A policy control function device receives, from a mission critical video (MCVideo) application function, a DIAMETER AA-Request (AAR) command. The DIAMETER AAR command comprise: an attribute value pair (AVP) comprising an MCVideo-identifier identifying an MCVideo service; and a quality of service (QoS) parameter indicating a QoS of the MCVideo service. A Diameter command comprising one or more QoS policies based on the MCVideo-identifier and the QoS parameter is sent to a network function.

Services may be accessed across a network. In order to provide access to the services, a user or more particularly a user's device may be authorized to access the requested service based on an IP address associated with the service request. A subscriber identifier is determined based on the IP address of the request and used to authorize the requested service.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with 5G communication systems for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G systems and to a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security- and safety-related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technologies. The method for operating a policy and charging function (PCF) according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a message which is generated by an application function (AF) and requests a change in the traffic route of terminal; checking priority information of the terminal, regarding services provided by the AF, included in the message; and changing the protocol data unit (PDU) session connection of the terminal on the basis of the priority information.

A method of managing traffic associated with a User Equipment, UE, by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a telecommunication network, said UPF being associated with a Session Management Function, SMF, and a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, wherein said UPF has access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states said network may take and wherein said UPF has access to an action space comprising a list of possible actions that said UPF is allowed to perform, said method comprising the steps of receiving a state of said network, wherein said state is comprised by said list of possible states, receiving a reward, wherein said reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of said network to be in said state, receiving network traffic from said UE and performing, triggered by said received traffic, an action comprised by said list of possible actions based on said received state of said network and based on said received reward.

A platform includes a plurality of hardware blocks to provide respective functionality for use in execution of an application. A subset of the plurality of hardware blocks are deactivated and unavailable for use in the execution of the application at the start of the execution of the application. A hardware profile modification block of the platform identifies receives telemetry data generated by a set of sensors and dynamically activates at least a particular one of the subset of hardware blocks based on the physical characteristics, where following activation of the particular hardware block, the execution of the application continues and uses the particular hardware block.

A policy control function receives, from a mission critical video (MCVideo) application function, a DIAMETER AA-Request (AAR) command comprising an attribute value pair (AVP) comprising an MCVideo-identifier identifying an MCVideo service. The policy control function sends, to a network function, a Diameter command comprising one or more QoS policies of the MCVideo service.

A method of managing traffic associated with a User Equipment, UE, by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a telecommunication network, said UPF being associated with a Session Management Function, SMF, and a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, wherein said UPF has access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states said network may take and wherein said UPF has access to an action space comprising a list of possible actions that said UPF is allowed to perform, said method comprising the steps of receiving a state of said network, wherein said state is comprised by said list of possible states, receiving a reward, wherein said reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of said network to be in said state, receiving network traffic from said UE and performing, triggered by said received traffic, an action comprised by said list of possible actions based on said received state of said network and based on said received reward.

A traffic charging method, a network device and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: establishing a session with a session management function network element, and receiving a usage amount reporting rule transmitted by the session management function network element, the usage amount reporting rule comprising a first reporting mode field and a reporting threshold, the first reporting mode field comprising delayed reporting; and in response to a rate switching event occurring when the user plane function network element forwards a packet, continuously forwarding the packet until the reporting threshold is reached, and transmitting usage amount information to the session management function network element, so that the session management function network element transmits a call ticket to a charging function network element according to the usage amount information.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments that comprise obtaining a data budget associated with a communication session for streaming video content over a communication network from a video content server, determining a first portion of the data budget that is associated with a first segment of the video content, and obtaining quality information associated with the video content from the video content server over the communication network. Further embodiments can include identifying a first group of tracks for the first segment, and determining a first target quality for the first segment based on the first portion of the data budget and the quality information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method for managing an application exchange platform includes receiving, from a developer, a service function, wherein the service function includes configuration details for an application available through an online application exchange. The method includes deploying the service function in the application exchange, identifying a first domain event requesting access to the service function from a user, and calling the service function in the online application exchange, in response to the first domain event. The method also includes recording a metric associate with the service function and a return parameter, emitting a second domain event indicative of a completion of the service function, and charging, with a billing tool, an appropriate party based on a usage metadata for the service function. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable memory storing instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also provided.