Patent ID: 9609144
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for policy and charging control in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to at least one user terminal, configuration data comprising device-to-device data that is based at least in part on a device-to-device communication; receiving, from the at least one user terminal, an accounting report including information, associated with the device-to-device communication, identifying a quantity of packets or bytes of data transmitted between the at least one user terminal and another device-to-device enabled user terminal, and a duration that the at least one user terminal spent in an active state; transmitting, to a charging function entity, a charging report based on the accounting report received from the at least one user terminal; and performing, at a policy control function entity, a policy control and enforcement based at least on the accounting report received from the at least one user terminal.