Patent ID: 9544201
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A first computer server for use in a telecommunications network, the first computer server comprising: a processor; a network communication interface; and a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations to: receive, via the network communication interface, a first Diameter credit control request (CCR) identifying a user terminal in the telecommunications network; retrieve subscription information corresponding to the identified user terminal; responsive to a determination that the subscription information of the user terminal supports performance monitoring, initiate performance monitoring of the user terminal by transmitting, via the network communication interface, a key performance indicator measurement request to a second computer server in the telecommunications network in a communication path towards the user terminal and separate from the user terminal, responsive to sending the key performance indicator measurement request to the second computer server, receive from the second computer server a key performance indicator measurement for the user terminal via the network communication interface, wherein the key performance indicator measurement is received as a second AVP within a second Diameter CCR; and control the communication to the user terminal based on the key performance indicator measurement by instructing network equipment in the communication path toward the user terminal to apply a specific quality of service policy.