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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Convida Wireless, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Guang Lu, Thornhill, CA;
Michael F. Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US);
Paul L. Russell, Jr., Pennington, NJ (US);
Dale N. Seed, Allentown, PA (US);
Catalina M. Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US);
Lijun Dong, San Diego, CA (US);
William R. Flynn, IV, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Convida Wireless, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Various mechanisms are disclosed for a service domain charging system that can interact with underlying networks. A service domain charging architecture is defined with several logical functions. Service-based charging types may be and applied to existing event, session, online, and offline charging mechanisms. Service domain charging messages may be exchanged over the X, Y, Z reference points. An E reference point may be used for interfacing with a service domain billing system, and a B reference point may be used between a service domain billing system and underlying network's billing system.