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OwnerRobert Törnkvist, Lakshmi Narasimham Bhagavathula +5inventors
InventorsRobert Törnkvist, Lakshmi Narasimham Bhagavathula, Karin Hoel, Michael Nilsson, Annika Åhlberg, Stig Puustinen, Grace Bosson Werélius
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A Charging Function (CHF) (16) of a communication network (10) signals a payload size limit to a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) (14) in the network (10), and the CTF (14) applies the payload size limit to restrict the maximum payload of one or more charging messages sent by the CTF (14) towards the CHF (16). Payload limits determined by the CHF (16) depend, for example, on any one or more of the type(s) of communication services involved, the involved subscribers, or load at the CHF (16). “Load” refers to processing load or communication load, meaning that the CHF (16) in an example implementation may choose smaller payload limits to reduce its processing load or choose larger payload limits, e.g., up to some maximum size, to reduce its communication load.
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A method performed by a Charging Function (CHF) of a communication network, the method comprising:
A method performed by a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) of a communication network, the method comprising:
A network node configured for operation as a Charging Function (CHF) of a communication network, the network node comprising:
A network node configured to operate as a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) in a communication network, the network node comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.