US 12,231,309 B2
Data volume reporting in 5GS
Martin Israelsson, Spånga (SE); Julien Muller, Rennes (FR); Martin Skarve, Enebyberg (SE); and Alexander Vesely, Feldbach (AT)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/429,221
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050992
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/161679, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,752, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131774 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 43/06 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 43/06 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first network node comprising:
receiving a message from the second network node, the message specifying one or more characteristics for generating a data volume report, wherein the one or more characteristics identify that the data volume report is to be based on a per user equipment (UE) per radio access technology (RAT) basis and wherein the message comprises at least one of:
a handover preparation message;
a user equipment, UE, context retrieval message;
a Radio Access Network, RAN, node addition message;
a RAN node modification message;
a bearer context setup message; or
a bearer context modification message;
generating a data volume report based on one or more characteristics associated with data communicated between the first network node and a user equipment, the one or more characteristics identifying that the data volume report is to be generated on at least one of:
a per Data Radio Bearer basis; and
a per Quality of Service basis; and
transmitting the data volume report to a second network node, wherein the data volume report further comprises an indication of a radio access technology type associated with the data volume report.