Patent ID: 11923994
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A packet core system capable of common charging of network connectivity and cloud resource utilization for a user equipment (UE), wherein the packet core system comprising a packet gateway and the packet core system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the packet core system to:
receive, from the UE, an attach request message;
send to the UE, one or more service definitions of common network connectivity and cloud service classes as a consequence to said receiving of the attach request message;
wherein the packet gateway is to perform operations to:
receive from the UE, a request for a network connectivity and cloud resource service, wherein a requested service is class-based, and wherein said request comprises one of said common network connectivity and cloud service classes;
translate the common network connectivity and cloud service class of the requested service into a first network connectivity class and a second cloud service class;
send to a cloud node, a request for a cloud service, the request comprising the second cloud service class;
receive from the cloud node, a charging event for cloud resources utilized according to the second cloud service class;
merge the received charging event for cloud resources with a charging event of network connectivity according to the first network connectivity class, to form a merged charging event; and
send to a charging node, the merged charging event for common charging of network connectivity and cloud resource utilization, according to the requested common network connectivity and cloud service class.