Policy Control Function

E523101

The Policy Control Function (PCF) is a 5G core network element that centralizes policy rules and provides unified policy control for quality of service, access, and charging decisions across the network.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Policy Control Function canonical 11

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 3GPP network function ⓘ
5G core network function ⓘ
abbreviation PCF ⓘ
communicatesWith Access and Mobility Management Function ⓘ
Application Function ⓘ
Network Exposure Function ⓘ
Session Management Function ⓘ
Unified Data Management ⓘ
controls access policies ⓘ
charging policies ⓘ
quality of service policies ⓘ
definedIn 3GPP 5G System architecture ⓘ
linked to: 5G System
derivesPoliciesFrom application-level information ⓘ
network slice information ⓘ
operator configuration ⓘ
subscriber data ⓘ
goal enable flexible and dynamic policy control in 5G systems ⓘ
provide consistent policy decisions across the 5G core network ⓘ
manages policy rules for PDU sessions ⓘ
policy rules for QoS flows ⓘ
policy rules for access and mobility ⓘ
policy rules for charging control ⓘ
partOf 5G Core Network ⓘ
linked to: 5G Core
provides policy decisions to AF ⓘ
policy decisions to AMF ⓘ
policy decisions to SMF ⓘ
relatedTo Policy and Charging Rules Function ⓘ
linked to: PCRF
replaces Policy and Charging Rules Function in 4G EPC ⓘ
linked to: PCRF
role centralizes policy rules ⓘ
provides unified policy control ⓘ
standardizedBy 3GPP ⓘ
stores policy rules in PCF policy repository ⓘ
supports policy decisions for QoS enforcement ⓘ
policy decisions for charging enforcement ⓘ
policy decisions for data traffic treatment ⓘ
supportsFeature network slicing policy control ⓘ
policy control for 5G QoS flows ⓘ
policy control for QoS differentiation ⓘ
policy control for application functions ⓘ
policy control for charging differentiation ⓘ
policy control for non-3GPP access ⓘ
policy control for roaming scenarios ⓘ
supportsService differentiated QoS per service ⓘ
differentiated charging per service ⓘ
policy-based access selection ⓘ
policy-based traffic steering ⓘ
usesInterface N15 reference point ⓘ
N5 reference point ⓘ
N7 reference point ⓘ
Npcf interface family ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Network Slice Selection Function → interactsWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Network Repository Function → interactsWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Unified Data Repository → accessedBy → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Unified Data Repository → relatedTo → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Session Management Function → interactsWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Authentication Server Function → communicatesWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ
Network Exposure Function → relatedTo → Policy Control Function ⓘ
NSSF → communicatesWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ
PCF → fullName → Policy Control Function ⓘ
3GPP TS 23.501 → defines → Policy Control Function ⓘ
UPF → interactsWith → Policy Control Function ⓘ