Method for improving accuracy of billing information, base transceiver station, telecommunications network and computer program product

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for improving the accuracy of charging information about a target user equipment in a telecommunication network, wherein the telecommunication network comprises a core network, a first base transceiver station and a second base transceiver station, wherein the target user equipment is transmitted in packets The form receives data traffic from the core network, the data traffic is related to the data connection established between the target user equipment and the telecommunication network, wherein in the case that the target user equipment uses the first base transceiver station to camp on the telecommunication network, the first base station The transceiver station includes information of a first non-transmitted packet data volume, the information of the first non-transmitted packet data volume is directed to the target user equipment and is related to the target user equipment that was to be sent to the target user equipment but was not successfully transmitted to the target user equipment. In the case where the target user equipment camps on the telecommunication network using the second base transceiver station, the second base transceiver station includes information on the data volume of the second untransmitted packet, the second untransmitted packet The information on the amount of data is specific to the target user equipment and is related to data packets that will be sent to the target user equipment but are not successfully transmitted to the target user equipment, wherein in relation to the target user equipment transceived from the first base transceiver station to the second base station In the case of a station handover or cell change procedure, information on the first untransmitted packet data volume is transmitted from the first base transceiver station to the second base transceiver station and is considered for determining the second untransmitted packet data The information of the first untransmitted packet data amount is transmitted from the first base transceiver station to the target user equipment and from the target user equipment to the second base transceiver station.

Description

Background technique [0001] The invention relates to a method for improving the accuracy of charging information in telecommunication networks, especially in public land mobile networks. The accuracy of charging information is enhanced on a user equipment-specific basis, that is, with respect to each user equipment (hereinafter also referred to as target user equipment). [0002] Furthermore, the present invention involves [0003] - a base transceiver station, in case of handover or cell change to another base transceiver station, the base transceiver station is enabled to transmit to another base transceiver station via the target user equipment information about charging information, the charging information is for the target user equipment, and preferably for a data connection established between the telecommunications network and the target user equipment; [0004] - a base transceiver station, in case of a handover from another base transceiver station or a cell change...

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Problems solved by technology

[0015] However, for radio network architectures with distributed base transceiver stations, where the air interface terminates directly in base transceiver stations such as LTE systems (Long Term Evolution), there is no such solution for providing improved billing information accuracy

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