Traffic Restriction

When Traffic Restriction Applies

Traffic restriction comes into effect when:

• The customer has no account balance (no credit)
• There is no available quota from any bundle (all data has been used)

Under normal conditions:

• The system attempts to fall back to the tariff for charging
• If there is no balance, a reservation failure event occurs (indicating no funds are available)
• This would typically result in no data session being allowed

What Traffic Restriction Does

When a traffic restriction policy is applied:

• A data session is still allowed, even if the user has:

  • No balance
  • No remaining bundle data

• Instead of blocking access completely:

  • Traffic is restricted to specific destinations only
  • All other traffic is blocked

For example:

• Users may only be allowed to access:
  • A top-up website
  • A mobile app
  • Specific configured IP addresses or domains
• This enables scenarios such as:
  • A user running out of data while abroad
  • The user can still access a top-up service without needing Wi-Fi

How It Works (Technical Flow)

Without Traffic Restriction

1. A Create Session Request is received
2. The system checks for:
   • Available balance, or
   • Available bundle quota
3. If neither is available:
   • A reservation failure is returned
   • The data session is rejected

With Traffic Restriction Enabled

1. A Create Session Request is received
2. Even if there is:
   • No balance
   • No bundle quota
3. The system:
   • Allows the data session
   • Applies the traffic restriction policy
4. The user can only access whitelisted destinations
   • All other traffic is blocked

Configuration Steps

To enable traffic restriction, the following must be configured:

1. Create a Traffic Restriction Policy
   • Define the allowed destinations (e.g., IPs, domains)
2. Apply the Policy to a Tariff
   • Assign it as the “balance depleted traffic policy”
3. Assign the Tariff to a Customer
   • Ensure the customer is using the tariff with the policy applied

Key Point

Traffic restriction ensures that:

• Users without balance or data are not fully cut off
• They can still access essential services (like top-up)
• All other internet access remains blocked

Example