Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Downloading Oracle Communications Documentation

1 About Policy Controller

• Understanding What Policy Controller Does
• Policy Controller Hardware and Software Requirements
• Understanding Policy Controller Terms
• Understanding How Policy Controller Works
• Understanding Policy Designer
• Using Rules to Select Policy Profiles
• Using Policy Profiles to Set Bandwidth and Charging Levels
• About Limiting Subscriber Bandwidth
• About Guaranteeing Minimum Subscriber Bandwidth
• Using Multi-service Products
• Using Subscriber Profile Information to Change Service Offerings
• Putting it all Together
• Policy Controller Specification Compliance

2 Configuring Service Broker for Policy Controller

• Installing and Starting Policy Controller
  • About Creating a Domain and Managed Server for Policy Controller
• About Configuring Policy Controller
• Create, Provision, and Connect a Subscriber Profile Repository
• Configure the SSU Diameter to Mediate Policy Controller/AF Service Data Flow
• Configure the Diameter SSU to Route PCEF and AF Service Data Flow
• Configure Policy Controller Global Parameters
  • Configure Policy Controller Administration Console Global Parameters
• About Execution Blocks
• Configure the System Parameters
• Configure Data Storage for Policy Controller Data
• Configure Your PCEF Server
• Configure Your AF Server
• Start and Configure Policy Designer
  • Starting Policy Designer
  • Setting the Policy Designer Port Number
  • Disabling the Policy Designer Automatic Start

3 Specifying Service and Charging Information with Policy Profiles

• About Policy Profiles
  • Planning Your Profiles
• Creating a Quality of Service Profile
• Creating a Charging Profile
• Creating Policy Profiles
  • Creating a Policy Profile Using QoS and Charging Profiles
  • Creating a Policy Profile Using Predefined PCC Rules

4 Creating Rules and Rulesets

• About Rules, Rulesets, and Dictionaries
  • About Advanced Settings
  • Naming Conventions
• Viewing and Modifying Dictionaries
  • Viewing Dictionaries
  • Modifying a Dictionary
  • Exporting a Dictionary
  • Importing a Rule Dictionary
• Creating and Deleting Rulesets
  • Creating a Ruleset
  • Deleting a Ruleset
• Setting the Effective Date for a Rule or Ruleset
• Changing the Order of Rulesets
• Creating and Deleting Rules
  • Creating a Rule
  • Deleting a Rule
  • Defining the Condition of a Rule
    • Creating a Test
    • Deleting a Test from a Rule
    • Creating a Condition with Multiple Tests
    • Changing the Order of Tests
  • Defining the Actions of a Rule
    • Defining an Assert New Action
    • Defining a Modify Action
    • Defining a Retract Action
    • Changing the Order of Actions
    • Deleting an Action
    • About Event Triggers
  • Using the Condition Browser
  • Using the Expression Builder
  • Changing the Display Order of Rules in a Ruleset
• Creating, Editing, and Deleting Bucketsets
  • Creating a Bucketset
  • Editing a Bucketset
  • Deleting an Item in a Bucketset
  • Deleting a Bucketset
• Deploying Rulesets to a Dictionary
• Example Rules
  • Using Subscriber Data to Change a Policy Profile
  • Applying a New Service to an Existing Service
  • Using PCEF Triggers to Change a Policy Profile
  • Throttling Back QoS When Credit Expires
  • Using a Local Fact to Apply a Policy Profile

5 Policy Controller Protocol Reference

• Diameter Rx Command Codes Supported by Policy Controller
• Gx Command Codes Supported by Policy Controller
• Diameter Gx AVPs Supported by Policy Controller
• Re-Used Diameter Gx AVPs Supported by Policy Controller
• Diameter Rx AVPs Supported by Policy Controller
• Subscriber Profile Data Available to Policy Controller