CN101163020B

CN101163020B - Charging correlation method, device and system

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Publication number: CN101163020B
Application number: CN200610140050A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖家幸; 莫君贤; 陈卫民; 周明; 曾可; 杜汉美
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Global Innovation Polymerization LLC; Gw Partnership Co ltd
Priority date: 2006-10-11
Filing date: 2006-10-11
Publication date: 2012-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 2026-10-11
Also published as: CN101163020A; WO2008043307A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a billing correlation method, a device and a system, and wherein, the billing correlation method includes three steps. Firstly, the user-owned billing correlation identifier of a broadband Internet protocol access network, which needs billing correlation, is generated and sent to a second network merged with the broadband Internet protocol access network; secondly, the broadband Internet protocol access network receives the user-owned billing correlation identifier of the second network, which is generated and sent by the second network; thirdly, according to the user-owned billing correlation identifiers of the broadband Internet protocol access network and the second network, the broadband Internet protocol access network performs correlated billing. The method can allow correlated billing to be performed on the sessions of a user on the two networks, thus facilitating each operator to perform reconciliation when the two networks belong to different operators.

Description

Charge correlation method, Apparatus and system

Technical field

The present invention relates to the accounting management technical field of communication network, be specifically related to charge correlation method, Apparatus and system.

Background technology

Along with the user to the increase of mobile multi-media service demand and the development of high-performance portable terminal, the user is more and more stronger to the cry of broadband wireless access.And, being accompanied by the develop rapidly of internet, broadband communication network of future generation is also more and more surging to the cry of the internet protocol IP technology in broadband.

The notion that broadband IP inserts proposes under such environment just, and it is the result of mobile subscriber to the network bandwidth and the continuous expansion of multimedia service demand, is again simultaneously that an important means of access is moved in the broadband that solves broadband communication network of future generation.The interoperability WiMAX (WorldwideInteroperability for Microwave Access) of whole world microwave system is an emerging broadband IP access technology; " last kilometer " broadband connection property can be provided in wide territorial scope; This technology is the basis with the serial wideband wireless standard of IEEE 802.16, and its network configuration is as shown in Figure 1.

Referring to Fig. 1; The WiMAX network mainly comprises: mobile subscriber terminal MS (Mobile Station) 101 is connected with the accessing business network ASN (Access Service Network) that Network Access Provider NAP (Network Access Provider) provides through the R1 interface; A NAP can provide a plurality of ASN, adopts Interface R4 to connect between the ASN; ASN comprises base station BS (Base Station) 102 and accessing business network gate ASN-GW (ASN Gateway) 103, adopts the R6 interface to connect between them; ASN passes through Interface R3 and is connected service network CSN (Connectivity Service Network) 104 connections; Said CSN is provided by Internet Service Provider NSP (Network Service Provider); Be connected with MS through Interface R2; And CSN also is connected with network or the internet Internet that Applications Service Provider ASP provides, and CSN mainly comprises prepaid server PPS (Prepaid Server), logic entities such as authentication, charging and authorization server AAA Server; NSP has two kinds: visit NSP Visited NSP and ownership NSP Home NSP, only when roaming, this differentiation is arranged, and when the user is in home network, just there is not this situation; The situation that Fig. 1 describes when being roaming; So the ASP Network/Internet 105 that the CSN 104 that Visited NSP provides is corresponding with it connects; This CSN also is connected with the CSN 106 that HomeNSP provides through the R5 interface, and the ASPNetwork/Internet 107 that the CSN that Home NSP provides is also corresponding with it connects.

Because the present invention relates to WiMAX network of network service quality QoS (Quality of Service), descend the standard QoS framework of the WiMAX network that provides in the face of WiMAX network work group NWG (Network Group) to introduce, referring to Fig. 2.

As shown in Figure 2; This framework mainly comprises: mobile subscriber terminal MS 201; It is connected with the service flow management entity SFM 203 that accessing business network ASN 202 provides through the R1 interface, and SFM is responsible for setting up user traffic flow and function such as service conversation distributing radio resource for this reason, and SFM is connected with service flow authorization entity SFA 204 through the R6 interface; SFA is responsible for authorizing to corresponding business stream, and SFA is also provided by ASN; SFA is connected with the policy functional entity PF 207 that Visited NSP 205 provides through Interface R3, and PF is used to certain customer service session the strategy decision is provided, and under the situation of roaming, will have Visited PF and Home PF 210; PF also with same NSP in application service functional entity AF 206 be connected, directly when the application layer protocol connected reference AF, AF will notify PF initiatively to create Business Stream for the user at user terminal; Visited PF also is connected with the PF that Home NSP 208 provides through the R5 interface, and the AF 209 that same HomePF also can be in same NSP with it connects.

The invention still further relates to the charging of WiMAX network, introduce the standard charging framework that WiMAX NWG provides again, referring to Fig. 3.

