Wireless Accounting via Base Station Frame Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication systems lack an apparatus and method to effectively classify and measure the radio resource and traffic service usage of each mobile station, hindering accurate accounting operations for subscribers.
Innovation Solution
An accounting apparatus and method that includes a parameter information extractor, calculator, and accounting calculator to measure radio resource and traffic service usage by analyzing transmission frame structures and NACK messages, enabling precise accounting calculations for mobile terminals accessing a base station.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If an apparatus is introduced to measure radio resource and traffic service usage for each mobile station, then accounting precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a base station as an intermediary device that measures radio resource usage (through transmission frame structure information) and traffic service usage (through NACK messages) for each mobile station. This intermediary approach enables precise accounting without requiring complex measurement apparatus in each mobile station, thus resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity.
2Measurement precision
If detailed parameter measurement and classification is performed for each subscriber, then accounting accuracy is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base station continuously measures transmission frame structure information and NACK messages for each mobile station during normal operation without interrupting service. This continuous measurement approach enables accurate accounting of radio resource and traffic service usage while avoiding time loss associated with periodic or interrupt-based measurement methods.
3Ease of operation
If existing mobile communication system configuration is maintained without alteration, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement capability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The base station utilizes existing transmission frame structure information and NACK messages that are already part of the mobile communication system protocol to measure radio resource and traffic service usage. This self-service approach enables the system to perform accurate measurements without requiring modifications to the existing communication framework, thus maintaining ease of operation while improving measurement capability.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an accounting method and an accounting apparatus in a mobile communication system. The amount of radio resources and traffic used by a mobile terminal of each subscriber accessing a base station can be measured and analyzed without changing a structure of the mobile communication system. In addition, since a provider who does not own an IP network and thus uses a leased network of an existing provider can measure and analyze the amount of traffic used by a mobile terminal in the leased network regardless of an IP network of the existing provider, a more precise accounting reference can be provided to the corresponding provider.