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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Di Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Feng Guo, Shanghai, CN;
Yingjiao He, Shanghai, CN;
Yong Yang, Kållered, SE;
Jingzhe Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Nan Zhang, Göteborg, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a first network node and a method in the first network node and a charging node and a method in the charging node for handling dropped data packets in a communications network, comprising: obtaining information indicating dropped data packets for a wireless device served by the first network node; detecting based on the obtained information that an amount associated with the dropped data packets reaches a first threshold or that a timer associated with the dropped data packets reaches a second threshold; and transmitting a message to a policy node, which message comprises at least one of information indicating the amount associated with the dropped data packets or information indicating that the amount has reached the first threshold or indicating that the timer has reached the second threshold.