Video over LTE data usage metering

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a request to establish a video bearer between a mobile telecommunication network and a user device for a multimedia call at a policy engine of the mobile telecommunication network;
• retrieving information from a gateway of the mobile telecommunication network that indicates a connection type used by the user device to connect to the mobile telecommunication network;
• establishing the video bearer for a video over wireless local access network (WLAN) call of the user device without Video over Long Term Evolution (ViLTE) data usage metering in response to the user device having a WLAN connection type;
• retrieving a throttle mode status of the user device from a charging engine of the mobile telecommunication network, the mobile telecommunication network places the user device in a throttled mode following an amount of data used by the user device exhausting an allocated amount of data for a periodic billing cycle;
• terminating the establishment of the video bearer for the multimedia call in response to the user device having a LTE connection type and in the throttle mode;
• and
• establishing the video bearer for a ViLTE call of the user device with ViLTE data usage metering in response to the user device having a LTE connection type and is not in throttled mode.

One or more computing devices on a mobile telecommunication network, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
• receiving a request to establish a video bearer between a mobile telecommunication network and a user device for a multimedia call at a policy engine of the mobile telecommunication network;
• determining that the user device is permitted to make the multimedia call based on a device identifier of the user device;
• retrieving information from a gateway of the mobile telecommunication network that indicates a connection type used by the user device to connect to the mobile telecommunication network;
• establishing the video bearer for a video over local area network (WLAN) call of the user device without Video over Long Term Evolution (ViLTE) data usage metering in response to the user device having a WLAN connection type;
• and
• establishing the video bearer for the ViLTE call of the user device with ViLTE data usage metering in response to the user device having a LTE connection type.