Data packet characterization with communication usage information
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsNarayanan Govindan Kasi, Saravana Velusamy
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Abstract
A data communication system receives data packets for a user. The data communication system applies a rule for the user to the data packets. The data communication system drops the data packets in response to applying the rule. The data communication system generates a record for the user that associates the rule with the dropped data packets. The data communication system may also drop data packets in response to a system failure. The data communication system generates a record for the user that associates the system failure with the dropped data packets.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving data packets for a user and applying a rule for the user to the data packets;
- dropping the data packets in response to applying the rule;
- and
- generating a record for the user that associates the rule with the dropped data packets.
A method comprising:
- a user-plane network element receiving data packets for a user;
- a control system applying a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) rule for the user;
- the user-plane network element dropping the data packets for the user in response to the control system applying the PCC rule for the user;
- the user-plane network element generating usage information for the dropped data packets;
- a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) generating event information for the user based on the usage information;
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- a Charging Data Function (CDF) generating a Charging Data Record (CDR) for the user that associates the dropping of the user data packets with the PCC rule based on the event information.
A data communication system comprising:
- a data system to receive data packets for a user;
- a control system to apply a rule for the user to the data packets;
- the data system to drop the data packets in response to the control system applying the rule;
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- the control system to generate a record for the user that associates the rule with the dropped data packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.