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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Ranjan Sharma, New Albany, OH (US);
Nokia of America Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for charging in networks where radio resources are shared between Machine Type Communication (MTC) traffic and legacy traffic. A base station of a wireless access network determines a scheduling of radio resources on the air interface between MTC traffic and legacy traffic, and provides signaling to an MTC device and a legacy device indicating the scheduling of the radio resources. The base station collects resource sharing information regarding the sharing of the radio resources between the MTC traffic and the legacy traffic, and transmits a message to a network element of a core network that includes the resource sharing information. The network element may then forward the resource sharing information to a charging system so that the sharing of the radio resources is taken into account when charging the MTC device and/or the legacy device for usage of the air interface.