Patent ID: 9300165
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H02J,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a control node, a transition of user equipment (UE) from a first cell to a second cell; determining at the control node whether the transition of UE comprises a transition from a first charging area to a second charging area using a cell identifier associated with the second cell, wherein the determining comprises comparing the cell identifier to a charging area configuration, wherein the second charging area is determined independently of a tracking area or a routing area; when it is determined at the control node that the transition of UE comprises a transition from the first charging area to the second charging area, providing by the control node a report of the transition of UE from the first charging area to the second charging area to a policy server for propagation of updated location information of the UE including the transition of UE; receiving an update to the charging area configuration from a user via an interface; and updating the charging area configuration by at least one of: adding a set of cells forming a new charging area, removing a set of cells forming an existing charging area, adding at least one cell to a set of cells forming an existing charging area, and removing at least one cell from a set of cells forming an existing charging area.