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US 2010/0136990 A1Published application
Charging In Communication Networks
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsMarco Stura, Gabor Bajko
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for supporting a communication session of an user equipment, by means of a communication system that includes at least one entity between the user equipment and a node with which the user equipment is arranged to establish a session, the method including the steps of establishing a session between the user equipment and the node via the at least one entity, putting the session on hold, reserving resources for the session while the session is on hold, and resuming the session and distributing charging information.
Claims17
1-36. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- sending, from a user equipment, an invitation message to put on hold a communication session, the communication session established without preconditions to reserve resources for the communication session when the preconditions are not supported by the user equipment, the communication session established based on at least one of a session initiation protocol and a session data protocol;
- reserving resources, at the user equipment, for the communication session while the communication session is on hold;
- and
- resuming, based on another invitation message, the communication session, the another invitation message representing at least one of a confirmation that the resources have been reserved and a charging identifier for the communication session.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a user equipment configured to
- send, from a user equipment, an invitation message to put on hold a communication session, the communication session established without preconditions to reserve resources for the communication session when the preconditions are not supported by the user equipment, the communication session established based on at least one of a session initiation protocol and a session data protocol;
- reserve resources, at the user equipment, for the communication session while the communication session is on hold;
- and
- resume, based on another invitation message, the communication session, the another invitation message representing at least one of a confirmation that the resources have been reserved and a charging identifier for the communication session.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.