Patent ID: 8200188

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an adaptive fair usage module configured to: determine a data usage value for a mobile subscriber over a defined time period in a base station coverage area using accounting messages exchanged between a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) and an adaptive fair usage module; determine a fair usage threshold value for the subscriber in the base station coverage area; compare the data usage value for the subscriber in the base station coverage area and the fair usage threshold value for the subscriber in the base station coverage area; and execute a business rule if the data usage value for the subscriber in the base station coverage area exceeds the fair usage threshold value for the subscriber in the base station coverage area; wherein the fair usage threshold value is based, in part, on a response from a real-time session database, and wherein the response is indicative of a number of active users of a base station associated with the base station coverage area.