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Method and apparatus for subscription adaptation

  • US 10,284,729 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2014
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing subscription adaptation based on network utilization in a network at a Subscription Adaptation Engine, SAE, the method comprising:

  • computing a network utilization metric for a plurality of resource bins of the network, wherein;

    each resource bin corresponds to a respective network location and a respective time slot; and

    the network utilization metric comprises network utilization data corresponding to at least one of the plurality of resource bins;

    computing a subscriber utilization metric for a subscriber of the network, wherein the subscriber utilization metric comprises subscriber utilization data based on activities by the subscriber within the at least one of the plurality of resource bins;

    computing a subscriber predictability metric for the subscriber based on the subscriber utilization metric and the network utilization metric;

    performing subscriber profiling for the subscriber based on the subscriber utilization metric and the subscriber predictability metric; and

    adapting a subscription profile for the subscriber based on the subscriber profiling, thereby enabling service charging based on the adapted subscription profile.

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