Functions and method for handling a credit pool of service units

US11671803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Yong Yang · Kållered, SE
• Ioannis Sapountzis · Mölndal, SE
• Jiehong Yang · Mölndal, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2215/32
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a Control Plane (CP) function for handling a credit pool comprising granted service units to be used by multiple services. The multiple services are grouped in at least one first Rating Group (RG). The CP function creates an individual Usage Reporting Rule (URR) for each of the at least one first RG. Each individual URR comprises a first credit pool threshold. The CP function provides the individual URRs to a User Plane (UP) function. The CP function creates a Usage Reporting Rule for the Credit Pool (URR CRPL). The URR CRPL comprises instructions to the UP function to aggregate service unit usage for all individual URRs for all first RGs. The URR CRPL further comprises the first credit pool threshold. The CP function provides the URR CRPL to the UP function.