Patent ID: 6920317
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting charging of a subscriber of a mobile station in a cellular radio network supporting circuit-switched and packet-switched connections with the mobile station, the method comprising: defining, for each of a plurality of mobile stations, a corresponding set of special cells providing at least one special service to the corresponding mobile station; reporting an indication of a set of special cells to at least one mobility support element in an I responding to the reporting by sending the indication of the set of special cells to a radio control element in a downlink message; and determining whether the mobile station is in one of its corresponding special cells, wherein the charging information includes at least one detail item, each detail item indicating an event which affects charging, the method further comprising: classifying the at least one detail item into at least one class of multiple classes depending, at least, on whether the corresponding event occurred while the mobile station was in one of its corresponding special cells wherein, the mobility support element is configured to perform or at least support the classification.