发明名称 |
Charging method and apparatus for proximity-based service |
摘要 |
A charging method for Proximity-based Service (ProSe) used in a first user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The charging method includes: establishing a ProSe service with a second UE; generating charging information for the ProSe service according to collected transmission information, wherein the ProSe service is between the first UE and a second UE in proximity and comprises ProSe discovery, ProSe communication or both, and wherein the transmission information comprises at least one of: radio resources dedicated for the ProSe service, allocated to the first UE by the a base station of the wireless communication system; at least one traffic volume report corresponding to uplink or downlink data volume, transmitted to the base station; and a time-elapsed duration for the ProSe service; and transmitting the charging information for the ProSe service to the base station or a core network entity of the wireless communication system. |
申请公布号 |
US9479342(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.10.25 |
申请号 |
US201414212790 |
申请日期 |
2014.03.14 |
申请人 |
HTC Corporation |
发明人 |
Wu Chih-Hsiang;Liao Ching-Yu |
分类号 |
H04M11/00;H04L12/14;H04M15/00;H04W4/24;H04W4/20;H04W76/02 |
主分类号 |
H04M11/00 |
代理机构 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
代理人 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A charging method for proximity-based Service (ProSe), wherein the charging method is used in a mobility management entity (MME) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
allocating an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer identity (ID) dedicated for a ProSe service established by a first user equipment (UE) for communicating with a second UE and/or indicating charging characteristics associated with the ProSe service between the first UE and the second UE in a Create Session Request message which is to be transmitted to a packet data network gateway (PGW) through a serving gateway (SGW), when a dedicated EPS bearer is activated for the ProSe service or when a dedicated PDN connection is created for the ProSe service; receiving a Create Session Response message including a charging ID from the PGW through the SGW; and transmitting at least one of the dedicated EPS bearer ID, the associated charging characteristics, and a charging ID to at least one evolved Node B (eNB) serving the first UE and the second UE. |
地址 |
Taoyuan TW |