Systems, methods and media for location reporting at a charging area level granularity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8971845-B2
Application number	US-201313777067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2013
Priority date	Feb 26, 2013
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A method for location reporting at a charging area level granularity is provided. The method includes detecting at a mobility management entity (MME) a transition of a user equipment (UE) from a first cell to a second cell to obtain at least a second cell identifier. The method also includes determining at the MME whether the detected UE transition constitutes a transition from a first charging area to a second charging area using the second cell identifier by comparing the second cell identifier to a charging area configuration. A charging area includes a plurality of cells that are served by at least one eNodeB. The method further includes providing to a policy server a report of the determined UE transition, if it is determined that the detected UE transition constitutes a transition from the first charging area to the second charging area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting at a control node a transition of a user equipment (UE) from a first cell to a second cell to obtain at least a second cell identifier;
determining at the control node whether the detected UE transition constitutes a transition from a first charging area to a second charging area using the second cell identifier by comparing the second cell identifier to a charging area configuration, wherein a charging area includes a plural…

Assignees

• Cisco Tech Inc

Inventors

• Salot Nirav
• Dodd-Noble Aeneas

Classifications

• H04W4/24 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/1485

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W24/10

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M15/8033 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W60/00

  Electricity · mapped topic