Methods and apparatus for performing resource tracking and accounting at an end node

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Utilization of resources used to provide a service and/or costs associated , with providing system resources for a service are tracked in a system where , the available resources vary depending on a variety of conditions including resource utilization by other users. The methods are well suited for systems such as mobile communications systems, where the amount of resources and/or costs to a system of providing a service are dynamic and can change on a relatively rapid time scale. Resource unitization is tracked on a per subscriber basis. Service charges can be determined as a function of both the amount of resources consumed and the amount of data delivered with the amount , of …