CHARGING IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

专利名称：CHARGING IN A COMMUNICATIONS

NETWORK

发明人：AHLBÄCK, Hans,HAKALA, Harri,MATTILA,

Leena

申请号：EP03720367.6申请日：20030326公开号：EP1488571A1公开日：20041222

摘要：A method of charging a subscriber for using GPRS services provided by a mobilecommunications network. The method comprises including a flag indicating whether theGPRS network is to be used for signalling data or user data in messages sent from a UEused by the subscriber to a GPRS access network. This flag is examined within thenetwork or at a node external to the network, and if the flag indicates that the GPRSconnection is to be used for carrying signalling data, a first charging regime is applied tothe subscriber for establishing and using the connection and if the flag indicates that theGPRS connection is to be used for carrying user data a different charging regime isapplied to the subscriber for establishing and/or using the connection. The flag may bedistributed by the access network to other network nodes for inclusion in chargingmessages. (A GPRS connection is also referred to as a PDP context).

申请人：Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

地址：164 83 Stockholm SE

国籍：SE

代理机构：Meyer, Jochen

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