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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Martin Körling, Sollentuna, SE;
Magnus Harnesk, Åkersberga, SE;
Jan Lemark, Stockholm, SE;
Tormod Hegdahl, Oslo, NO;
Martin Körling, Sollentuna, SE;
Magnus Harnesk, Åkersberga, SE;
Jan Lemark, Stockholm, SE;
Tormod Hegdahl, Oslo, NO;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to arrangements for charging in a packet switched network. Packets are charged differently dependent on which service flow the packets belong to. The charging system comprises a control system and a serving element residing in a packet forwarding system wherein said control system comprises an account function adapted to manage an account of at least one user and a charging policy decision point arranged to calculate a charging policy for allowed services for the at least one user. Moreover, said serving element comprises a token bucket per user adapted to store reservations received from the account function of the user associated with the token bucket and a charging policy enforcement point arranged to perform charging for a plurality of the allowed services by reducing the stored reservation of the token bucket according to the calculated charging policy.