METHOD FOR MANAGING A COUNTER STATUS ALLOCATED TO A PAIR COMPRISING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND A BASE STATION
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Abstract
A counter status that is allocated to a communication terminal and a base station is usually deleted when the storage space in the respective base station is used up. To address this, the counter status is saved in an additional communication network element when a predefinable criterion is met, and can thus be retrieved.
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30 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A method for managing a counter status in a communication network, comprising:
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including the counter status in authentication information; storing the counter status in the first communication network element; increasing the counter status with individual communication processes between the first communication subscriber and the first communication network element; storing the counter status in a second communication network element when a predeterminable first criterion is met, the counter status being stored with information indicating it is allocated to the first communication subscriber and to the first communication network element; storing the individual communication processes in the second communication network element; monitoring a predeterminable second criterion at the second communication subscriber, on the basis of the stored communication processes; and when a predeterminable second criterion is met, deleting the counter status stored in the first communication element or prompting deletion of the counter statuses stored in the first communication element can be deleted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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