Audit process for the monitoring of events

A method for operating an access and connectivity management entity configured to monitor the access and connectivity of a mobile device to a mobile communications network, the method performed by the access and connectivity management entity comprising:

• receiving a request to monitor an event at the mobile device initiated by an application server, the request comprising an indication for an audit for the monitoring of the event by which a validity of monitoring of the event should be checked when the event has not been detected for an indicated period of time,
• monitoring whether the event occurs for the mobile device, and
• wherein when it is determined that the event has not occurred during the indicated period of time, a notification is transmitted to a tracking entity configured to track by which access and connectivity management entity the mobile device is connected to a mobile communications network, the notification indicating that the event has not been detected during the indicated period of time, and that the audit should be started in other entities of the mobile communications network involved in the monitoring of the event.

An access and connectivity management entity configured to monitor the access and connectivity of a mobile device to a mobile communications network, the access and connectivity management entity comprising a memory and at least one processing unit, the memory containing instructions executable by said at least one processing unit, wherein the access and connectivity management entity is operative to:

• receive a request to monitor an event at the mobile device initiated by an application server, the request comprising an indication for an audit for the monitoring of the event by which a validity of monitoring of the event should be checked when the event has not been detected for an indicated period of time,
• monitor whether the event occurs for the mobile device, and
• wherein when it is determined that the event has not occurred during the indicated period of time, the access and connectivity management entity is operative to transmit a notification to a tracking entity configured to track by which access and connectivity management entity the mobile device is connected to a mobile communications network, the notification indicating that the event has not been detected during the indicated period of time, and that the audit should be started in other entities of the mobile communications network involved in the monitoring of the event.

An exposure entity configured to expose services provided by the mobile communications network, the exposure entity comprising a memory and at least one processing unit, the memory containing instructions executable by said at least one processing unit, wherein the exposure entity is operative to:

• receive a request from an application server to monitor an event at a mobile device connected to the mobile communications network,
• configure the monitoring of the event in the mobile communications network, the configuring comprising configuring an audit for the monitoring of the event by which a validity of the monitoring of the event should be checked when the event has not been detected for an indicated period of time, and
• transmit a request to monitor the event to a tracking entity configured to track to which access and connectivity management entity the mobile device is connected to the mobile communications network, the request comprising the indication for the audit and the indicated period of time.