US 12,445,812 B2
Methods for reporting usage, and network function and storage medium
Weijie Tang, Shenzhen (CN); and Changyi Li, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 18/011,140
Filed by ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/095924
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/254112, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010567911.8 (CN), filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0179968 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/24 (2013.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reporting usage, applied to an Intermediate-Session Management Function (I-SMF) entity, the method comprising:
acquiring address information of a CHarging Function (CHF) entity and a session charging identifier;
receiving usage information reported by a managed User Plane Function (UPF) entity; and
in response to determining that interaction with an SMF entity is abnormal, reporting the usage information and the session charging identifier to the CHF entity according to the address information of the CHF entity, so that the CHF entity counts the usage information in a fee of a corresponding user according to the session charging identifier.