Invention Grant
US08135382B1 Billing and OAM function integration in a mixed-switching environment
有权
计费和OAM功能集成在混合交换环境中
- Patent Title: Billing and OAM function integration in a mixed-switching environment
- Patent Title (中): 计费和OAM功能集成在混合交换环境中
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Application No.: US12132599Application Date: 2008-06-03
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Publication No.: US08135382B1Publication Date: 2012-03-13
- Inventor: Douglas R. Green , Bejoy Pankajakshan , Randy Hiser
- Applicant: Douglas R. Green , Bejoy Pankajakshan , Randy Hiser
- Applicant Address: US KS Overland Park
- Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
- Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Overland Park
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04W4/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and media are provided for interfacing components in a wireless telecommunications network. An interface allows for the efficient transfer of data that facilitates billing and operations functions. This data is transferred from proxy gateways to application servers to servers that provide billing functions and operations, administration, and management (OAM) functions. The interface enables the transmission by communicating a mobile switching center code, a proxy identifier, a traffic restriction flag, and a packet data unit type. By aggregating this information at the application server into a useful form for devices used in billing and operations, information technology (IT) overhead for billing and operations systems support is reduced. Also lowered is the congestion present on the network, as fewer links are necessary between servers and proxies. The proxy gateway is situated between a circuit-switched network providing access services and a packet-switched network providing connectivity services. The gateway also is coupled to an application server on the packet-switched network.
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