Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Provisioning network resources in a wireless network using a native blockchain platform
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Application No.: US16159950Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US10673618B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Om Prakash Suthar , Ammar Rayes , Michael David Geller , Ian McDowell Campbell , Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/06 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W12/08 ; G06Q20/40 ; G06Q20/32 ; H04W60/00 ; G06Q20/36 ; G06Q20/10 ; G06Q20/38 ; G06Q20/06 ; H04L9/32 ; G06F9/455 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L12/911 ; H04W8/02 ; H04W88/02 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W60/04

Abstract:
A Network Function (NF) entity in a telecommunication network receives blockchain credentials associated with UE and selects a Blockchain Charging Function (BCF). The NF entity further generates a Charging Data Record (CDR) corresponding to network resources, and sends a charging request based on the CDR (and policy rules) to the BCF entity over a blockchain network interface. The BCF entity sends a confirmation of the charging request, and the NF entity, based on the confirmation, provisions the network resources to the UE.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190379544A1 PROVISIONING NETWORK RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK USING A NATIVE BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2019-12-12
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