Method for monitoring and controlling a number of available decentralized ip budgets of a subscriber in a packet-based communications network during an online assessment of charges with limit value monitoring for data transmissions
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring and controlling a number of available decentralized IP budgets of a subscriber in a packet-based communications network during an online assessment of charges for data transmissions, comprising:
- allocating a plurality of available IP budgets in a data-flow-specific manner to a data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber;
providing a higher-order control function in a network node of the communications network, the control function charging the data-flow-specific IP budget according to a resource use of a data flow based on charge assessment specifications issued by a charge-assessing computer during a resource utilization of the data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber; and
effecting a partial or complete transmission of the IP budget between selected data flows on a case-by-case basis, whereby the control function effects a reallocation or transfer of the IP budget according to the specifications of the charge-assessing computer.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for monitoring and controlling a number of available decentralized IP budgets of a subscriber in a packet-based communications network during an online assessment of charges for data transmissions. According to the invention, the number of available IP budgets are each allocated in a data flow-specific manner to a data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber, and a higher-order control function is provided in a network node of the communications network. Said higher-order control function charges the data flow-specific IP budget according to a resource use of a data flow based on charge assessment specifications issued by a charge assessing computer during a resource use of the data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber, and effects a partial or complete transmission of the IP budget between selected data flows in a case-related manner.
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1. A method for monitoring and controlling a number of available decentralized IP budgets of a subscriber in a packet-based communications network during an online assessment of charges for data transmissions, comprising:
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allocating a plurality of available IP budgets in a data-flow-specific manner to a data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber;
providing a higher-order control function in a network node of the communications network, the control function charging the data-flow-specific IP budget according to a resource use of a data flow based on charge assessment specifications issued by a charge-assessing computer during a resource utilization of the data flow in a context that can be assigned to the subscriber; and
effecting a partial or complete transmission of the IP budget between selected data flows on a case-by-case basis, whereby the control function effects a reallocation or transfer of the IP budget according to the specifications of the charge-assessing computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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