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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Bruce Edward Ziegler, Olathe, KS (US);
Kimberly Sue Nittler, Overland Park, KS (US);
Theodore Eugene Bolerjack, Louisburg, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication system serves User Equipment (UE) over external wireless networks. A provisioning system transfers a UE Identity (ID), network ID, and home policy for the UE to a network controller. The provisioning system transfers the network ID and a home rating group to a rating system. The network controller receives the UE ID and network ID from an external network element and transfers the home policy to the external network element. The external network element serves the UE based on the home policy and transfers external usage data to a rating system. The rating system translates the network ID into the home rating group and rates the external usage data using the home rating group. The rating system transfers the UE ID and home-rated usage data to a billing system. The billing system charges for the external network element service using the home-rated usage data.