Charging in telecommunications network
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsHelen Lialiamou, Vesa Ilama
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Abstract
A method and a system for collecting session-specific event data in a telecommunications network where sessions are connected through a number of network entities which generate event data and have mutual signaling connections. The objective of the invention is to provide a solution whereby event detail records relating to one session but generated by a number of different network entities are sent in a centralized manner in real-time to a given collecting network entity. Thus, the event data combination is optimized and the unnecessary transmission of event detail records from one collecting network entity to another is avoided.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- choosing, by a first network entity, from a stored set of addresses for network entities collecting event data, one address of a network entity collecting event data for a session from the set of addresses during connection set-up of the connection;
- signaling, by said first network entity, the chosen address as a proposed address between two or more network entities configured to generate event data;
- and
- sending, by said first network entity or another network entity, event data generated during the session to the chosen address, wherein a universally unique identifier pertaining to the said session is inserted in the signaling, wherein a user terminal is involved in transferring the chosen address between network entities generating event data.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to choose, from stored set of addresses for network entities collecting event data, one address of a network entity collecting event data for a session;
- signaling circuitry configured to signal the chosen address as a proposed address between two or more of said apparatus;
- and
- a transmitter configured to send event data generated during the session to the address chosen by the processor;
- comparing circuitry configured to compare the proposed address to the stored set of addresses, wherein the processor is configured to choose either:
- the proposed address if the proposed address is found in the stored set of addresses, or an address from the stored set of addresses if the proposed address is not found from the stored set of addresses.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to choose, from stored set of addresses for network entities collecting event data, one address of a network entity collecting event data for a session;
- signaling circuitry configured to signal the chosen address as a proposed address between two or more of said apparatus;
- and
- a transmitter configured to send event data generated during the session to the address chosen by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to choose a primary address of the stored set of addresses as the chosen address, if the proposed address is not found from the stored set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.