Patent ID: 8699472
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: creating a charging identification in a first network element in one of an application layer network of a communication network or a transport layer network of the communication network; sending said charging identification from said first network element to a second network element in the other one of the application layer network or the transport layer network; creating, in said first network element, call records for a first connection to user equipment via said application layer network; creating, in said second network element, call records for a second connection to said user equipment via said transport layer network; including said charging identification in said call records for said first connection and in said call records for said second connection; sending said call records for said first connection and said call records for said second connection to a billing system of the communication network; and coordinating charging information in the communications network using said charging identification included in the call records of said first and second network elements.