AUDIT PROCESS FOR THE MONITORING OF EVENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating a tracking entity (100, 400) configured to track to which access and connectivity management entity (200) a mobile device (50) is connected in a mobile communications network, wherein an application server (60) is initiating a monitoring of an event occurring at the mobile device, the method comprising: - receiving a request to monitor the event at the mobile device (50), the request comprising an indication for an audit for the monitoring of the event by which a validity of the monitoring of the event should be checked when the event has not been detected for an indicated period of time, - transmitting the received request for the event with the indication for the audit and the indicated period of time to the access and connectivity management entity (200) to which the mobile device is connected, - receiving a notification from the access and connectivity management entity (200) that the event has not been detected for the indicated period of time, - determining, in response to the received notification, based on information available in the tracking unit whether the monitoring of the event should be continued or not.