Decentralized Network Reward Data Usage Tracking

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining a first temporary identifier of first user equipment that has communicated with a wireless network;
• obtaining a second temporary identifier of second user equipment that has communicated with the wireless network;
• obtaining data from a database of permanent user equipment identifiers;
• matching the first temporary identifier, based upon the data from the database, to a corresponding first permanent identifier of the first user equipment;
• determining a first amount of traffic that is carried by the wireless network and that is associated with the first user equipment, resulting in first determined traffic usage, wherein the determining of the first amount is based upon the matching of the first temporary identifier;
• determining whether the first determined traffic usage is sufficiently high so as to be a statistical outlier, resulting in a first determination;
• responsive to the first determination being that the first determined traffic usage is not sufficiently high so as to be a statistical outlier, facilitating a providing of monetary compensation to an operator of the wireless network for carrying of the first amount of traffic;
• matching the second temporary identifier, based upon the data from the database, to a corresponding second permanent identifier of the second user equipment;
• determining a second amount of traffic that is carried by the wireless network and that is associated with the second user equipment, resulting in second determined traffic usage, wherein the determining of the second amount is based upon the matching of the second temporary identifier;
• determining whether the second determined traffic usage is sufficiently high so as to be the statistical outlier, resulting in a second determination;
• and
• responsive to the second determination being that the second determined traffic is sufficiently high so as to be the statistical outlier, providing no monetary compensation to the operator of the wireless network for carrying of the second amount of traffic.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a first temporary identifier of first user equipment that has communicated with a first wireless network;
• obtaining, by the processing system, a second temporary identifier of second user equipment that has communicated with a second wireless network, the second wireless network being distinct from the first wireless network;
• obtaining, by the processing system, data from a database comprising permanent user equipment identifiers;
• matching, by the processing system, the first temporary identifier to a corresponding first permanent identifier of the first user equipment, wherein the matching of the first temporary identifier is based upon the data from the database;
• determining, by the processing system, a first amount of traffic that is carried by the first wireless network and that is associated with the first user equipment, resulting in first tracked traffic usage, wherein the determining of the first amount is based upon the matching of the first temporary identifier;
• determining, by the processing system, whether the first tracked traffic usage is sufficiently high so as to be a statistical outlier, resulting in a first determination;
• responsive to the first determination being that the first tracked traffic usage is not a statistical outlier, facilitating a providing of monetary compensation to a first operator of the first wireless network for carrying of the first amount of traffic;
• matching, by the processing system, the second temporary identifier to a corresponding second permanent identifier of the second user equipment, wherein the matching of the second temporary identifier is based upon the data from the database;
• determining, by the processing system, a second amount of traffic that is carried by the second wireless network and that is associated with the second user equipment, resulting in second tracked traffic usage, wherein the determining of the second amount is based upon the matching of the second temporary identifier;
• determining, by the processing system, whether the second tracked traffic usage is sufficiently high so as to be the statistical outlier, resulting in a second determination;
• and
• responsive to the second determination being that the second tracked traffic usage is a statistical outlier, providing no monetary compensation to a second operator of the second wireless network for carrying of the second amount of traffic.