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H04W 4/24 (2009.01) H04W 16/32 (2009.01) H04W 84/02 (2009.01) H04W 88/02 (2009.01)

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CA 2340630

A system and method for determining a charge rate for a call from a mobile station in a cellular telecommunications network in which a public system operates a macrocell which overlays a microcell operated by a private system (21). The private system reports whether it is operating normally to a mobile switching center (MSC) in the public system. The MSC (23) sends (40) a charging record to a billing center (28) and includes a private system status indication (PSSI) which indicates whether the private system is operating normally. The charging record also includes an identity of the mobile station (MSID) and an identity of the cell where the call is placed (CELLID). The billing center determines (41) from the MSID whether the mobile station belongs to the private system, determines (43) from the CELLID which cell the call was placed in, and determines (45) from the PSSI whether the private system is operating normally. The call is charged (47) at the preferential rate upon determining that the mobile station belongs to the private system, the call was placed in the public macrocell, and the private system is not operating normally.

L'invention concerne un système et un procédé pour déterminer la tarification d'un appel provenant d'une station mobile dans un réseau cellulaire de radiocommunications dans lequel un système publique fait fonctionner une macrocellule qui recouvre une microcellule faisant fonctionner un système privé (21). Le système privé indique s'il fonctionne normalement à un centre de commutation pour les services mobiles (MSC) faisant partie du système publique. Le MSC (23) envoie (40) une information de tarification à un centre de facturation (28). Elle comprend une indication de l'état du système privé (PSSI) qui permet de savoir si le système privé fonctionne normalement. L'information de tarification comprend également une identité de station mobile (MSID) et une identité de la cellule depuis laquelle l'appel a été établi (CELLID). Le centre de facturation (41) détermine (43), sur la base de CELLID, la cellule depuis laquelle l'appel a été établi et détermine (45), sur base de PSSI, si le système privé fonctionne normalement. On facture (47) l'appel selon un tarif préférentiel si l'on détermine que la station mobile appartient au système privé, que l'appel a été établi à partir d'une cellule publique et que le système privé ne fonctionne pas normalement.

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