create the different definitions:

  1. In the PCC Extension screen, click on the definition type you want to create definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the definitions that have already been created for the selected type. 

  2. Click on the New button, fill in the mandatory information, and click Save.

    The definition will be saved and listed in the view, and will now be selectable when creating other definition types that depend on it. 



    The Create Period dialog

Editing a Rules Definition

To edit the different definitions:

  1. In the PCC Extensions screen, click on the definition type you want to edit definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box for the definition you want to edit and click on Details in the Actions column.

    A dialog opens up displaying the configuration for the definition.

  3. Make your changes and click on the Save button.

    The definition will be saved. 

Copying Rules Definitions

To copy definitions:

  1. In the PCC Extensions screen, click on the definition type you want to copy definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box(es) for the definition(s) you want to copy and click on the Copy button.

    The selected definition(s) will be copied with new ID(s) and you can then edit the definition(s) as described above.

Deleting Rules Definitions

To delete definitions:

  1. In the PCC Extensions screen, click on the definition type you want to delete definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box(es) for the definition(s) you want to copy and click on the Delete button.

    You will get a question if you are sure you want to delete the definition(s).

  3. Click OK if you are sure.

    The selected definition(s) will be deleted.