US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on May 5 for "Alternative charging handling based on QoS utilizing a policy control function to enforce policy and charging control rules" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,391, issued on May 5, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Alternative charging handling based on QoS utilizing a policy control function to enforce policy and charging control rules" was invented by Susana Fernandez Alonso (Madrid) and Fuencisla Garcia Azorero (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is performed by a first node, such as a PCF node, of a telecommunication network is provided. The method includes providing an alternative charging profile and an alternative QoS profile to a second node, such as a SMF node, as part of a policy and charging, PCC, rule. The method also includes reques...