As shown in Figure 3; This framework mainly comprises: mobile subscriber terminal MS 301, and the main role who in charging, serves as the user, it is connected with authentication, charging and devolution/customer end A AA Proxy/Client 304 that accessing business network ASN 303 provides; Wherein AAA Client sends to authentication, charging and mandate AAA Server after being used for all charge informations are collected; AAA Proxy is an intermediate equipment, is an optional equipment, is mainly used in the charging message of receiving is handled; And generate a new charging message, be transmitted to real AAA Server afterwards; Network Access Provider and visited network service provider NAP+Visited NSP 302, wherein NAP is used to provide said ASN, and Visited NSP is used to provide the connection service network;

Charging framework under the roaming condition that Fig. 3 describes; So sending to message through Interface R3, AAA Proxy or AAA Client connect visit authentication, charging and the authorization server VisitedAAA Server 306 that service network provides, the functional entity of charge information record, transparent transmission and the forwarding of Visited AAA Server the time mainly as roaming; Visited AAA Server is connected with attribution authentication, charging and authorization server Home AAA Server 310 through the R5 interface again; Home AAA Server is authentication, charging and the authorization server in user possession; User's CAMEL-Subscription-Information is arranged on it, comprise information such as charging policy, user's accounting processing is carried out above that; Said Home AAA Server is provided by the connection service network CSN 308 that the HomeNSP of home network services provider 307 provides; This CSN also provides prepaid server PPS309 and authentication, charging and devolution/client or hot line device A AA Client/PPC/HLD 311, and wherein, PPS mainly is the online charging that is used to handle the prepaid user; User's accounts information has been stored in the inside, after the user reaches the standard grade, the user is carried out real-time billing operation; PPC is a prepayment client; Mainly the user is carried out the application of real time billing quota; As to the PPS quota application; Judges is used and to be reached the quota application of just setting out after the threshold value again, the user is handled accordingly when Sorry, your ticket has not enough value up to the user again, rolls off the production line or reminds user balance deficiency etc. like force users;

Home AAA Server also is connected with hot line application entity HLA (Hot-lining Application) 312; HLD (Hot-lining Device) and HLA are the realization entities about Hot-lining; The main thought of Hot-lining is for having no right the professional user of accessing group data a kind of operation of effectively dealing with problems to be provided; If the user is out of joint, just there is not right to re-use data packet services, cellular carrier just notifies it to be in the Hot-lining state; If problem successfully solves, again the user's data Packet Service is turned back to normal state; HLD is an actuating equipment, is used to notify the user to start from the Hot-lining state, and HLA does the processing on some application layers, as the information of notifying the user is provided, can also provide the user online supplement with money etc. professional.

More than combine accompanying drawing that the WiMAX network is described; WiMAX has very vast market prospect as a kind of emerging technology, but need merge with other networks under a lot of situation of WiMAX network; To satisfy the demand of user to multiple network; Because the WiMAX network probably belongs to different operators with other networks that need merge, have the demand of reconciliation between the different like this operators again, and the association charging of other networks of WiMAX network is not machine-processed now; Accurately reconciliation between the different operators is unfavorable for popularization and the development of WiMAX.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem that the present invention will solve provides charge correlation method, Apparatus and system, can under the situation of broadband Internet protocol access network and another network integration, carry out association charging to the user.

For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the objective of the invention is to realize through following technical scheme:

A kind of charge associated method comprises:

Generation needs the charge associated sign of charge associated user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband, and said charge associated sign is sent to second network that merges with broadband Internet protocol access network; Said broadband Internet protocol access network receives this user that said second network generates and sends charge associated sign at second network;

Said broadband Internet protocol access network carries out association charging according to the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband and the charge associated sign of second network.

Wherein, said second network is an internet protocol multimedia subsystem IMS network, and the charge associated sign of then said second network is generated by CSCF agent unit in the IMS network.

Wherein, the charge associated IMS network billing sign that is designated of said IMS network.

Wherein, said broadband Internet protocol access network is the interoperability WiMAX network of global inserting of microwave system.

Wherein, the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is generated by the charge associated functional entity device ACF in the UNE of WiMAX network and said second network;

After ACF receives the charge associated sign of said second network, the charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of said second network and WiMAX network is sent to together the accounting server of WiMAX network;

Said charge associated functional entity device is sent to second network with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network that generates.

Wherein, the charge associated sign of said second network sends to ACF through authorisation network service quality QoS request message;

When initiating operation flow by network terminal, the accounting server that the charge associated sign of said second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network are sent to the WiMAX network together is specially:

ACF is sent to service flow authorization functional entity SFA in the WiMAX network with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in resource request message; Said SFA is sent to Accounting Client with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging identifier interactive request message or primitive; Said Accounting Client is sent to accounting server with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging message;

The charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is sent to second network by ACF through authorizing the QoS resource response message.

Wherein, the charge associated sign of said second network sends to ACF through authorizing the QoS request message;

When initiating operation flow by client, the accounting server that the charge associated sign of said second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network are sent to the WiMAX network together is specially:

ACF is sent to SFA in the WiMAX network with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in resource response message; Said SFA is sent to Accounting Client with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging identifier interactive request message or primitive; Said Accounting Client is sent to accounting server with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging message;

The charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is sent to second network by ACF through notification message.

Preferably, when between ACF and the accounting server interface being arranged:

The charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said ACF through charge associated identification request message;

Said ACF is sent to accounting server with the charge associated sign of said second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network through charge associated identification request message;

After the response of receiving accounting server, said ACF is sent to said second network with the charge associated sign of WiMAX network through charge associated identification response message again.

