Patent ID: 11949524
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A communication node for granting service units associated with a charging session for providing a network service to an end user, the communication node comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive a request message for the network service;
a processor configured to select one or more offerings associated with the received request message prior to applying quota determination rules, wherein each offering includes one or more associated resources;
the processor configured to sort the selected one or more offerings based on a predetermined priority;
the processor configured to fetch quota determination rules for an offering among the selected one or more offerings;
the processor configured to apply the fetched quota determination rules to the selected one or more offerings based on the associated resources;
the processor configured to execute the fetched quota determination rules for the offering;
the processor configured to rate the network service request based on the selected one or more offerings and the results of applying the fetched quota determination rules, wherein the rating results in an assigned quota; and
the transceiver configured to transmit the assigned quota for the requested network service, wherein the assigned quota includes the granted service units for a charging session providing the network service to the end user.