Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel

Nathalie Charton

Brad Nicholas

Daniel Saker

Goutam Sinha

Shishir Modi

Sridhar Sripathi

A method for managing a Sponsored Data Plan (SDP) is provided in a mobile telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving a first request for an initial charging policy report in response to a detection of a user's data session with an Application Server (AS) () of a content provider; sending, in response to the first request, the requested initial charging policy report toward a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) () such that the PCRF () selects a first Policy Charging Control Rule (PCC-Rule) in accordance with the report for enforcement at a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); receiving a second request to perform an online subscription of the user to the SDP; and sending, in response to the second request, information about the SDP toward the PCRF () such that the PCRF () selects a second PCC-Rule in accordance with the information for enforcement at the PCEF.

Sponsored data plan management

A telecommunication usage metering management architecture includes a telecommunication network formed of a plurality of hierarchically structured elements and a management system comprising a hierarchical set of software components. Each software component is associated with an element of the telecommunication network and each hierarchical level of the set corresponds to a hierarchical level of the telecommunication network. At least one of the software components can send messages to at least one usage metering system. Only the lowest level software resources can access information contained in the network elements and relating to the use of the associated network elements.

Telecommunication network usage metering management architecture

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Montrouge, France

Nathalie Charton