System and Method to Determine Network Usage

A network usage tracking system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory accessible to the at least one processor, the at least one memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
• retrieve first usage data from at least one network device of a network, wherein the first usage data comprises cell counter data for each network device of the at least one network device;
• retrieve second usage data from one or more network devices of the network, wherein the second usage data comprises session information for each network device of the one or more network devices;
• retrieve first user information to enable association of portions of the first usage data to user accounts;
• retrieve second user information to enable association of portions of the second usage data to the user accounts;
• determine first network usage data associated with at least one user account for a time period based on the cell counter data and the first user information;
• determine second network usage data associated with the at least one user account for the time period based on the session data and the second user information;
• determine network usage data associated with the at least one user account for the time period based on the first network usage data and the second network usage data;
• and
• send the network usage data associated with the at least one user account for the time period to a billing system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• determining, at a network tracking system, one or more first upload usage values and one or more first download usage values for a user account for a time interval from cell counter data retrieved from at least one network device of a network;
• determining, at the network tracking system, one or more second upload usage values and one or more second download usage values for the user account for the time interval based on session information from one or more network devices of the network;
• adding an upload usage value based on the first upload usage value and the second upload usage value to a cumulative upload usage value for the user account;
• adding a download usage based on the first download usage value and the second download usage value to a cumulative download usage value for the user account;
• and
• sending the cumulative upload usage value for the user account and the cumulative download usage value for the user account to a billing system.