METHOD, NETWORK AND NODE FOR LEVYING A TARIFF AGAINST AN ORIGINATOR OF A DATA TRANSFER IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A mobile telecommunications network operable to provide data services to a mobile device serviced thereby comprising a first service node, a base station subsystem operable to transmit data to the first service node and receive data from the first service node, the first service node operable to receive a first packet, read a first service marking included therein, perform a first increment to a counter in a first traffic volume container dedicated to a service associated with the first service marking is provided. A node of the network for performing billing procedures on call detail records is also provided. A method of levying a tariff for data delivered from an originator to a terminal device in a telecommunication network comprising reading an identifier in a packet, determining a correspondence with the identifier and the originator of the data, and levying the tariff against the originator is provided.