SMF Pause of Charging
OwnerJinyin Zhu, Juying Gan +2inventors
InventorsJinyin Zhu, Juying Gan, Yingjiao He, Zhansheng Wei
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improved SMF pause of charging are provided. A method (400) in a RAN node may include triggering (S404) a Session Management Function (SMF) pause of charging after a paging failure for a UE in RRC inactive status. A method (500) in the SMF may include being triggered (S504) for pause of charging by a RAN node after a paging failure for a UE in RRC inactive status, and enabling (S506) pause of charging.
Claims20
1-36. (canceled)
A method in a Radio Access Network (RAN) node, the method comprising:
- triggering a Session Management Function (SMF) pause of charging after a paging failure for a user equipment (UE) in Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive status.
A method in a Session Management Function (SMF), the method comprising:
- being triggered for pause of charging by a Radio Access Network (RAN) node after a paging failure for a user equipment (UE) in Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive status;
- and
- enabling pause of charging.
A method in Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), the method comprising:
- receiving, from a Radio Access Network (RAN) node, a number of downlink packets dropped at the RAN node after a paging failure for a User Equipment (UE) in Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive status;
- and
- sending the number of downlink packets dropped at the RAN node to Session Management Function (SMF).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.