Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for dynamic charging over multiple network nodes
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Application No.: US14784033Application Date: 2013-05-07
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Publication No.: US09820128B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Yang Liu , Haitao Li
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2013/075247 WO 20130507
- International Announcement: WO2014/179933 WO 20141113
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04W4/24 ; H04L12/14 ; H04M15/00 ; H04W16/00

Abstract:
A method, a corresponding apparatus, and a computer program product for dynamic charging over multiple network nodes. The method comprises collecting, at a first network node which has a first connection with a user equipment, charging information with respect to a second connection established between the user equipment and a second network node, wherein the second network node is connected with the first network node. The method also comprises combining charging information with respect to the first connection and the charging information with respect to the second connection. The method additionally comprises sending the combined charging information from the first network node to a core network entity for charging the user equipment. With the claimed inventions, the core network and wireless operators could be able to bill the services based on specific offloaded bearers considering associated QoS information, regarding to the case of multi-PLMN scenarios under network sharing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160073247A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC CHARGING OVER MULTIPLE NETWORK NODES Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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