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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Imtiaz Shaikh, Irving, TX (US);
Barry F. Hoffner, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ho Yin Cheuk, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Marc Chiaverini, Randolph, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for performing RAN-usage-based tracking in a wireless core network. The method includes receiving a connection authorization request from a radio access network (RAN); obtaining a plan code for a communication device associated with the connection authorization request; associating, based on the plan code, the communication device with a RAN-usage-based plan; and sending, in response to the associating, tracking instances of RAN usage by the communication device to a usage-tracking server device.