Usage Monitoring Control in Radio Access Network

Abstract

Multi-access Edge Computing is a promising research domain in 5G networks, as it is aimed at improving network efficiency by distributing cloud computing capabilities at the network edge. In this paper, we present a new mobile edge service for usage monitoring control. Usage monitoring control is defined as a part of Policy and Charging Control functionality in the core network. Moving the usage monitoring function close to the end user enables efficient control on data traffic. The proposed mobile edge service is described by typical use cases, data model and interface definition. As proof of concept, we propose resource state models as seen by mobile edge applications and platform, which are formally described and verified.