Patent ID: 8989717
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing telecommunication service in a wireless communication network having a plurality of service levels, each service level corresponding to a communication quality level between a mobile station and a base station of the wireless communication network, and each service levels also corresponding to a price in an overall pricing structure, the method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors, a selection of one of the plurality of service levels for use with the mobile station, the selected service level being part of a customer record associated with the mobile station, the customer record being configured for storage in a customer record database; and configuring, by the one or more processors, the customer record to bill the customer a predetermined price level for the selected service level; wherein each communication quality level employed by the mobile station represents a quality level of an audio signal sent or received by the wireless mobile station, and the audio signal quality level corresponds to at least one of a selection of a vocoder used by the mobile station, a minimum guaranteed bandwidth used by the mobile station, a frequency range of an incoming audio signal, a sampling frequency of the incoming audio signal, and a dynamic range of the incoming audio signal.