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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Fabian Castro Castro, Arillo/Oleiros/A Coruña C.P., ES;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In a method for providing a service requiring data connectivity between at least two user terminals (), a first PCRF () determines (s) that there is no available data quota associated with a first user terminal () for the data connectivity required for the service to be provided. The first PCRF () notifies (s) an AF () about the determination, which in turns notifies (s) an application service provider (). The application service provider () requests (s) a second user terminal () to sponsor the data connectivity of the first user terminal () so as to permit the data connectivity required for the service to be provided. The invention also relates to network nodes for participating in providing such services, and to user terminals and computer programs.