CPC H04W 4/24 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04M 15/61 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04M 2215/32 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
1. A method performed by a Control Plane (CP) function, implemented in a CP node, for handling a credit pool comprising granted service units to be used by multiple services in a telecommunication network, wherein the multiple services are grouped in at least one first Rating Group (RG), the method comprising:
creating an individual Usage Reporting Rule (URR) for each of the at least one first RG, wherein each individual URR comprises a first credit pool threshold;
providing the individual URRs to a User Plane (UP) function implemented in the CP node;
creating a Usage Reporting Rule for the Credit Pool (URR CRPL), wherein the URR CRPL further comprises the first credit pool threshold; and
providing the URR CRPL to the UP function.
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