5G System; Spending Limit Control Service; Stage 3
The present specification provides the stage 3 definition of the Spending Limit Control Service of the 5G System.
The 5G System Architecture is defined in 3GPP TS 23.501 [2]. The stage 2 definition and related procedures for the Spending Limit Control Service are specified in 3GPP TS 23.502 [3] and 3GPP TS 23.503 [6].
The 5G System stage 3 call flows are provided in 3GPP TS 29.513 [12].
The Technical Realization of the Service Based Architecture and the Principles and Guidelines for Services Definition are specified in 3GPP TS 29.500 [4] and 3GPP TS 29.501 [5].
The Spending Limit Control Service is provided by the Charging Function (CHF) and enables the NF service consumer to retrieve policy counter status information. The internal CHF functionality for policy counter management provisioning is specified in 3GPP TS 32.240 [7].