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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Uwe Schwarz, Veikkola, FI;
Uwe Schwarz, Veikkola, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Subscribers are segmented in a telecommunications by allocating given first subscribers network resources with a lower priority than second subscribers, but allowing the first subscribers to temporarily upgrade their subscription by a self-service request. On detecting the request, the network updates the charging correspondingly and adapts the resource allocation of the first subscribers who made the request for a predetermined period and/or amount of phone calls. The network is also capable of signaling the subscribers their current resource allocation priority so that the subscribers can provide respective users with a feedback of changes in resource allocation. The mechanism is also applicable for temporarily lowering the priority of given subscribers in resource allocation.