Direct ledger reporting of user equipment data usage for telecommunications networks

A method for user equipment (UE) network data usage assessment, the method comprising:

• defining an instance of UE network data usage based on UE data packet traffic carried between a UE and an access network of a a telecommunications network;
• determining a classification of the instance of UE network data usage based on the UE data packet traffic;
• selecting a set of ledger fields for populating a ledger record associated with the UE, the set of ledger fields comprising a combination of one or more fields for the ledger record selected based on the classification;
• determining ledger record data for populating the set of ledger fields, wherein the classification indicates at least one of:
• a type of data usage indicated by the instance of UE network data usage and a quantification of data usage consumption indicated by the instance of UE network data usage;
• generating a data object comprising the ledger record based on the ledger record data;
• and
• transmitting the ledger record via the telecommunications network for recording to an immutable data usage ledger.

A telecommunications network, the network comprising:

• a network operator core, wherein a user equipment (UE) communicates with the network operator core through an access network;
• and
• one or more processing units to:
• define an instance of UE network data usage based on UE data packet traffic carried between the UE and the access network of the telecommunications network;
• determine a classification of the instance of UE network data usage based on the UE data packet traffic;
• select a set of ledger fields for populating a ledger record associated with the UE, the set of ledger fields comprising a combination of one or more fields for the ledger record selected based on the classification;
• receive via the access network the ledger record, the ledger record structured as a block-chain block;
• and
• transport the ledger record for recordation to a data usage ledger, wherein the data usage ledger comprises at least one of a distributed ledger technology (DLT), a Hyperledger technology, or a block-chain technology.