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Volume-Based Online Charging in Hybrid Networks

A network, hybrid access technology, used in metering/billing/accounting devices, data switching networks, wireless communications, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2020-08-07
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
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Unfortunately, this mechanism for online charging is only available for networks using a single physical access technology

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[0022] figure 1 A typical network is disclosed for hybrid access to the internet 1 or intranet via two access networks, in this case a fixed DSL network 2 and a mobile LTE network 3 . In this figure, physical network paths are represented by dashed lines and (virtual) data paths are represented by solid lines. Authorized customers have hybrid access via their customer premises equipment (CPE), where the CPE connects multiple hosts to provide connectivity to the service provider network. Regarding access to the LTE network, the CPE is connected to an eNodeB 6 , where the connection to the DSL network 2 uses a router 7 .

[0023] The CPE 4 can flexibly decide which data packets should be forwarded through the LTE access network 3 when the DSL network 2 is heavily loaded. Each packet is associated with a single forwarding path, while different packets belonging to the same flow may be delivered by different paths. Therefore, compared to flow-based solutions, CPE in packet-base...

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Method and system for allowing billing of packet-switched data transfers between authorized clients and a network (1) - particularly the Internet or an intranet, wherein the total data volume is distributed via at least two different data paths (2, 3) between the equipment (4) associated with said customer - in particular the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and the Hybrid Access Aggregation Point (HAAP) (5) that constitutes the access to the network (1), where the two data paths Each of (2, 3) uses a different access technology to deliver its fraction of the data volume, where the total data volume is determined as the sum of the two fractions of the data volume delivered in the two paths (2, 3) , and the total data volume is used for billing purposes by the central billing unit (18) - especially by the Online Charging System (OCS).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for allowing billing of packet-switched data transfers between authorized clients and a network, in particular the Internet or an intranet, wherein the total data volume is at the client's premises via at least two different data paths (CPE) and the Hybrid Access Aggregation Point (HAAP) that constitutes access to the network, where each of the two data paths uses a different access technology to deliver its portion of the data volume. For example, one data path uses a DSL telephone network and another data path uses an LTE mobile network. Background technique [0002] In conventional networks, online charging is generally a well-known technique for estimating the amount used during an Internet / Intranet access session. Authorized customers use their access to connect to the Internet / Intranet and send IP data packets (data) to or receive IP data packets from servers in the Internet / Intranet. In the ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14H04L12/24
CPCH04L12/1403H04L12/1435H04L12/1467H04L41/5006H04M15/41H04M15/44H04M15/49H04M15/55H04M15/64H04M15/8214H04W48/18H04L12/1453
Inventor C·海德曼G·菲林格尔C·路德维格
Owner DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG