Patent ID: 9125076
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing a user equipment device from communicating payload information in a telecommunication network without sufficiently paying for use of the telecommunication network, the method comprising: receiving in a processor signaling information relating to the user equipment device from a first network component in the telecommunication network; receiving in the processor data plane information relating to the user equipment device from a second network component in the telecommunication network; determining whether the user equipment device is a signaling-only device based on the received signaling information and the received data plane information, wherein determining whether the user equipment device is a signaling-only device includes computing a ratio between connections in which no payload information was transmitted and connections in which payload information was transmitted; and performing a responsive operation when it is determined that the user equipment device is a signaling-only device.