1589results about "Accounting/billing services" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique for a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate higher a 4G system; and a system therefor. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for a first network node in a wireless communication system may be disclosed, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a second network node, a policy and charging control (PCC) rule and fully qualified domain name (FQDN)-based information that indicate any one of traffic detections via DNS message reporting or a DNS resolution; generating a DNS message processing rule on the basis of the FQDN-based information; transmitting the DNS message processing rule to a third network node; and receiving, from the third network node, an FQDN and an IP address for the FQDN, wherein the FQDN and the IP address are identified by the third network node via detection of a DNS response message on the basis of the DNS message processing rule.

There is provided a network node in a first wireless communication network. The network node comprises a receiver, a processor and a transmitter. The receiver is arranged to receive, from an application function in a second wireless communication network, application guidance on route selection policy rule determination. The processor is arranged to construct a route selection policy rule using the application guidance, the route selection policy rule including: an application descriptor, and a route selection descriptor comprising a network identity, wherein the network identity identifies the second wireless communication network, and the route selection policy rule defines a route for application traffic when a user equipment apparatus is registered in the second wireless communication network. The transmitter is arranged to transmit the route selection policy rule to the user equipment apparatus.

The invention discloses an eSIM service cost intelligent optimization method based on different operator information sources, and particularly relates to the technical field of operator network management. The method comprises the following steps: collecting eSIM tariff rules of a plurality of operators and real-time charging data of eSIM terminals, extracting tariff terms and conditional expense trigger mechanisms hidden in charging behaviors of different operators by using an association rule mining algorithm, and constructing a multi-level cost structure model; on the basis of a network registration behavior log of the eSIM terminal, predicting the probability that each operator signal source has an abnormal registration event, and evaluating the risk that each operator signal source triggers a hidden cost trap in combination with a multi-level cost structure model; and according to the real-time network signal parameters of the eSIM terminal, a signal source recommendation strategy is generated in combination with the risk assessment result, and the eSIM terminal is driven to execute a signal source switching operation, so that real-time adjustment and cost optimization control of communication network selection are realized, and the service stability of the eSIM in a cross-network use scene is improved.

A communication method is described that receives, by a policy control network element, a quality of service (QoS) request message from an application function network element. The QoS request message comprises a QoS requirement of a service of the application function network element. The policy control network element based on the QoS requirement, determines M policy and charging control (PCC) rules corresponding to the service, wherein N of the M PCC rules comprise first indication information, the first indication information indicates data flows of the service corresponding to the PCC rules comprising the first indication information to share a bit rate of the service. The N PCC rules are mapped to at least two QoS flows used to carry the data flows of the service, M and N are integers greater than 1, and N is less than or equal to M. The policy control network element sends the M PCC rules to a session management network element.

A communication method and apparatus are provided, to shorten a QNC notification path, so that an AF responds quickly. An access network device according to the PCC rule, first information including a correspondence between a QoS profile and the QoS requirement indication from a session management function network element. The access network device determines a first QoS requirement indication based on the correspondence between the QoS profile and the QoS requirement indication, and sends the first QoS requirement indication to a user plane function network element, where the first QoS requirement indication is a QoS requirement indication corresponding to a QoS profile that can be met by a current resource of the access network device. In this way, a QNC notification path can be short, and the application function network element responds quickly, thereby ensuring user experience.

An entity in a core network (CN) of a wireless communication system receives quality-of-service (QoS) parameters related to protocol data unit (PDU) set based handling of traffic (1602); performs, using the QoS parameters, QoS binding of a service data flow to a QoS flow for a certain media type (1604); generates a QoS profile associated with a QoS flow identifier (QFI) of the QoS flow, and transmits the QoS profile to a radio access network (RAN) via which the UE accesses the CN (1606).

A flow tagging technique includes tagging a data flow at a plurality of points in the data flow. For example, the data flow can be tagged at a socket and at a proxy manager API. By tagging the data flow at multiple points, it becomes possible to map network service usage activities to the appropriate initiating applications.

A method in a wireless communication system for service continuity between a user equipment, UE, based client application and a server, the connection comprising an edge application server, the connection further comprising a first local user plane proxy function and a user plane tunnel connection between the UE based client and the first user plane proxy function, the user plane tunnel connection further comprising a first source internet protocol, IP, address, the method comprising: inserting (910) a second user plane function between the UE based client and the server, providing (920) a second source IP address for uplink, UL, data packets, wherein the second source IP address is different from the first source IP address; forwarding UL (930) data packets from the second user plane function to the first user plane proxy function, wherein the first source IP address is replaced with the second source IP address; initiating (940) a path change procedure between the UE based client and the first user plane proxy function in response to the change to the second source IP address.