Preferably, said ACF is strategy decision functional entity, policy charging rule entity or a service flow authorization entity in policy functional entity in the WiMAX network, the IMS network.

Wherein, the charge associated grouped data traffic identifier or the business datum traffic identifier of being designated of said WiMAX network.

Wherein, the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is generated by Accounting Client or accounting server in the WiMAX network;

After ACF receives the charge associated sign of said second network, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to the accounting server of said WiMAX network;

Accounting Client is sent to ACF with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of preserving, and ACF is sent to said second network with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network again.

Preferably, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said ACF through authorizing the QoS resource request message;

When initiating operation flow by network terminal, the accounting server that the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said WiMAX network is specially:

ACF is sent to SFA in the WiMAX network through resource request message with the charge associated sign of second network; Said SFA is sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message or primitive with the charge associated sign of said second network; Accounting Client is sent to accounting server through charging message with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of the charge associated sign of said second network and preservation together;

Accounting Client is sent to ACF with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of preserving and is specially:

Accounting Client in charging identifier interaction response message or primitive with on the WiMAX network charge associated sign and be sent to SFA; SFA is sent to ACF through resource response message with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network;

ACF is sent to second network through notification message with the charge associated sign of WiMAX network.

Wherein, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said ACF through authorizing the QoS resource request message;

When initiating operation flow by client, the accounting server that the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said WiMAX network is specially:

ACF is sent to SFA in the WiMAX network through resource response message with the charge associated sign of second network; SFA is sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message or primitive with the charge associated sign of said second network; Accounting Client is sent to accounting server through charging message with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of the charge associated sign of said second network and preservation together;

Accounting Client is sent to ACF with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of preserving:

Accounting Client in charging identifier interaction response message or primitive with on the WiMAX network charge associated sign and be sent to SFA; SFA is sent to ACF through report message with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network;

Preferably, when between ACF and the accounting server interface being arranged, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to ACF through the charging identifier request message; ACF directly is sent to accounting server through charge associated identification request message with the charge associated sign of said second network;

The charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is sent to ACF by accounting server through charge associated identification response message; ACF is sent to said second network through charge associated identification response message with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network.

Wherein, when generating the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network by Accounting Client, the charge associated chargeable session sign that is designated of said WiMAX network;

When generating the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network by accounting server, the charge associated many session identifications that charge that are designated of said WiMAX network.

A kind of charge associated functional entity device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, comprising:

Internet protocol access network message sink unit, broadband is used to receive the message that broadband Internet protocol access network sends;

The second internet message receiving element is used to receive the message that second network sends;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the message of said broadband Internet protocol access network transmission and the charge associated sign of the message that second network sends;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, is used to preserve the charge associated sign that parsing obtains;

Charge associated sign transmitting element is used for the charge associated sign of broadband Internet protocol access network is sent to second network, and the charge associated sign of second network is sent to broadband Internet protocol access network.

Internet protocol access network charge associated sign generation unit in broadband is used for the charge associated sign according to user profile this user of generation Internet protocol access network in the broadband;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the charge associated sign of the user of the message that second network sends at second network;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and charge associated sign and the user of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband who is used to preserve generation is in the charge associated sign of second network;

Charge associated sign transmitting element; Be used for the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband is sent to the said broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, the user is sent to said broadband Internet protocol access network in the charge associated sign of second network.

A kind of Accounting Client device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, comprising:

The message sink unit is used for receiving that this installs that residing broadband Internet protocol access network functional entity sends contains message or the primitive of user in the charge associated sign of this network;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the message of reception or the charge associated sign of primitive;

Charge associated sign transmitting element, charge associated sign and this user of the user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband that is used for parsing is obtained are sent to accounting server in the charge associated sign of second network; When the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband was generated by accounting server, charge associated sign transmitting element also was used for the charge associated sign that accounting server generates is sent to second network.

The message sink unit is used for receiving that this installs that residing broadband Internet protocol access network functional entity sends contains message or the primitive of user in the charge associated sign of second network;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the charge associated sign of said message or primitive;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and charge associated sign and the user that parsing obtains of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband who is used to preserve generation is in the charge associated sign of second network;

Charge associated sign transmitting element is used for the charge associated sign of the said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband that generates and this user that parsing obtains are sent to accounting server in the charge associated sign of second network; Also be used for the charge associated sign of this user Internet protocol access network in the broadband that generates is sent to second network.

A kind of accounting server device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, comprising:

The message sink unit is used for receiving the message that the UNE functional entity sends;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the charge associated sign of said message;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and the charge associated sign of the user who is used for parsing is obtained Internet protocol access network and second network in the broadband is carried out related preservation;

Charging Detail Record unit is used for the charge associated sign of user Internet protocol access network and second network in the broadband is put into the ticket that generates into this user as station message recording information.

Charge associated sign transmitting element is used for the charge associated sign that generates is sent to the functional entity of UNE;

The message sink unit is used to receive the message that said functional entity sends;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, is used for the charge associated sign of user Internet protocol access network and second network in the broadband is carried out related preservation;

A kind of charge associated system comprises:

The charge associated sign generation unit of broadband Internet protocol access network is used to generate the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband;

The charge associated sign receiving element of second network is used to receive this user that second network generates and sends charge associated sign at second network;

Charge associated sign association process unit is used for the charge associated sign of said broadband Internet protocol access network is sent to second network, and the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to broadband Internet protocol access network;

The Charging Detail Record unit of broadband Internet protocol access network; Be used to obtain the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network and the charge associated sign of second network, and carry out association charging according to the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network and the charge associated sign of second network in the broadband in the broadband.

