Charging systems for services in communications
CA 2248105 C · Owner: Mckee, Paul Francis · Inventors: Mckee, Paul Francis; Doyle, Katherine Emma; Smyth, Peter Paul
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In a charging system for cellular communications real-time prices for new , connections are offered to the customer. The real-time prices take into account both prevailing and historic traffic patterns together with the , probability that the customer will move from their current cell into a neighbouring cell. Cells of the network are monitored in clusters. If a customer is located in one particular cell the price offered to that customer , will take into account the probability of handover to a neighbouring cell during the connection, and may also take into account the probability of incoming traffic from neighbouring cells during the connection. To enable this predictive pricing, …
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