Disparity billing for data usage in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands

摘要

A base station receives a charging policy indicating data usage tariffs for licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The base station selectively allocates one or more of the licensed or unlicensed frequency bands to user equipment based on the data usage tariffs. A network charging system transmits a charging policy indicating data usage tariffs for licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The network charging system receives a message including charging parameters for data usage by one or more of the licensed or unlicensed frequency bands that are selectively allocated based on the charging policy.