Methods and systems for reporting zero usage for immediate trigger types

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17489068

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Methods and systems for reporting zero usage for immediate trigger types are discussed herein. According to an implementation a communication session is established between a user equipment (UE) and the 5G network to provide service/content requested by the UE. A session management function (SMF) may receives a message from the UE to report the usage of one or more data units granted to the UE. The message indicates that an event occurs during a zero-usage time period. The SMF determines whether the event triggers a charging condition. When the event triggers a charging condition that needs to be reported immediately, the SMF sends a charging data request to a charging function (CHF) to report the event, regardless the one or more data units have zero-usage.

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T-MOBILE USA INC12920 SE 38TH STREET BELLEVUE WA 98006

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Engelhart, Robert L Bellevue, US 18 258

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