System and method for secondary traffic charging in a radio telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A traffic charging system in a radio telecommunications network comprising:
- means for multiplexing both primary traffic at a first bit rate and secondary traffic at a second bit rate in a single call;
means for calculating a charge for said primary traffic in said call at a primary traffic charge rate; and
means for calculating a charge for said secondary traffic in said call at a secondary traffic charge rate.
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Abstract
A method and system for charging secondary traffic in a radio telecommunications network. The system includes a mobile switching center (MSC) for delivering a call in the radio telecommunications network and a radio network control Ler (RNC) for controlling the radio telecommunications network. The MSC includes a charging unit for calculating a primary traffic charge, a secondary traffic charge, and a total charge for a call. Additionally, the RNC employs frame structure counters to assess the amount of secondary traffic carried in the call. The method begins by the frame structure counters assessing an amount of secondary traffic carried in a call in the radio telecommunications network. The charging unit then calculates a charge for the secondary traffic carried by the call.
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19 Claims
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1. A traffic charging system in a radio telecommunications network comprising:
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means for multiplexing both primary traffic at a first bit rate and secondary traffic at a second bit rate in a single call; means for calculating a charge for said primary traffic in said call at a primary traffic charge rate; and means for calculating a charge for said secondary traffic in said call at a secondary traffic charge rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a radio telecommunications network in which an amount of primary traffic at a first bit rate and an amount of secondary traffic at a second bit rate are multiplexed in a single call, a system for charging for the secondary traffic, said system comprising:
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a mobile switching center (MSC) for delivering said call in said radio telecommunications network; a counting device for assessing the amount of said secondary traffic carried by said call separately from the amount of primary traffic; and a charging unit for calculating a charge for the secondary traffic from said amount of said secondary traffic assessed by said counting device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a radio telecommunications network having a radio network controller (RNC) and a charging unit, a method of charging for secondary traffic carried by a call which carries an amount of primary traffic at a first bit rate and an amount of secondary traffic at a second bit rate, said method comprising the steps of:
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multiplexing the primary traffic and the secondary traffic in a single call; assessing, by said RNC, the amount of said secondary traffic carried by said call separately from the amount of primary traffic; and determining, in said charging unit, a charge for said secondary traffic carried by said call. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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