Wherein, said second network is the IMS network, and the charge associated sign of then said second network is generated by the CSCF agent unit of IMS network.

Wherein, Said broadband Internet protocol access network is the WiMAX network, the charge associated sign generation unit of said WiMAX network be the WiMAX network with the related fusion architecture of second network billing in Accounting Client in accounting server or the WiMAX network in the charging correlation function solid element, WiMAX network.

Above technical scheme can be found out; Because each network of the present invention generates the corresponding charge associated sign of user; And it is these signs are related by the message accounting of broadband Internet protocol access network; And the charge associated sign of association put into the charging bill that generates into this user as station message recording information, thereby realized in various network same user is carried out the purpose of association charging; Adopt WiMAX network and internet protocol multimedia subsystem IMS network to realize association charging in one embodiment of the invention; The mode that multiple realization association charging is arranged according to the situation of network and user's demand; And only need do very little improvement, just can realize association charging existing network; The result that can have more association charging of each different operator carries out reconciliation like this, makes the reconciliation result more accurate, helps popularization and the development of WiMAX, helps WiMAX to obtain better market application foreground.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the WiMAX network structure;

Fig. 2 is a WiMAX network QoS frame diagram;

Fig. 3 is a WiMAX network standard charging Organization Chart;

Fig. 4 is the structure chart of the charge associated functional entity device of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the structure chart of Accounting Client device of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the structure chart of accounting server device of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the structure chart of the system of association charging provided by the invention;

Fig. 8 is the concrete structure figure of first embodiment of system of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is the flow chart of the method for association charging provided by the invention;

Figure 10 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method first embodiment;

Figure 11 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method second embodiment;

Figure 12 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method the 3rd embodiment;

Figure 13 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method the 4th embodiment;

Figure 14 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method the 5th embodiment.

Embodiment

The present invention is charge correlation method, Apparatus and system, for make the object of the invention, technical scheme, and advantage clearer, below with reference to the accompanying drawing embodiment that develops simultaneously, to further explain of the present invention.

Introduce provided by the invention and charge associated relevant device earlier, referring to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is the structure chart of charge associated functional entity device provided by the invention, and is as shown in Figure 4, and this device comprises:

Internet protocol access network message sink unit, broadband 401 is used to receive the message that broadband Internet protocol access network sends;

Through with the interface of broadband Internet protocol access network, receive the message that the functional entity of broadband Internet protocol access network sends, the message that has is the charging message that contains charge associated sign, the message that has then is common service message;

The second internet message receiving element 402 is used to receive the message that second network sends;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit 403 is used for resolving the message of said broadband Internet protocol access network transmission and the charge associated sign of the message that second network sends;

Because charge associated sign transmits with other message together, can obtain charge associated sign so need resolve just to the message that receives;

Charge associated sign is preserved unit 404, is used to preserve the charge associated sign that parsing obtains;

The charge associated sign that parsing obtains maybe not can directly transmits, and so just need the charge associated sign that parsing obtains be preserved, so that need can transmit in the time of transmission;

Charge associated sign transmitting element 405 is used for the charge associated sign of broadband Internet protocol access network is sent to second network, and the charge associated sign of second network is sent to broadband Internet protocol access network.

Because need association charging, so two networks all need the charge associated sign of this user in bipartite network, be to charge in the net thereby which when generating ticket, can be distinguished, which is to charge between net, thus can there be authority in operator when the needs reconciliation.

The present invention also provides other a kind of charge associated functional entity device; The described device difference of this device and Fig. 4 is: the user is generated by Internet protocol access network charge associated sign generation unit in broadband in installing in the charge associated sign of broadband Internet protocol access network, and this device comprises:

Each user's information all is unique in network; So as long as user profile is put into charge associated sign; This charge associated being identified at also is unique in the network, thus can use the charging association identification to use as the sign of chargeing, and can user's charging not impacted;

Specifically when impelling charge associated functional entity device to generate charge associated sign can confirm according to the state and the environment of network;

Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is the structure chart of Accounting Client device provided by the invention, and is as shown in Figure 5, and this device comprises:

Message sink unit 501 is used for receiving that this installs that residing broadband Internet protocol access network functional entity sends contains message or the primitive of user in the charge associated sign of this network;

This message can be that accounting server sends, and also can be sent by other functional entity in the network;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit 502 is used for resolving the message of reception or the charge associated sign of primitive;

Charge associated sign is preserved unit 503, is used to preserve the charge associated sign that parsing obtains;

Charge associated sign transmitting element 504, charge associated sign and this user of the user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband that is used for parsing is obtained are sent to accounting server in the charge associated sign of second network; When the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband was generated by accounting server, charge associated sign transmitting element also was used for the charge associated sign that accounting server generates is sent to second network;

Being sent to accounting server is in order to let accounting server carry out association to the charge associated sign of two networks; Thereby the charge associated sign after the association is put into the charging bill that generates into this user as station message recording information, realize association charging this user; If charge associated sign is generated by accounting server, then need charge associated sign to be sent to second network again, thereby guarantee that second network also can carry out association charging to this user.

