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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventor:
Xiaoqian Chai, Dongguan, CN;
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/64 (2013.01); H04M 15/60 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04M 15/8235 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04M 2215/70 (2013.01); H04M 2215/784 (2013.01); H04M 2215/815 (2013.01); H04M 2215/8125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of this application provide a charging method. The method includes that a session management function determines, a data flow within a protocol data unit, PDU, session and a charging key corresponding to the data flow within the PDU session, wherein a plurality of user plane functions are involved in the PDU session. For each of the plurality of user plane functions, the session management function sends to an online charging system, a quota request for a charging key without available quota for the UPF.