Wireless Billing Data Transmission Reliability in 5G Networks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in effectively providing billing services, particularly in 5G networks, where data transmission errors and losses can occur, leading to incomplete or inaccurate billing data, which affects service delivery and user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for transmitting billing data in a wireless communication system that includes determining whether the data has been normally transmitted and executing supplementary operations such as deletion or retransmission based on the transmission result, ensuring data integrity and completeness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If billing data is transmitted in 5G wireless communication systems, then service provision is enabled, but data transmission errors and losses occur leading to incomplete or inaccurate billing data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebilling data transmission reliabilityVSAvoidbilling data completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by determining whether billing data has been normally transmitted before executing supplementary operations. The system checks transmission status and proactively handles potential data loss by preparing retransmission or deletion operations in advance, preventing incomplete billing data from being processed further.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by determining the transmission result of billing data and using this information to execute supplementary operations. The system receives feedback on whether transmission was normal or abnormal, and based on this feedback, automatically performs appropriate actions such as retransmission or deletion to ensure data integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If supplementary operations are executed based on transmission results, then data integrity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebilling data integrityVSAvoidbilling system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the billing system to automatically determine transmission results and execute appropriate supplementary operations without external intervention. The system autonomously handles retransmission or deletion based on transmission status, reducing the need for manual processing and external control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements discarding and recovering by deleting billing data when transmission fails after maximum retransmission attempts, or by retransmitting the data when transmission succeeds. This principle ensures that incomplete or erroneous billing data is either recovered through retransmission or properly discarded to maintain data integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #34Discarding and recovering

Data Source

PatentEP3783928B1Billing method and apparatus in wireless communication system
Publication Date: 2025.01.01 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for billing in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment, includes: transmitting billing data to an upper entity; determining whether the billing data has been normally transmitted; and executing a supplementary operation based on a result of the determining.