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REDUCING THE LOAD DUE TO REPORTING OF INFORMATION CHANGES TO A POLICY AND/OR CHARGING CONTROLLER IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

  • US 20150005004A1
  • Filed: 01/03/2013
  • Published: 01/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing the load due to user location change reporting for location-based policy and/or charging control services for said user, in a mobile communication system wherein granularity of user location includes granularity at cell level and/or granularity at service area level, a service area (or Location or Routing or Tracking Area) comprising a set of cells defined at network operation level, a method wherein said user location change reporting is based on at least one of:

  • a granularity of reporting at a base station level, whereby a user location change is reported upon change of serving base station,a granularity of reporting at a policy area level, whereby a user location change is reported upon entering or leaving a policy area, a policy area comprising a set of cells and/or service areas, defined at policy and/or charging control level,for a granularity of reporting at a cell level or at a service area level or at a policy area level, a deferred user location change reporting until user plane activity is resumed, in case said user is not currently active in the user plane.

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