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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Saad Hamid, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kashif Nadeem, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nitin Bhakri, Sammamish, WA (US);
Omer Ocak, Seattle, WA (US);
Nader Nabil Farouk Riad, Bothell, WA (US);
Robert L. Engelhart, Bellevue, WA (US);
Muhammad Waqar Afzal, Bellevue, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to provide charging function (CHF) fallback in a 5Generation Core (5GC). An example method is performed by a fail-open function (FOF), and includes receiving, from the CHF, information corresponding to a subscriber of a network. The information is stored in a database. Further, the example method includes receiving, from the CHF or a connected function, a request corresponding to the subscriber. The connected function is a session management function (SMF) and/or a policy control function (PCF). Based on the request, the information stored in the database is at least one of accessed or modified. Based on performing at least one of accessing or modifying the information stored in the database, a response is generated and transmitted to the CHF or the connected function.