1. Cloud Native Core Console User's Guide
  2. Configuring Network Functions
  3. Cloud Native Policy and Charging Rules Function (CNPCRF)

Cloud Native Policy and Charging Rules Function (CNPCRF)

Overview

The Oracle Communications Cloud Native Policy and Charging Rules Function (CNPCRF) solution incorporates new architecture with spring microservice framework as backend support technology stack and Kubernetes Cloud Native Environment as running environment. The PCRF core service is the main functionality among PCRF micro services with the following enhancements when compared to legacy PCRF:

  • Remove the MIA module from MPE, and let the MPE talks to with configuration server to save/load related data.
  • PCRF core service have integrated the MPE functionalities which are under legacy PCRF.
  • When PCRF Core needs to talk with any data source, these traffic shall go with the Diameter connector rather than from the PCRF core itself.

Configuring CNPCRF Parameters

  1. Click CNPCRF on the left navigation pane. The Configurations, Session Viewer and Services appear underneath.
  2. On selecting Configurations, the manageable objects of Configurations appear underneath. The manageable objects are Charging Server, Custom AVP, Custom Vendor, Logs, Media Profile, Network Element, PRA, Policy Counter Id, Retry Profile, Serving Gateway, Time Periods and Traffic Profile.
  3. On selecting a manageable object, the configurable parameters of that manageable object appear on the right pane.
  4. Click Edit to modify the parameters.
  5. On selecting Session Viewer, the parameters of Session Viewer appear on the right pane.
  6. Click Edit to modify the parameters.
  7. On selecting Services, the Core Service appears underneath.
  8. Clicking on Core Service the parameters of Core Service appear on the right pane.
  9. Click Edit to modify the parameters.
  10. Click Save.

Note:

For details about configurable parameters, refer to Cloud Native Policy and Charging Rules Function User's Guide.