摘要:
The present invention pertains to improved communication quality in cellular communication networks (10) and the like. A customer has the option to pay different amounts for different tiers of service relating to voice quality and bandwidth access (S102). Higher service tiers may guarantee that a specific vocoder or bit rate is used. Different tiers may be associated with customers' records (208) for billing purposes. The network (200) may also afford high end cellular phones higher voice quality by comparing a given high end phone to a look up table (FIG. 6) which indicates what level of service is associated with the given phone. A calling mobile station (312) or a receiving mobile station (302) may case the other mobile station to change to a more robust vocoder (410) or bit rate (S508) to ensure a higher quality phone call. Furthermore, the user may also opt to change the quality level before or during a call.
摘要:
The solution enables the provision of a real-time class bearer between a roaming mobile station (MS1) and its home network. According to the solution, as a response to receiving a real-time bearer request (2-1) in the roaming network from the roaming mobile station (MS1), it is checked (2-3, 2- 4) whether the mobile station (MS1) is of the requested real-time traffic class. If it is, the roaming network stores (2-5) information on said traffic class and on the home network of the mobile station (MS1), and forwards (2-6) the request to the home network, wherein the home network stores (2-7) information on said traffic class and on the roaming network. As the bearer service is provided (2-14) between the mobile station (MS1) and the home network, the roaming network creates (2-15) first charging data utilizing said information stored in the roaming network, and the home network creates (2-16) second charging data utilizing said information stored in the home network.
摘要:
Base stations and mobile devices have limited radio frequency spectrum through which they may communicate. Moreover, this spectrum is usually owned by a party having proprietary control. In order to allow for spectrum sharing, cognitive base stations (CBS) may be configured to select a radio frequency channel owned by another entity for its own use, and to determine how much additional noise it will create for such other entity. Based on this determination, the additional noise may be monetized, so that spectrum owners may be compensated for the additional noise created by use of their radio frequency channel.
摘要:
Utilization of resources used to provide a service, and/or costs associated with providing system resources for a service, are tracked in a system where the available resources vary depending on a variety of conditions including resource utilization by other users. The methods are well suited for systems such as mobile communications systems, where the amount of resources and/or costs to a system of providing a service are dynamic and can change on a relatively rapid time scale. Resource unitization is tracked on a per subscriber basis. Service charges can be determined as a function of both the amount of resources consumed and the amount of data delivered, with the amount of resources being used to deliver a fixed amount of data units varying as a function of environmental and/or other conditions. Service charges are sometimes determined as a function of the impact of providing the service to a first user on other system users.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to the communications field, and in particular, to a charging method, a charging system, a charging apparatus, and a message processing apparatus. Charging is performed according to information about the network resources used by a receiver at the time of receiving a message, and therefore charging is more precise, diversified and flexible. The charging method includes: obtaining information about the network resource usage of a receiver and performing charging according to the information about the network resource usage of the receiver. In addition, a charging system, a charging apparatus, and a message processing apparatus are disclosed.
摘要:
Various auction or tender processes for the real time allocation of telecommunications capacity or services are described in the context of a communications network in which user equipment is provided with a selecting device (12) which communicates with a pricing device (20) in service provider equipment. When communications or other services are available, the pricing device contacts the selecting devices of users and offers the capacity or service in a tendering, Dutch or conventional auction. Also described are processes in which the selection circuit 12 polls a plurality of service providers, and the pricing circuit 20 of each service provider generates a price signal indicating the level of price for its services. The selection circuit 12 then selects a service provider, based on price (and also other factors such as quality of service).
摘要:
A problem associated with prior art is that the billing of packet-based connections, via which information packets are routed, is too imprecise. To solve this problem, the information packets are routed between subscriber terminals via a central device in the network, according to a predetermined quality standard. If said predetermined quality standard is breached, the billing is stopped.
摘要:
A method of charging a subscriber for using GPRS services provided by a mobile communications network. The method comprises including in PDP activation messages sent from a UE used by the subscriber to a GGSN of the network, a flag indicating whether the PDP context is to be used for signalling data or user data. This flag is examined within the network or at a node external to the network, and if the flag indicates that the PDP context is to be used for carrying signalling data, a first charging regime is applied to the subscriber for establishing and using the context, and if the flag indicates that the PDP context is to be used for carrying user data, a different charging regime is applied to the subscriber for establishing and/or using the context. The flag may be distributed by the GGSN to other network nodes for inclusion in charging messages.