1 Policy Controller PICS Overview

This book describes how Oracle Communications Policy Controller (Policy Controller) supports Diameter protocols. Each chapter lists the supported commands and AVPs for a specific Diameter protocol.

Policy Controller Supported Protocols

Table 1-1 lists the specifications that Policy Controller supports:

Table 1-1 Policy Controller Supported Protocols

Communication Category	Comments/Standard
Policy Controller	Policy Charging and Control Architecture 3GPP TS 23.203 v9.9.0 (2011-06)
Diameter Base specification	RFC 3588. This specification is available here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3588
AF (application function)	Policy and Charging Control Over Rx reference point (3GPP 29.214 V9.9.0 (2011-12) (Release 9). See "Diameter Rx Protocol Support" for details on the supported messages and attributes. This specification is available here: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/29214.htm
OCS (Online Charging System)	Policy Controller communicated with the OCS portion of your SPR/OSC using this Sy interface standard: Sy Interface based on the Diameter Protocol (3GPP TS 29.219 Release V11.2 (2012-09) (Release 11). See "Diameter Sp Protocol Support" for details on the supported messages and attributes. This specification is available here: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/29219.htm
PCEF (Policy Controller Enforcement Function)	Policy and Charging Control over Gx Reference Point 3GPP TS 29.212 v9.9.0 (2011-12) (Release 9). See "Diameter Gx Protocol Support" for details on the supported messages and attributes. This specification is available here: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/29212.htm
Quality of Service	Policy and Charging Control signalling flows and Quality of Service (QoS) parameter mapping 3GPP TS 29.213 V9.8.0 (2011-12) (Release 9)
SMSC to SME (Short Message Service Centers to Short Message Entities	Service Centres (SMSCs) to Short Message Entities (SMEs) 3GPP TR 23.039 V5.0.0 (2002-06).
SPR (Subscriber Profile Repository)	Policy Controller communicates with the SPR portion of your SPR/OCS using an Sh-like interface as the Sp reference point. For details on the Sh reference point, see Spending Limit Reporting over the Sh reference point 3GPP TS 29.329 v11.1.0 (2012-06) (Release 11). This specification is available here: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/29329.htm

The AVPs in these commands come principally from those same specifications. Where AVPs are reused from other specifications, those specifications are noted.