Patent ID: 9172760
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a service usage amount, comprising: determining, according to one of quintuple information, protocol information, and URL information in received service request information, whether the service request information is the same as specified service stream information in multiple session level service monitoring tasks; wherein the session level service monitoring task comprises a session level service monitoring class identity, a monitoring task identity, and the specified service stream information; the monitoring class identity indicates that the monitoring task is used to monitor a usage amount of a specified service stream in a session; when determining that the service request information is the same as the specified service stream information in the multiple session level service monitoring tasks, accumulating a usage amount of the service request information in the multiple session level service monitoring tasks respectively; and reporting the monitoring task identity and the accumulated usage amount of the service request information in the multiple session level service monitoring tasks to a Policy Charging Rules Function.