The present invention also provides other a kind of Accounting Client device; The described device difference of this device and Fig. 5 is: the user is generated by Internet protocol access network charge associated sign generation unit in broadband in installing in the charge associated sign of broadband Internet protocol access network, and this device comprises:

Charge associated sign transmitting element is used for the charge associated sign of the said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband that generates and this user that parsing obtains are sent to accounting server in the charge associated sign of second network; Also be used for the charge associated sign of this user Internet protocol access network in the broadband that generates is sent to second network;

Be sent to second network and be in order to guarantee that second network also can realize the association charging to this user.

Referring to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the structure chart of accounting server device provided by the invention, and is as shown in Figure 6, and this device comprises:

Message sink unit 601 is used for receiving the message that the UNE functional entity sends;

Accounting server generally all is connected with Accounting Client, so the message that receives is generally all sent by Accounting Client; If but between accounting server and the charge associated functional entity interface is arranged; Also can receive from what charge associated functional entity sended over and contain the charge associated sign of user at second network; If the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband is generated by charge associated functional entity, also include the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the message in the broadband; Can select said functional entity according to the environment of network and user's needs, the present invention specifically is not that which functional entity limits to said functional entity;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit 602 is used for resolving the charge associated sign of said message;

Accounting Client generally all is the charge associated sign that needs association charging to be placed in the message send to accounting server, because charge associated sign is sent through message, can obtain charge associated sign so need resolve just message;

Charge associated sign is preserved unit 603, and the charge associated sign of the user who is used for parsing is obtained Internet protocol access network and second network in the broadband is carried out related preservation;

It is for ease the user to be chargeed that the charge associated sign of heterogeneous networks is carried out the association preservation;

Charging Detail Record unit 604 is used for the charge associated sign of user Internet protocol access network and second network in the broadband is put into the ticket that generates into this user as station message recording information;

Charging Detail Record unit in the user network and the billing operation between net charge, to comprise the charge associated sign of map network when writing down to chargeing between net, when checkout, can carry out reconciliation like this according to the operator of charge associated sign and map network.

The present invention also provides other a kind of accounting server device; The described device difference of this device and Fig. 5 is: the user is generated by Internet protocol access network charge associated sign generation unit in broadband in installing in the charge associated sign of broadband Internet protocol access network, and this device comprises:

All be to send to the Accounting Client device generally speaking, send to second network in the UNE by the Accounting Client device indirectly through functional entity in the network again; If between accounting server device and the charge associated functional entity interface is arranged, can directly send to charge associated functional entity, send to second network by charge associated functional entity again;

The message that receives can be from Accounting Client, includes charge associated sign and the user of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband charge associated sign at second network this moment in the message; And if between the charge associated functional entity interface is arranged, and this message also can be from charge associated functional entity, and have only user charge associated sign at second network in the message this moment;

Charge associated sign all transmits through message, can obtain charge associated sign so need resolve just message;

Can set the charge associated sign that generates user's Internet protocol access network by accounting server according to the needs of network in the broadband; Again because this charge associated sign need send to second network; For convenient second network can carry out association charging to the user equally; So need charge associated sign be sent to the charge associated functional entity of Accounting Client, by Accounting Client or charge associated functional entity the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband is sent to second network again.

Referring to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 is the structure chart of charge associated system provided by the invention, and as shown in Figure 7, this system comprises:

The charge associated sign generation unit 701 of broadband Internet protocol access network is used to generate the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband;

Charge associated sign generates according to user profile; Generating charge associated sign according to user profile is because the user profile of different user is different; So for the user profile generation corresponding charge associated sign of each user according to it; Like this, the charge associated sign of generation also is unique, when chargeing, just can guarantee the accuracy of chargeing;

The charge associated sign receiving element 702 of second network is used to receive this user that second network generates and sends charge associated sign at second network;

Same second network is to generate the charge associated sign of this user at second network according to user profile, because need carry out association charging to this user, so the charge associated sign that will generate is sent to charge associated system;

Charge associated sign association process unit 703 is used for the charge associated sign of said broadband Internet protocol access network is sent to second network, and the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to broadband Internet protocol access network;

Because association charging needs the charge associated sign of two networks; And two networks all need carry out association charging; So charge associated sign transmitting element will be sent to second network with the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband, also to the user be sent to said broadband Internet protocol access network in the charge associated sign of second network;

The Charging Detail Record unit 704 of broadband Internet protocol access network; Be used to obtain the charge associated sign of user's Internet protocol access network and the charge associated sign of second network, and carry out association charging according to the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network and the charge associated sign of second network in the broadband in the broadband;

After charge associated sign is received in the charging center; With the charge associated sign association store that needs association charging; The user of broadband Internet protocol access network is when second network has billing operation like this; The charging bill that generates into this user is just put into as station message recording information with charge associated sign and this user of this user Internet protocol access network in the broadband in the charge associated sign of second network together in the charging center of broadband Internet protocol access network; Thereby the operator of broadband Internet protocol access network can carry out reconciliation according to the charge associated sign and second network of second network when the needs reconciliation;

Equally, second network equally also can generate the charging bill of broadband Internet protocol access network user in second network of a correspondence, and said ticket also contains the charge associated sign of this user in two networks, thereby has guaranteed charging accuracy.

