Patent · US Active

System and method for provisioning charging and policy control in a network environment

US7957314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Flemming S. Andreasen · Marlboro, US
John William Evans · Frome, GB
Eric Hamel · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2008
Grant date	Jun 7, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/80
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes requesting real-time transfer protocol (RTP) quality metrics to be generated by a network for a specific flow in the network. The method also includes recording the RTP quality metrics and reporting the metrics as accounting data associated with the flow. In more specific embodiments, the accounting data includes a correlator with application level accounting and the accounting data is used for quality monitoring and troubleshooting on a per-subscriber basis, on a per-flow basis, or on a per-call basis. An application function can request RTP quality monitoring with a trigger that identifies if a quality parameter reaches a certain threshold.

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