The present disclosure relates to handover (HO) of a user equipment (UE), which consumes a quality of service (QoS) flow that is associated with multiple QoS profiles. The disclosure proposes a network entity for supporting HO of the UE, and proposes a second network entity that is the target of HO of the UE. The network entity is configured to: obtain multiple QoS profiles associated with a QoS flow; obtain QoS capability information indicating whether the second network entity supports more than one QoS profile and / or whether a first network entity supports more than one QoS profile; and provide at least one message to the second network entity, wherein the at least one message includes at least one QoS profile according to the QoS capability information.

This application discloses a communication method, apparatus, and system. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a first access network device, where the first indication information indicates that the first access network device is currently not connected to a core network device. The terminal device stores a context of the terminal device based on the first indication information after the terminal device accesses the first access network device, so that the terminal device can access a second access network device based on the context of the terminal device after the first access network device stops providing a service for the terminal device. In the foregoing solution, efficiency of accessing an access network device by the terminal device can be improved, so that a delay in setting up a connection to a network side by the terminal device is shortened.

The embodiment of the invention provides a time delay control method and a related device, and the method comprises the steps: receiving first information transmitted by an application server, the first information indicating an end-to-end transmission time delay requirement of a first data flow, and the end-to-end transmission time delay requirement is a transmission time delay requirement for data transmission between first terminal equipment and second terminal equipment; and generating a policy and charging control (PCC) rule according to the first information, the PCC rule being used for indicating an uplink transmission delay requirement of a first data stream from the first terminal device to the first user plane function network element, and / or a downlink transmission delay requirement of a first data stream from the second user plane function network element to the second terminal device. By configuring the end-to-end delay requirement of the first data stream, the end-to-end delay guarantee between terminal devices is realized, various service requirements are met, and the communication quality is improved.

The invention relates to a service awareness method of a user terminal, communication equipment, the user terminal and a storage medium. The service awareness method is applied to a user plane function network element UPF in a core network. The method comprises the following steps: monitoring a plurality of service flow events forwarded by a local machine under the condition of receiving a service flow subscription message sent by a policy and charging function network element PCF; the service flow subscription information comprises a user terminal ID and an application program ID; if a target service flow event indicated by the user terminal ID and the application program ID is monitored, a service flow event occurrence notification message is sent to the PCF, and the service flow event occurrence notification message comprises the user terminal ID, the application program ID and an occurrence identifier of the target service flow event. By adopting the method, the perception of the user terminal at the user level and the service level can be realized.

A computer-implemented method and system are disclosed for connecting one or more devices to subscriptions and cellular or other wireless billing plans. The method includes enrolling the one or more devices enabled for connectivity to cellular or other wireless service in a cellular or other wireless subscription and associated billing plan, wherein the enrollment includes providing an identifier for the one or more devices to a cellular or other wireless service provider chosen by a second user, and allowing the second user to use capabilities of the one or more devices governed by the cellular or other wireless subscription and an associated billing plan chosen by the second user; while the one or more devices are also configured to allow a first user to use capabilities of the one or more devices as governed by the cellular or other wireless subscription and an associated billing plan of the first user's choice.

Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for communications involves at a cloud server, restricting network access of a user after a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) of the user is transmitted, and at the cloud server, redirecting the user to an identity provider for authentication after restricting network access of the user.

This application provides a dial-up packet processing method. The method is applied to a dial-up packet processing system. The system includes a controller, an access gateway, a forwarding plane network element, and a control plane network element that are connected to each other. The method includes: The control plane network element receives a dial-up packet from the access gateway, where the dial-up packet is a dial-up packet sent by user equipment to the access gateway; the control plane network element sends an authentication request to an external server, where the authentication request is generated by the control plane network element based on the dial-up packet; the control plane network element receives dial-up success information sent by the external server; and the control plane network element determines the forwarding plane network element based on the dial-up success information.

Device assisted services (DAS) install techniques are provided in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques for providing service processors for mobile devices are provided. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques for downloading / installing new and / or updated service processors for mobile devices are provided. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques for providing verified service processors for mobile devices are provided. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques for providing secured service processors for mobile devices are provided. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques include determining if a communications device in communication with a wireless network includes a service processor for assisting control of the communications device use of a service on the wireless network, in which the service processor includes a service profile that includes a plurality of service policy settings, and in which the service profile is associated with a service plan that provides for access to the service; and verifying the service processor. In some embodiments, DAS install techniques include providing a generic first version service processor for downloading and installing a second version service processor.

