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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Zhi Wang, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and software for performing online charging in next generation networks. In one embodiment, a Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) server is implemented at a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a next generation network. The MEC server hosts a plurality of edge applications provisioned to provide MEC services for a session. The MEC server communicates with a Session Management Function (SMF) of the next generation network to acquire a quota of service units for the session. The MEC server then manages the quota by allocating slices of the quota to the edge applications, and transmitting messages to the edge applications indicating the slices allocated to the edge applications.