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US 2020/0404466 A1Published application
Systems and methods for granular usage reporting in multi-ran telecommunications systems
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsMarc Chiaverini, Lixia Yan, Barry F. Hoffner
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Abstract
A system described herein may track usage, on a per-User Equipment (“UE”) basis, in systems that provide for simultaneous connectivity to a given UE via multiple base stations. A cycle cutoff time may be determined, a master base station (to which the UE is connected) may be notified of the cycle cutoff time, and the master base station may notify one or more secondary base stations (to which the UE is connected) of the cycle cutoff time. The master base station and/or the one or more secondary base stations may track usage, of the UE, until the cycle cutoff time, and may report the usage such that the usage via each of the base stations may be able to be determined.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of processor-executable instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the set of processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the set of processor-executable instructions causes the one or more processors to:
- identify a first time at which a particular cycle, during which usage of resources of a wireless telecommunications network, by a particular User Equipment (“UE”) is tracked, should be terminated,
- wherein the UE is connected to at least a first base station of the wireless telecommunications network and a second base station of the wireless telecommunications network,
- wherein the first and second base stations are configured to report usage, by the particular UE, at a second time that is later than the first time;
- notify, prior to the first and second times, the first base station of the identified first time;
- receive, from the first base station, information indicating:
- a first amount of usage by the particular UE via the first base station during a time period that ends at the identified first time, and
- a second amount of usage by the particular UE via the second base station during the time period that ends at the identified first time;
- determine a first amount of usage via the first base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information;
- and
- determine a second amount of usage via the second base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a set of processor-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- identify a first time at which a particular cycle, during which usage of resources of a wireless telecommunications network, by a particular User Equipment (“UE”) is tracked, should be terminated,
- wherein the UE is connected to at least a first base station of the wireless telecommunications network and a second base station of the wireless telecommunications network,
- wherein the first and second base stations are configured to report usage, by the particular UE, at a second time that is later than the first time;
- notify, prior to the first and second times, the first base station of the identified first time;
- receive, from the first base station, information indicating:
- a first amount of usage by the particular UE via the first base station during a time period that ends at the identified first time, and
- a second amount of usage by the particular UE via the second base station during the time period that ends at the identified first time;
- determine a first amount of usage via the first base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information;
- and
- determine a second amount of usage via the second base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a first time at which a particular cycle, during which usage of resources of a wireless telecommunications network, by a particular User Equipment (“UE”) is tracked, should be terminated,
- wherein the UE is connected to at least a first base station of the wireless telecommunications network and a second base station of the wireless telecommunications network,
- wherein the first and second base stations are configured to report usage, by the particular UE, at a second time that is later than the first time;
- notifying, prior to the first and second times, the first base station of the identified first time;
- receiving, from the first base station, information indicating:
- a first amount of usage by the particular UE via the first base station during a time period that ends at the identified first time, and
- a second amount of usage by the particular UE via the second base station during the time period that ends at the identified first time;
- determining a first amount of usage via the first base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information;
- and
- determining a second amount of usage via the second base station, by the particular UE during the particular cycle, based on the received information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.