Patent ID: 8498612
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An operational support system for a wireless network, comprising: a base station agent located in a base station, the base station agent being capable of capturing accounting information for one or more mobile stations communicating with the wireless network through the base station, the accounting information comprising change of quality of service (QoS) information for the one or more mobile stations communicating with the wireless network through the base station; an accounting client located at an access service network of the base station, the accounting client being configured to retrieve the accounting information from said base station agent and to forward the accounting information to an accounting server of a connectivity service network, to request from the accounting server update information for the one or more mobile stations communicating with the wireless network through the base station, and to receive from the accounting server the requested update information for the one or more mobile stations, the received update information for checking against subscription quotas for the one or more mobile stations; and an element management system coupled to the connectivity service network, the element management system comprising a fault management station, a configuration management station, an accounting management station, a performance management station, or a security management station, or combinations thereof; wherein the element management system is capable of retrieving the accounting information from said accounting server or from said base station agent on a per subscriber basis for the one or more mobile stations, said element management system being capable of forwarding the accounting information to a billing processing system.