This specification mainly adopts the line description that is integrated into of WiMAX network and internet protocol multimedia subsystem IMS (InternetProtocol Multimedia Subsystem) network; The WiMAX network provided by the invention framework related with the IMS network billing made improving on existing framework and obtained; Referring to Fig. 8; Fig. 8 is the Organization Chart of charge associated system embodiment provided by the invention; Two networks of present embodiment are WiMAX network and IMS network respectively, and as shown in Figure 8, this framework comprises:

User terminal 801 as the user, after its access authentication flow process, can send to the user profile of self accounting server Accounting Server in charging, after authentication is passed through, can talk about in the flow process message and be with user profile

User profile is not directly to send to Accounting Server; Be to be transmitted to Accounting Server through Accounting Client; If the user is in roaming state; Then be after Visited Accounting Server receives user profile, to send to Home AccountingServer by Visited Accounting Server again;

Service flow authorization unit 803 is the functional units in the WiMAX network insertion service network; Be used for service conversation mandate to the user; And play relaying action when between charge associated functional entity device ACF and Accounting Server, sending charge associated sign; The charge associated sign that is about to the ACF transmission is transmitted to Accounting Server, and the charge associated sign that Accounting Server is sent is transmitted to ACF;

Accounting server 802 is in the accessing business network of WiMAX network, is the logical functional entity that user conversation is chargeed, and user's CAMEL-Subscription-Information is arranged above it, like user's information such as charging policy; The Accounting Server here is user's ownership Accounting Server; Promptly be the Accounting Server of user attaching network; When the user is in roaming state; The user directly carries out information interaction with visit AccountingServer, but visits the CAMEL-Subscription-Information that does not have the user on the Accounting Server, can't charge to user conversation; So visit Accounting Server also will carry out information interaction with ownership AccountingServer, user conversation is chargeed by ownership Accounting Server;

804 couples of users' of Accounting Client charge information is collected, and the charge information after will collecting sends an Accounting Server; Accounting Client directly faces the user, and the message that be sent to Accounting Server is generally all passed through Accounting Client forwarding; Just possibly transmit when only between AccountingServer and other functional entity, interface being arranged by said functional entity;

Charge associated functional entity 805 is that the present technique scheme is compared the functional entity that existing WiMAX-IMS framework increases; It has the function of preserving and transmitting the charge associated sign of IMS, also has the function that generates and preserve and transmit the charge associated sign of WiMAX network; It can be realized by independent physical entity; Also can integrate with prior function entity in two networks; Service flow authorization entity SFA as with the WiMAX network integrates; Perhaps strategy decision functional entity PDF, the policy charging rule entity PCRF with the policy functional entity PF of WiMAX network, IMS network integrates, so the present invention do not limit the position of ACF, and no matter ACF is individual entities or integrates with other entity; As long as the function that realizes is described in the invention, all should be in protection scope of the present invention;

Session service controlled function agent unit 806 is functional units of IMS network; In the present technique scheme, compare its prior function and also will generate the charge associated sign of this user according to user profile at the IMS network; And to send the charge associated sign of generation; This charge associated sign can be IMS charging identifier ICID, can also be other sign, as long as can be with this user unique identification in the IMS network; And can in its charging bill, occur, all should be in protection scope of the present invention;

Service call session control function entity S-CSCF (Serving-Call Session ControlFunction) 809 has registration, authentication control and common session controlled function;

Inquiry session service controlled function entity I-CSCF (Interrogating-Call Session ControlFunction) 808; Be the preliminary entrance of the unification of the ownership IMS of operator network, have the S-CSCF routing address information and the network topology hidden function of assigning a service conversation business control function body, inquiring about the called IMS user from HSS;

Home subscriber server HSS (Home Subscriber Server) 910 stores all data relevant with user and server;

Wherein service call session control function entity, inquiry session service controlled function entity and home subscriber server are in the IMS network, to realize the more requisite functional entitys of association charging; Session service controlled function agent unit all will carry out alternately with these three entities after receiving the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, could in the IMS network, realize the association charging to the user like this;

Service flow management cell S FM 807 is functional units of WiMAX network, is used to set up user traffic flow and reaches service conversation distributing radio resource for this reason, and this is a functional entity in QoS, need using.

