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System and method for rating an IP-based wireless telecommunications based on access point

  • US 8,565,721 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2009
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating Call Detail Record (CDR) based billing in a converged cellular network and Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless access network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a registration request with a network controller from a mobile device via an IP-based wireless access network of a converged wireless network for which CDR based billing is used;

    sending an access point identifier to the network controller, wherein the access point identifier is associated with a point of entry into the IP-based wireless access network for the mobile device;

    querying a database with the access point identifier;

    receiving a reply from the database in response to the query,wherein the reply includes a service zone identifier,wherein the service zone identifier is associated with the point of entry into the IP-based wireless access network,wherein the service zone identifier is identified, at least in part, using the access point identifier, andwherein the service zone identifier is associated with a billing rate for the mobile device on the IP-based wireless access network;

    storing the service zone identifier at the network controller;

    identifying a communication request from the mobile device over the IP-based wireless access network through the point of entry into the IP-based wireless access network; and

    communicating the service zone identifier to a switch for the identified communication request from the mobile device.

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