Managing PCC Rule Profile

You can create and manage PCC Rule Profile from the PCC Rule Profile Management screen. The page provides information about the existing profiles. You can create or refresh the profiles from this page.

Note:

Only administrators can create PCC Rule Profile.

To configure the PCC Rule Profile:

  1. From the navigation menu, under Policy Configurations, then under SM Policy, click PCC Rule Profile.
    The PCC Rule Profile Management screen appears with the listing of all the available rules. You can create or import new profile details from this page.

    Note:

    Click the Export button to download the available listings to your system.
  2. Click Add.

    The Create PCC Rule Profile screen appears.

  3. On the Create PCC Rule Profile screen, enter values for the input fields common to all the groups available on the screen.
    The following table describes the fields:
    Field Name Description
    ID Specifies the PCC Rule Profile ID.
    Name Specifies the name assigned to the PCC rule profile.
    Description Free-form text that identifies the PCC rule profile.
    Type Select the required type. Possible Values are:
    • Predefined PCC Rule
    • Dynamic PCC Rule

    If you have selected Dynamic PCC Rule, then go to Step 4 else, go to Step 5.

  4. Expand the Flow Infos group to add the Flow information:
    1. Click the Add icon displayed in the window.

      The Add Flow Infos appears.

    2. Enter the applicable values in the input fields available on the window.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description

      Name

      Indicates the name for the flow.

      Flow Description

      Indicates the details about flow. Enter a description for the flow.

      Pack Filt Id

      An identifier of packet filter.

      Packet Filter Usage

      The packet shall be sent to the UE. The default value "FALSE" shall apply, if the attribute is not present and has not been supplied previously.

      Tos Traffic Class

      Contains the Ipv4 Type-of-Service and mask field or the Ipv6 Traffic-Class field and mask field.
      Spi The security parameter index of the IPSec packet.

      Flow Label

      The Ipv6 flow label header field.

      Flow Direction

      Indicates the flow direction. Select from the following options:

      • DOWNLINK
      • UPLINK
      • BIDIRECTIONAL
      • UNSPECIFIED
      Ethernet Flow Description

      Dest Mac Address

      A string indicating MAC address. Enter a valid MAC address. For example, 3D-F2-C9-A6-B3-4F

      Ethernet Type

      A two-octet string that represents the Ethertype, in hexadecimal representation.

      Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the ethType shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bits of the ethType shall appear last in the string.

      Flow Description

      Indicates the details about flow. Enter a description for the flow.

      Flow Direction

      Indicates the flow direction. Select from the following options:

      • DOWNLINK
      • UPLINK
      • BIDIRECTIONAL
      • UNSPECIFIED

      Source Mac Address

      Enter a MAC Address. For example, 3D-F2-C9-A6-B3-4F

      Vlan Tags

      Customer-VLAN and/or Service-VLAN tags containing the VID, PCP/DEI fields.

      Each field is encoded as a two-octet string in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the VID or PCF/DEI field shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bits of the VID or PCF/DEI field shall appear last in the string.

    3. Click Add under the Ethernet Flow Description group name to expand the group.

      The screen displays the available input fields. Enter the applicable values in the input fields.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description

      Dest Mac Address

      A string indicating MAC address. Enter a valid MAC address. For example, 3D-F2-C9-A6-B3-4F

      Ethernet Type

      A two-octet string that represents the Ethertype, in hexadecimal representation.

      Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the ethType shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bits of the ethType shall appear last in the string.

      Flow Description

      Indicates the details about flow. Enter a description for the flow.

      Flow Direction

      Indicates the flow direction. Select from the following options:

      • DOWNLINK
      • UPLINK
      • BIDIRECTIONAL
      • UNSPECIFIED

      Source Mac Address

      Enter a MAC Address. For example, 3D-F2-C9-A6-B3-4F

      Vlan Tags

      Customer-VLAN and/or Service-VLAN tags containing the VID, PCP/DEI fields.

      Each field is encoded as a two-octet string in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the VID or PCF/DEI field shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bits of the VID or PCF/DEI field shall appear last in the string.

      Note:

      Click Remove to cancel the changes.
    4. Click Save on the Add Flow Infos window, under the Flow Infos group.

      The value gets listed on the Create PCC Rule screen

    5. Under the Flow Infos group, enter values for the rest of the input fields:
      Field Name Description

      App Id

      A reference to the application detection filter configured at the UPF.

      Content Version

      Indicates the content version of the PCC rule.

      Precedence

      Determines the order in which this PCC rule is applied relative to other PCC rules within the same PDU session. It shall be included if the "flowInfos" attribute is included or may be included if the "appId" attribute is included when the PCF initially provisions the PCC rule.

      AF Signalling Protocol

      Indicates the protocol used for signalling between the UE and the AF. The default value "NO_INFORMATION" shall apply, if the attribute is not present and has not been supplied previously.

      Application Relocation

      Indication of application relocation possibility. The default value "NO_INFORMATION" shall apply, if the attribute is not present and has not been supplied previously.

      Qos Data

      A reference to the QoSData policy type decision type.

      Traffic Control Data

      A reference to the TrafficControlData policy decision type.

      Charging Data:

      A reference to the ChargingData policy decision type.

      Usage Monitoring Data

      A reference to UsageMonitoringData policy decision type.

      Condition Data

      A reference to the condition data.
  5. Click Save.
    The value gets listed on the PCC Rule Profile Management screen.

    Note:

    Use Edit or Delete buttons available in the next column to update or delete the listing.

Importing the PCC Rule Profiles

To import the session rules:

  1. Click Import.

    The File Upload window appears on the screen.

  2. Upload the files in required format by clicking Drop Files here or click to upload.