Resource-based billing and monitoring for M2M

摘要

A device may obtain resource utilization data associated with a machine-to-machine device. The resource utilization data may include information identifying a quantity of data transmitted by the machine-to-machine device during a particular period of time, and an amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device during the particular period of time. The device may determine a billing metric based on the quantity of data and the amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device. The device may determine, based on the billing metric, a cost associated with the amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device. The device may charge the fee associated with the utilization of the network resources by the machine-to-machine device to an account of a subscriber associated with the machine-to-machine device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a device, resource utilization data associated with a machine-to-machine device,
the resource utilization data including information identifying:
a quantity of data transmitted by the machine-to-machine device during a particular period of time, andan amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device during the particular period of time; determining, by the device, a billing metric based on:
the quantity of data,the amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device, andan amount of time that a connection between the machine-to-machine device and a base station was maintained during the particular period of time; determining, by the device and based on the billing metric, a cost associated with the amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device; and providing, by the device, information identifying the cost associated with the amount of network resources utilized by the machine-to-machine device to a subscriber associated with the machine-to-machine device.