The basic function of the functional unit that above present embodiment is provided is described, and is different according to the generation main body of the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and following several kinds of different techniques schemes can be arranged in this system:

A kind of be by ACF after receiving the charge associated sign of IMS and user profile of sending by P-CSCF; Generate the charge associated sign of WiMAX network according to user profile, and then the charge associated sign of charge associated sign of IMS and WiMAX network is sent to Accounting Server together; The charge associated sign of this WiMAX network can be flow of packet data traffic sign PDFID or business datum traffic identifier SDFID; In order to realize association charging and to carry out reconciliation, the user also will send to the charging center of IMS network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and association charging will be carried out to this user equally in this charging center;

Also have a kind ofly when being exactly the access authentication of user flow process, after Accounting Client receives user profile, generate the charge associated sign of this user's WiMAX network; Receive the charge associated sign of IMS of ACF forwarding at Accounting Client after, more charge associated sign of WiMAX and the charge associated sign of IMS are sent to Accounting Server together; The charge associated sign of this WiMAX network can be chargeable session sign Acct-Session ID; In order to realize association charging and to carry out reconciliation, the user also will send to the charging center of IMS network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and association charging will be carried out to this user equally in this charging center;

Have a kind of when being exactly the access authentication of user flow process again; After Accounting Server receives user profile; Generate this user's WiMAX association charging sign; And the charge associated sign of WiMAX that generates sent to Accounting Client, after Accounting Client received the charge associated sign of IMS that ACF transmits, Accounting Client sent to Accounting Server with charge associated sign of WiMAX and the charge associated sign of IMS more together; The charge associated sign of this WiMAX network can be many session identifications Acct-Multi-Session ID that charges; In order to realize association charging and to carry out reconciliation, the user also will send to the charging center of IMS network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and association charging will be carried out to this user equally in this charging center;

After also having a kind of ACF of being to receive the charge associated sign of IMS; Directly the charge associated sign of IMS and user profile are sent to Accounting Server, the charge associated sign of WiMAX of Accounting Server regeneration correspondence through the interface between it and the AccountingServer; In order to realize association charging and to carry out reconciliation, the user also will send to the charging center of IMS network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and association charging will be carried out to this user equally in this charging center.

More than to realizing that through present embodiment charge associated technical scheme is described; In the accompanying drawing of present embodiment; Also have a lot of functional entitys not describe in WiMAX network and the IMS network; It is not described for no other reason than that it is little to the use that realizes association charging; The functional module that has just plays the effect of a forwarding to charge associated sign, but they are absolutely necessary for the smoothness of whole network, so the connection between each functional module all is a virtual connections in the drawings; That is to say that the information transmission between these functional modules might not be direct; But transmit through other functional module in the network, for example the message transmission between SFA and the Accounting Client all realizes through service flow management entity SFM, SFM mainly realizes the foundation and the functions such as session distributing radio resource for setting up of user conversation.

More than charge associated system provided by the invention is described, describe down in the face of charge associated method provided by the invention, referring to Fig. 9, Fig. 9 is the flow chart of method provided by the invention, and is as shown in Figure 9, the core concept of the inventive method is:

Step 901, generation need the charge associated sign of charge associated user's Internet protocol access network in the broadband, and said charge associated sign is sent to second network that merges with broadband Internet protocol access network; Said broadband Internet protocol access network receives this user that said second network generates and sends charge associated sign at second network;

After needing the network of association charging to receive user profile; Can generate the charge associated sign of the correspondence of this user in this network according to user profile; Because user profile is unique; So charge associated being identified in the network that generates also is unique, therefore charge associated sign can the corresponding user of unique identification; User profile can be the information that ID NAI etc. can the unique identification user;

Step 902, said broadband Internet protocol access network carry out association charging according to the charge associated sign of said user Internet protocol access network in the broadband and the charge associated sign of second network;

The user of broadband IP network is if visit another network; Will send user profile to this network; After network functional entity is received user profile; Generate the charge associated sign of this user in this network according to user profile, the charge associated sign that will generate then sends to the charging center of each network, after charge associated sign is received in the charging center; Same user associates in the charge associated sign of each network, and the charge associated sign of association is put into the charging bill that generates into this user as station message recording information; Therefore after the charging action of user in each network sends to the charging center; Charge to this action of user according to charge associated sign in the charging center; The user needs the charging center of the network of association charging that record is arranged being consumed in of each network; Like this when heterogeneous networks belongs to different operators, can according to the user the charge associated sign of another network easily with operator's accounting checking of another network.

Introduce the specific embodiment of the inventive method below; The embodiment of the invention all adopts the charge associated of WiMAX network and IMS to describe; But be not that the present invention program can only be applied to WiMAX network and IMS network; The present invention of other network using realize charge associated with realize that at these two networks charge associated basic procedures are the same, so this specification is not repeated in this description it.

Referring to Figure 10, Figure 10 is the particular flow sheet of first embodiment of the inventive method, and what present embodiment was described is to produce the charge associated sign of WiMAX by ACF, and initiates the situation of service conversation by network terminal:

Step 1001, user (UE/MS) access authentication flow process;

In this process, the user can send to the user profile of oneself Accounting Server, and Accounting Server carries out authentication to this user, and authentication is sent the information that an authentication is passed through through the back to the user; Accounting Server can be the AAA Server in the WiMAX network, only gets the function of charging in the present invention; It also can be billing function entity independent in the WiMAX network;

The P-CSCF interactive service of step 1002, user and IMS network is handled request message;

The Business Processing request is through the application layer conversation Signalling exchange, and the Business Processing request comprises professional set up request, modification renewal request and deletion request, has user profile in the Business Processing request message;

Step 1003, P-CSCF send to ACF and authorize QoS origin request message;

