GB2503990B - Wireless network traffic routing through traffic optimization and tracking of destination address to facilitate service provider billing - Google Patents

Wireless network traffic routing through traffic optimization and tracking of destination address to facilitate service provider billing

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GB2503990B
GB2503990B GB1309366.1A GB201309366A GB2503990B GB 2503990 B GB2503990 B GB 2503990B GB 201309366 A GB201309366 A GB 201309366A GB 2503990 B GB2503990 B GB 2503990B
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Michael Luna
Ross Bott
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Seven Networks Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/24—Accounting or billing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/66—Policy and charging system
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
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    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
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    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
    • H04L12/1403—Architecture for metering, charging or billing
    • H04L12/1407—Policy-and-charging control [PCC] architecture
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    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/02—Capturing of monitoring data
    • H04L43/026—Capturing of monitoring data using flow identification
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W28/00—Network traffic management; Network resource management
    • H04W28/02—Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L41/00—Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
    • H04L41/06—Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
    • H04L41/0604—Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using filtering, e.g. reduction of information by using priority, element types, position or time
    • H04L41/0627—Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using filtering, e.g. reduction of information by using priority, element types, position or time by acting on the notification or alarm source
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
    • H04L43/0805—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability
    • H04L43/0817—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability by checking functioning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
    • H04L43/0852—Delays
    • H04L43/0864—Round trip delays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
    • H04L43/10—Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
    • H04L43/103—Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route with adaptive polling, i.e. dynamically adapting the polling rate
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04L43/16—Threshold monitoring
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US201261651482P 2012-05-24 2012-05-24
US13/900,492 US20130316675A1 (en) 2012-05-24 2013-05-22 Facilitation of mobile operator billing based on wireless network traffic management and tracking of destination address in conjunction with billing policies
US13/900,516 US20130315161A1 (en) 2012-05-24 2013-05-22 Wireless network traffic routing through traffic optimization and tracking of destination address to facilitate service provider billing

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