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US 12,028,785 B2Granted
Billing method and apparatus in wireless communication system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorBokkeun Kim
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Abstract
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.
Claims2
A method, performed by an Evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), billing data for a user equipment (UE) connected via dual connectivity (DC) to the eNB as master node and a New Radio Node B (gNB) as secondary node, including radio access technology (RAT) information, to differentially apply billing for 4G service and 5G service;
- driving a timer when transmitting the billing data;
- storing a retransmission list;
- receiving a response message representing reception of the billing data from the MME, and updating the retransmission list based on the response message;
- determining that the billing data has failed to be normally transmitted based on the retransmission list;
- outputting a failure message;
- storing billing data that has failed to be normally transmitted among the billing data, as a log based on the retransmission list;
- and
- deleting the retransmission list when the timer is expired.
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An Evolved Node B (eNB) for a wireless communication system, the eNB comprising:
- a memory storing at least one instruction;
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- execute the at least one instruction to transmit, to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), billing data for a user equipment (UE) connected via dual connectivity (DC) to the eNB as master node and a New Radio Node B (gNB) as secondary node, including radio access technology (RAT) information, to differentially apply billing for 4G service and 5G service,
- drive a timer when transmitting the billing data;
- store a retransmission list;
- receive a response message representing reception of the billing data from the MME, and updating the retransmission list based on the response message;
- determine that the billing data has failed to be normally transmitted based on the retransmission list,
- output a failure message;
- store billing data that has failed to be normally transmitted among the billing data, as a log based on the retransmission list;
- and
- delete the retransmission list when the timer is expired.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.