Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for granular usage reporting in multi-RAN telecommunications systems
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Application No.: US16444847Application Date: 2019-06-18
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Publication No.: US11184746B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Marc Chiaverini , Lixia Yan , Barry F. Hoffner
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Arlington
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Main IPC: H04W4/24
- IPC: H04W4/24 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
A system described herein may track usage, on a per-User Equipment (“UE”) basis, in systems that provide for simultaneous connectivity to a given UE via multiple base stations. A cycle cutoff time may be determined, a master base station (to which the UE is connected) may be notified of the cycle cutoff time, and the master base station may notify one or more secondary base stations (to which the UE is connected) of the cycle cutoff time. The master base station and/or the one or more secondary base stations may track usage, of the UE, until the cycle cutoff time, and may report the usage such that the usage via each of the base stations may be able to be determined.
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