Patent ID: 11864110
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method in a network element, said method comprising:
obtaining a path loss estimation based on a received signal strength of a first transmission, transmitted by a user equipment, and a transmission energy information element comprised in a header of the first transmission, wherein the transmission energy information element indicates a transmission energy of the first transmission;
determining a transmission energy estimation regarding a second transmission based on the path loss estimation and a received signal strength of the second transmission; and
updating one or more energy counters regarding the user equipment based on the transmission energy estimation regarding the second transmission, wherein the one or more energy counters comprise a plurality of service counters, and wherein each service counter indicates a cumulated amount of transmission energy for a plurality of transmissions for a respective service performed by the user equipment.