Network slice based billing
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAmit Agarwal, Rajpal Bhoria, Praveen Joseph
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein for network sliced based billing. In one example, a control center obtains, from a charging system, a charging data record that includes an indication of a network slice associated with a chargeable telecommunications event. Based on the indication of the network slice, the control center identifies a charging rate for the chargeable telecommunications event and applies the charging rate to the chargeable telecommunications event.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining, from a charging system, a charging data record that includes an indication of a network slice associated with a chargeable telecommunications event;
- based on the indication of the network slice, identifying a charging rate for the chargeable telecommunications event;
- and
- applying the charging rate to the chargeable telecommunications event.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to obtain or provide network communications;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the network interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- obtain, from a charging system, a charging data record that includes an indication of a network slice associated with a chargeable telecommunications event;
- based on the indication of the network slice, identify a charging rate for the chargeable telecommunications event;
- and
- apply the charging rate to the chargeable telecommunications event.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain, from a charging system, a charging data record that includes an indication of a network slice associated with a chargeable telecommunications event;
- based on the indication of the network slice, identify a charging rate for the chargeable telecommunications event;
- and
- apply the charging rate to the chargeable telecommunications event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.