CPC H04M 15/66 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04M 15/07 (2013.01); H04M 15/16 (2013.01); H04M 15/41 (2013.01); H04M 15/61 (2013.01); H04M 15/64 (2013.01); H04M 15/65 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.05); H04L 45/302 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A cellular traffic monitoring system comprising:
a policy and charging rules function (PCRF)
a Service Data Flow (SDF) based policy charging and enforcement function (PCEF)
wherein the SDF-based PCEF
wherein the SDF-based PCEF
a traffic detection function (TDF)
wherein the TDF
wherein the TDF
a type of an application associated with said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device, and
a type of said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device;
and (e) to generate application-based detection output that enables at least one of the OCS and the OFCS to apply, on per-application basis, different charging rates to different applications being used over a cellular network in which said cellular subscriber device operates;
wherein a same cellular communication session is subject to both (i) SDF-based charging based on output from the PCEF
wherein at least one of said OCS and OFCS
wherein at least one of:
said PCRF module, said SDF-based PCEF module, and said TDF module, is implemented by utilizing at least a hardware component.
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