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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mukesh Yadav, Bangalore, IN;

Ravi Shankar Mantha, Bangalore, IN;

Sandeep Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04L 12/1432 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for utilizing an asynchronous report feature when a time or volume reporting trigger is unavailable. The systems and method can include receiving node level capabilities from at least one of a plurality of user plane functions, receiving an asynchronous report from the at least one of the plurality of user plane functions, determining an absence of a reporting trigger based on charging information associated with a policy control function and trigger information associated with a charging function, selecting a user plane function from the plurality of user plane functions based on the asynchronous report, and generating a usage reporting rule without the reporting trigger to be provided to the user plane function from the plurality of user plane functions.


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