Patent ID: 8600347
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A network component at an access service network comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising: detecting a state of a mobile station during a session, the state of the mobile station comprising an idle state and an in-use state; sending a state message to a connection service network using an accounting protocol, wherein the state message comprises a state data indicating the state of the mobile station, wherein the state message is sent using the accounting protocol but does not contain any accounting data, wherein a resource is allocated away from the mobile station without terminating the session while the mobile station is in the idle state, and wherein a resource is reallocated to the mobile station after the mobile station exits the idle state; collecting accounting data associated with the mobile station only when the mobile station is not in the idle state during the session; and sending an accounting message with the accounting data to the connection service network after the session is terminated, wherein the accounting data for the session is sent in a single message for each session.