Patent ID: 9674713
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method in a reporting communication node for detecting usage of a resource within a radio access network, which reporting communication node is comprised within a radio communications network in which a user equipment is served, the method comprising: monitoring a performance measurement per user equipment of the user equipment in a connection, which performance measurement indicates usage of the resource within the radio access network per bit; defining a resource usage threshold value per bit for the user equipment for a type of usage; detecting when the performance measurement per user equipment of the user equipment goes beyond the resource usage threshold value per bit over a preset period of time, which the resource usage threshold value per bit is set to indicate an over-use by the user equipment of the resource within the radio access network for the defined bit rate, wherein the preset period of time is set to exclude that the user equipment can have a short temporary performance dip based on movement of the user equipment; and reporting, to a receiving communication node or within the reporting communication node, the performance measurement per user equipment when the performance measurement per user equipment goes beyond the resource usage threshold value per bit.