Patent ID: 8107976

Claim:
An accounting method for ultra mobile broadband access network, comprising the following steps, S 402 , sending, by a session reference network controller (SRNC), an inter access network route instance (ANRI) signaling paging message to each evolved base station (eBS) in a paging area of an access terminal (AT), when a data binding point or an access gateway (AGW) triggers the SRNC to initiate a paging to the AT; S 404 , performing, by each eBS in the paging area of the AT, the paging to the AT corresponding to a request from the SRNC; S 406 , establishing, by the eBS successfully paged the AT, a route with the AT, and sending, by the eBS successfully paged the AT, an accounting request message related to the AT to the AGW serving the AT; and S 408 , upon receipt of the accounting request message, the AGW sending an accounting response message to the eBS successfully paged the AT so as to confirm that the accounting request message has been received.