MEDIATION, RATING, AND BILLING ASSOCIATED WITH A FEMTOCELL SERVICE FRAMEWORK
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates mediation, rating and billing associated with a communication session associated with a communication device in a femto network in a communication network, comprising:
- a mediation and rating component that correlates information respectively contained in one or more communication records associated with the communication session to facilitate identification, in the one or more communication records, of at least one location identifier respectively associated with at least one of a location of a cell at origination of the communication session or another location of another cell at termination of the communication session; and
a billing system that generates a billing record for the communication session in accordance with a rate determined for the communication session, wherein the rate is determined based at least in part on the at least one location identifier.
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Abstract
System(s) and method(s) facilitating mediation of information relating to communication sessions, and rating of and billing for communication sessions, in relation to a communication network employing femtocells and base stations, are presented. Call detail records (CDRs) are created containing location information identifying origination or termination locations for communication sessions associated with a user equipment (UE). For data sessions, data event records (DERs) are created to track data usage and specific data services used by the UE. A mediation and rating component receives the CDRs and/or DERs and correlates the respective records to create an enhanced CDR containing information that facilitates determining whether a femtocell or base station served the UE at the origination or termination of a communication session and information relating to data usage when a data service is used. Predefined rating rules are used to facilitate billing the subscriber in accordance with a subscriber rate plan.
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26 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates mediation, rating and billing associated with a communication session associated with a communication device in a femto network in a communication network, comprising:
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a mediation and rating component that correlates information respectively contained in one or more communication records associated with the communication session to facilitate identification, in the one or more communication records, of at least one location identifier respectively associated with at least one of a location of a cell at origination of the communication session or another location of another cell at termination of the communication session; and a billing system that generates a billing record for the communication session in accordance with a rate determined for the communication session, wherein the rate is determined based at least in part on the at least one location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method facilitates mediating, rating and billing associated with a communication session associated with a mobile communication device in a communication network, comprising a femtocell, comprising:
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identifying a respective location of at least one of an origination of the communication session or a termination of the communication session associated with the mobile communication device in a call detail record (CDR) based at least in part on one location area code (LAC) associated with the at least one of the origination of the communication session or the termination of the communication session; and rating the communication session based at least in part on the at least one LAC to facilitate generating a billing record for the communication session in accordance with a specified rate plan associated with a subscriber associated with the mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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24. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to perform the following acts:
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identifying a respective location of at least one of an origination of a communication session or a termination of the communication session associated with a mobile communication device in a call detail record (CDR) based at least in part on one location identifier associated with the at least one of the origination of the communication session or the termination of the communication session; and rating the communication session based at least in part on the at least one location identifier to facilitate generating a billing record for the communication session in accordance with a specified rate plan associated with a subscriber associated with the mobile communication device.
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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means for identifying a respective location of at least one of an origination of a communication session or a termination of the communication session associated with a communication device in at least one communication record relating to the communication session based at least in part on one location area code (LAC) associated with the at least one of the origination of the communication session or the termination of the communication session; and means for rating the communication session based at least in part on the at least one LAC to facilitate generating a billing record for the communication session in accordance with a specified rate plan associated with a subscriber associated with the communication device.
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