To set up bandwidth control through PCRF, you must have bandwidth control rules
configured on the PCRF.
You can create a dynamic bandwidth controller so that PEM™ can
enforce the maximum bit rate configured on the PCRF. You must follow the steps exactly
as described here using the specified name for the bandwidth controller, and you must
create the associated categories.
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On the Main tab, click .
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Click Create.
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In the Name field, type the name
dynamic_spm_bwc_policy.
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In the Maximum Rate field, type a number and select the
unit of measure to indicate the total throughput allowed for the resource you
are managing.
The number must be in the range from 1 Mbps to
1000 Gbps. This value is the amount of bandwidth
available to all the connections going through this static policy.
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From the Dynamic list, select
Enabled.
The screen displays additional settings.
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In the Maximum Rate Per User field, type a number and
select the unit of measure.
For example, use 50Mbps.
The number must be in the range from 1Mbps to 2Gbps. However, the value you
use is just a place holder and is never used by the system. For this example,
the value is overridden by the PCRF.
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Enable the Measure setting, if you want to measure
bandwidth on all future instances of this bandwidth control policy.
The system measures bandwidth with the frequency you specify in the
Log Period setting, and sends it to the log publisher
you specify using the Log Publisher setting.
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Leave the IP Marking (TOS/DSCP) and L2
Marking (802.1p) values set to Pass
Through, the default value.
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Click Finished.
Note: After you finish configuring the bandwidth controller, the
Bandwidth Controllers screen
opens.
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Click the Bandwidth Control policy name, that you configured.
The Bandwidth Controllers policy page opens.
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In the Categories field, add up to 32 categories of
traffic that this bandwidth control policy manages.
All the categories share the specified bandwidth, in accordance with the rate
specified for each category.
Note: Use the
Categories setting only if you have not set
values for the IP Marking (TOS/DSCP) or the
L2 Marking (802.1p) setting.
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In the Category Name field, type a descriptive name for
the category.
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In the Max Category Rate field, type a value to indicate
the most bandwidth that this category of traffic can use, and select the unit of
measure from the list, or select % and type a percentage
from 1 to 100.
If you specify a rate, the number must be in the range from 500
Kbps to the rate specified for the Maximum Rate Per
User setting. A percentage indicates that this category can use
up to the specified percentage of the maximum per-user rate. These values are
upper limits (not minimum or guaranteed), so the sum can exceed the value you
specified for the Maximum Rate Per User setting.
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From the IP Marking (TOS/DSCP) list, select
Specify and type a number between
0 and 63 to assign a Type of
Service (ToS) level to packets that exceed the Max Category
Rate.
If you do not want to set a ToS level, maintain the default
setting, Pass Through.
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From the L2 Marking (802.1p) list, select
Specify and type a number between
0 and 7 to assign a Quality of
Service (QoS) level to packets that exceed the Max Category
Rate.
If you do not want to set a QoS level, maintain the default
setting, Pass Through.
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Click Finished.
If this is the first bandwidth control policy created on a BIG-IP® device, the system also creates a default static bandwidth control
policy named default-bwc-policy to handle any traffic that is not
included in the policy you created. If you delete all bandwidth controllers, this policy
is also deleted.
For PEM to enforce bandwidth control, you need to create a listener (Policy
Provisioning and Online Charging Virtuals) with a Gx interface configured.