Embodiments of the present application disclose an Internet of Things card traffic speed limiting method and apparatus based on a RADIUS message, a device, and a medium. The method belongs to the technical field of the Internet of Things, and comprises: receiving, in real time, monitoring data reported by each base station, determining hotspot base stations on the basis of the monitoring data and a preset identification threshold, and forming a hotspot base station list on the basis of the hotspot base stations; collecting, in real time, a RADIUS message of an Internet of Things card, carrying out statistical computation on the RADIUS message of the Internet of Things card in a preset time period by means of a multi-window algorithm, and determining, on the basis of a traffic statistics result, whether the Internet of Things card is a large traffic card; if the Internet of Things card is a large traffic card, determining, on the basis of the RADIUS message and the hotspot base station list, whether the Internet of Things card is in a hotspot area; and if the Internet of Things card is in a hotspot area, subscribing the Internet of Things card to a corresponding speed limiting package to control traffic of the Internet of Things card. According to the embodiments of the present application, an intelligent and flexible Internet of Things card speed limiting service can be provided.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A network function device, such as a policy control function device, may send a policy and charging control rule that is based on one or more Ethernet medium access control (MAC) addresses. For example, the policy control function device may send the policy and charging control rule to a session management function device to provide a packet data unit (PDU) session for a wireless device.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, an indication that the UE is to perform a mobile-terminated (MT) small data transmission (SDT) (MT-SDT) operation. The UE may transmit, to the network node, a communication in response to the indication using: a first uplink resource associated with a mobile originated (MO) SDT (MO-SDT) configuration based at least in part on one or more conditions being satisfied, or a second uplink resource associated with a random access configuration based at least in part on the one or more conditions not being satisfied or based at least in part on no MO-SDT configurations being configured for the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for obtaining and transmitting target information, and relates to the field of mobile communications. The method includes: sending an information obtaining request to a terminal device to instruct the terminal device to transmit target information; receiving the target information transmitted by the terminal device; and transmitting the target information to a management device of the terminal device for authenticating or authorizing the terminal device according to the target information. In a solution according to an embodiment of the present invention, upon the premise that a network device transmits an information obtaining request to the terminal device, the network device transmits target information for the terminal device to perform authentication or authorization, thereby preventing the problem of duplicate transmission of target information by the terminal device spontaneously transmitting the target information, reducing resource waste and improving resource utilization.

A method comprises storing, in an over-the-air (OTA) system of the core network, an update to an electronic subscriber identity model (eSIM) profile, transmitting, by the OTA system, the update to the eSIM profile to a remote subscriber identity module provisioning (RSP) system of the core network, updating, by an update application of the RSP system, the eSIM profile based on the update to the eSIM profile received from the OTA system by adding the one or more files to the eSIM profile, modifying the one or more files in the eSIM profile, or updating the file in the eSIM profile to include the additional or modified data, and downloading, by the download application of the UE, the eSIM profile to the UE.

The invention relates to an eSIM card intelligent charging and management method based on flow prediction, which is applied to the process of switching a terminal from a main card to any one of a plurality of auxiliary cards, and comprises the following steps: switching to the auxiliary card; acquiring the ordering time of the auxiliary card, and judging whether the tariff standard from the ordering time of the auxiliary card to the current time is changed or not; if the charge standard of the auxiliary card changes, reducing the switching priority of the auxiliary card, and switching to another auxiliary card; and sequentially executing the steps of acquiring the ordering time of the secondary card, judging whether the charge standard of the secondary card is changed or not, reducing the switching priority of the secondary card and switching to another secondary card until the secondary card of which the charge standard is not changed is switched to, so as to avoid the situation that a user possibly needs to pay unnecessary additional charges.

A flow tagging technique includes tagging a data flow at a plurality of points in the data flow. For example, the data flow can be tagged at a socket and at a proxy manager API. By tagging the data flow at multiple points, it becomes possible to map network service usage activities to the appropriate initiating applications.

A network node of a communications network performs operations to determine a data traffic inactivity timer value based on subscriber event data, which identifies a subscriber and service characteristics using a communication session, being processed through a predictive model which uses historical usage data indicating idle times previously measured by charging trigger functions (CTFs) for the subscriber and the service characteristics. The operation further communicate the data traffic inactivity timer value to a CTF to configure monitoring of inactivity of the service using the communication session and to trigger a release operation related to the communication session when a data traffic inactivity timer using the data traffic inactivity timer value is determined to expire based on the monitored inactivity of the service.

An intermediary system between an access network and a target may receive a communication originating from a client and directed to the target. The intermediary system may generate, based a subscriber identification module (SIM) security service, a secure communication. The intermediary system may provide the secure communication to the target.

Described herein are systems, methods, and media for allocating complimentary data to subscribers to prevent them from being put in throttling mode. A method includes identifying, from subscribers of a wireless network, one or more subscribers that each have used at least a first predetermined percentage of their respective data quotas for a billing cycle; and predicting that at least one subscriber of the one or more subscribers is to exceed the respective data quota by the end of the billing cycle. The method further includes determining a size of complementary data to be allocated to each of the at least one subscriber such that at least a second percentage of the at least one subscriber is not to exceed the respective data quota; and allocating the complimentary data with the determined size to the at least one subscriber.