System and methods for identifying applications in mobile networks

摘要

A method for identifying (432) an application installed in a user device (402) of a communication system, is disclosed. Based on user device and network resources (416; 420) utilized by the user device and installation information about applications installed application (412), an identification (432) of an application can be performed. An advantage with embodiments of this invention is that an application can be identified, without prior information how the application affects user device and network resources. Malicious and noxious applications can hereby be identified. Also, a resource consumption reporting service offered to the subscribers by the operator is enabled.