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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);

Ranjan Sharma, New Albany, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract

Systems and methods of a network that implements network slicing. In one embodiment, the system includes an account charging server that determines a plurality of charging rules for a UE that are each mapped to a different network slice of the network, a policy control server that identifies the charging rules, and a slice selection server that selects a network slice for the UE based on the charging rules. The system further includes an interface between the policy control server and the account charging server that supports a transaction based on Diameter protocol that includes a request/response. A first Attribute Value Pair (AVP) is defined for the response to identify a charging rule, and a second AVP is defined for the response to identify a network slice that is mapped to the charging rule.


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