Patent ID: 9516176
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: monitoring, at a network device, a traffic flow comprising communications data on a long term evolution network; determining, at the network device, that a network condition has created an effect on the traffic flow; determining, at the network device, a characteristic of the effect, the characteristic of the effect comprising a degradation of the traffic flow; determining, based on a 5-tuple associated with the traffic flow, at the network device, a subscriber associated with the traffic flow and a subscriber identifier, wherein the subscriber identifier changes based on a priority of the traffic flow; determining a first priority level of the subscriber from a plurality of priority levels; responsive to determining the subscriber associated with the traffic flow, generating a second amount to credit a bill of the subscriber for the traffic flow, wherein the amount to credit associated with the traffic flow is an increase of a first amount, wherein the increase is based on the number of instances of degradation of traffic flows for the subscriber and a severity of degradation of each instance of degradation of traffic flows; and adjusting, at the network device, billing for the subscriber based on: