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Band usage information generating and reporting method, charging method, eNodeB, and MME

US10536824B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America · US

Inventors

Li Wang · Beijing, CN
Hidetoshi Suzuki · Tokyo, JP
Prateek Basu Mallick · Dreieich, DE
Lilei Wang · Beijing, CN
Jens Bachmann · Langen, DE
Takako Hori · Sakai, JP
Masayuki Hoshino · Yokohama, JP
Chi Gao · Beijing, CN
Michael Einhaus · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/042
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a band usage information generating and reporting method, a charging method, an eNB, a ON, a MME and a UE. The eNB and the UE can generate band usage information for charging, and report the band usage information to the CN, wherein the band usage information involves band usage of at least a first band and a second band, and traffic is assigned to respective bands by the eNB. The Counting entity at the eNB or UE can count the data volume of each band or ratio of data volume via different bands as the band usage information based on the scheduling information of the data. The Charging system located in the CN can process the charging and generate a bill according to the reported band usage information.

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