Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

David Shrader

Stefano Sorrentino

Anders P Larsson

Jiehong Yang

Susana Fernandez Alonso

Fabian Castro Castro

Lars Lövsén

Anders Engström

Anders Larsson

A system includes a network node configured for operation in a wireless communication network. The network node includes radio circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a measurement period and an associated reporting window to be used by a wireless device for generating and sending charging reports indicating Device-to-Device (D2D) communications activity by the wireless device. The processing circuitry is further configured to transmit configuration information via the radio circuitry. The configuration information indicates the measurement period and the reporting window.

Wireless device reporting

There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises configuring, by the wireless device, a reporting time window for transmitting a report to the wireless communication network and determining, by the wireless device, whether data transmission from the wireless device to the wireless communication network is scheduled for a transmission time within the reporting time window, as well as transmitting the report together with the scheduled data transmission if it is determined that such is scheduled for a transmission time within the reporting time window. There are also disclosed corresponding methods and devices.

Methods of pre-emptive credit control, as well as corresponding network elements and a computer program are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method is performed in a network element comprising receiving, from an online charging system, at least one pre-emptive credit control directive for a subscriber, the credit control directive applying to at least one rating group; storing the at least one pre-emptive credit control directive in the network element and applying the at least one pre-emptive credit control directive at content or service delivery start, prior to any service or content received from, or addressing, the subscriber and belonging to the at least one rating group being forwarded from the network element.

Preemptive credit control

Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a Packet Domain Network Gateway (PGW), and corresponding methods therein, for service usage reporting and quota management in a Policy and Charging Control (PCC) based network. Example embodiments presented herein are also directed towards an Online Charging System (OCS) for receiving service usage reporting and quota management in a PCC based network. Quota reporting and quota management is performed on a pre-rating group basis.

Node and method for service usage reporting and quota establishment

In a method carried out in a telecommunication network, a policy decision function provides an instruction to a policy enforcement function and/or a traffic detection function. Within the instruction, some service instances of a service are identified by the order according to which the service instances are started. The instruction also indicates: (i) a service instance level reporting rule according to which the policy enforcement function and/or traffic detection function should report, or should not report, information to the policy decision function after occurrence of an event relating to any one of the identified service instances; and/or (ii) a service instance level enforcement rule that the policy enforcement function and/or traffic detection function should enforce on a received packet relating to any one of the identified service instances. The invention also relates to network nodes and computer programs.

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David Shrader