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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Balaji Venkat Venkataswami, Chennai, IN;
Ganesan Velrajan, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasa Reddy Kovvuri, Chennai, IN;
Balaji Venkat Venkataswami, Chennai, IN;
Ganesan Velrajan, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasa Reddy Kovvuri, Chennai, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for billing network usage in a network are provided. Statistics of subscribers' network usage and subscriber information are transmitted from a plurality of First Hop Multicast Routers (FHMRs) to a Net Flow Collection Server (NFCS). The NFCS consolidates the statistics received and subscriber information into a report. Thereafter, a Billing Module (BM) prepares subscribers billing information based on the report and policies configured on the BM. Advantageously, subscribers are charged based on their individual network usage.