This procedure is initiated by the UE to release an IPv4 Home Address previously registered at the PDN-GW.
The optional interaction steps between the gateways and the PCRF in the procedures only occur if dynamic policy provisioning is deployed. Otherwise policy may be statically configured in the gateway.
The roaming (
Figure 4.2.3-1), Local Breakout (
Figure 4.2.3-4) and non-roaming (
Figure 4.2.2-1) scenarios are depicted in the Figure. In the roaming case, the vPCRF acts as an intermediary, relaying the PCC messages between the hPCRF in the HPLMN to the BBERF/PCEF in the VPLMN. In the non-roaming case, the vPCRF is not involved at all. In the Roaming and LBO cases, the 3GPP AAA Proxy serves as an intermediary between the Trusted Non-3GPP IP Access and the 3GPP AAA Server in the HPLMN.
Step 1.
If the UE has previously registered IPv4 home address and wants to release it, the UE sends a Binding Update (IPv6 HoA, lifetime) message to the PDN-GW without including the IPv4 HoA, indicating de-registration for the IPv4 Home Address only.
Step 2.
The PDN-GW modifies the existing entry to delete the IPv4 home address implied in the Binding Update message from its Binding Cache and releases all associated resources, and then sends a Binding Ack message to the UE.
Step 3.
The PDN-GW initiates the PCEF initiated IP-CAN session modification procedure as described in
TS 23.203 to inform the PCRF of the deleted IPv4 address. If PCC rules have changed the PCRF provides the updated PCC rules to the PDN-GW as part of this procedure.
Step 4.
In case QoS rules have to be modified, e.g. change of SDF filters, the PCRF initiates a GW Control and QoS rules provision procedure as described in
TS 23.203 to inform the S-GW of the updated QoS rules.
Step 5.
An IP-CAN specific or resource release procedure may be triggered by the enforcement of the received policy rules.
Step 6.
The Trusted non-3GPP access informs the PCRF of the success of the QoS rules enforcement, thus ending the GW Control and QoS rules provision procedure described in
TS 23.203.