After P-CSCF receives the Business Processing request that the user sends; Just generate the charge associated sign of IMS for the user according to user profile; This sign can be ICID; And Business Processing is carried out alternately with other functional entitys of IMS grid, after receiving the Business Processing response message that other entities of IMS system send over, just carry the mandate QoS resource request message of the charge associated sign of IMS to the ACF transmission; In addition, the information that will be whether after accomplishing resource and handling, the result be fed back to the IMS system according to the strategy of itself is put into and is authorized the QoS resource request message;

Step 1004, ACF authorize the QoS resource response message to the P-CSCF response;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request message; Obtain charge associated sign of IMS and preservation; The information that whether after accomplishing resource and handling, the result is fed back to the IMS system according in the message is done handled, if then after resource is handled the result is fed back to the IMS system accomplishing; If, then after accomplishing the resource processing, the result is not fed back to the IMS system; Information according to the user generates the charge associated sign of corresponding WiMAX, and the charge associated sign of this WiMAX can identify PDFID for flow of packet data traffic, and is authorizing QoS resource response message the inside to be with the charge associated sign of WiMAX;

Step 1005, P-CSCF and user interactions Business Processing response message;

P-CSCF is kept at the charge associated sign of WiMAX among the corresponding call detail record CDR after receiving and authorizing the QoS resource response message, and CDR sets up for each user according to user profile; And in flow process after this, it is passed to other network entities of IMS system; With regard to carry out the Business Processing response message mutual with the user, notify the user some information, the data encoding format that adopts during like session subsequently; By network side, promptly ACF initiates service conversation and sets up information such as flow process;

Step 1006, ACF send resource request message to SFA;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request; According to strategy decision network side start flow; And generate a resource request message that has charge associated sign of WiMAX and the charge associated sign of IMS; Said resource request message can be RR-Request message, and sends it to service flow authorization functional entity SFA;

Step 1007, SFA send charging identifier interactive request message to Accounting Client;

After SFA receives resource request message; Just will the charge associated sign of WiMAX wherein be placed on the charge associated sign of IMS and send to Accounting Client in the charging identifier interactive request message, charging identifier interactive request message is through inner primitive or external message transmission;

Step 1008, Accounting Client send charging identifier interaction response message to SFA;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message, can send charging identifier interaction response message and give the service flow authorization functional entity, inform that SFA charging identifier interactive request message receives;

Step 1009, Accounting Client and the mutual charging message of Accounting Server;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message; Transmission has the charge associated sign of WiMAX of respective user and the charging message of the charge associated sign of IMS is given Accounting Server; This charging request message can be Accounting Request message; Carrying out subsequent association by Accounting Server handles; The charge associated sign that Accounting Server will receive associates, and the charge information that will have said charge associated sign charges together, thereby realizes two internetwork association chargings;

Step 1010, SFA send resource request message to service flow management functional entity SFM;

After SFA receives the resource request message of ACF transmission, use local policy, behind its local policy of successful Application, send resource request message to SFM according to message content;

Step 1011, SFM send resource request message to the user;

SFM judges whether to allow the user to insert according to message content after receiving the resource request message of SFA transmission, if allow local the access, sends resource request message to the user;

Step 1012, user are to SFM resource response response message;

After the user receives the resource request message of SFM transmission, response SFM resource response message, said resource response message can be DSA-RSP message, DSC-RSP message or DSD-RSP message, foundation, modification or the deletion of flowing of confirming to accept business asked;

Step 1013, SFM send resource response message to SFA;

After SFM received resource response message, to SFA resource response response message, this resource response message can be RR-Response message;

Step 1014, SFA send resource response message to ACF;

After SFA receives resource response message, to ACF resource response response message;

The mutual notification message of step 1015, ACF and P-CSCF;

This step is an optional step; After accomplishing the resource processing; Whether whether ACF notify result's decision of IMS system to carry out alternately with the IMS system after accomplishing about follow-up resource flow process in the step 1003 and 1004, and the functional entity resource processing of notice IMS grid is accomplished.

From on can find out that this embodiment generates the charge associated sign of WiMAX by ACF, and initiate the service conversation flow process, thereby realize the charge associated of WiMAX and IMS network by ACF; In the description of embodiment; Message to sending is described; But above just to realizing that part message of the present invention is described, and can also use other message can realize goal of the invention, so the present invention does not limit yet to the message of each inter-entity; And top step 1004 and 1006,1007 and 1010,1008 and 1009 can be carried out simultaneously, and they are numbered is for convenience, rather than limits their execution sequencing.

Referring to Figure 11, Figure 11 is the particular flow sheet of second embodiment of the inventive method, and what present embodiment was described is to produce the charge associated sign of WiMAX by ACF, and the user initiates the situation of service conversation:

Step 1101, access authentication of user flow process;

The user can send to the user profile of oneself Accounting Server, and Accounting Server carries out authentication to this user, and authentication is sent the information that an authentication is passed through through the back to the user;

It is mutual that step 1102, user and P-CSCF carry out the Business Processing request message;

Have user profile in the Business Processing request;

Step 1103, P-CSCF send to ACF and authorize the QoS resource request message;

P-CSCF generates the charge associated sign of IMS for the user; And with other functional entitys of IMS grid to service conversation handle carry out mutual; After receiving the Business Processing response message that other entities of IMS system send over, have the mandate QoS resource request message of the charge associated sign of IMS to charging ACF; In addition, the information that the result is fed back to the IMS system after will accomplishing resource and handle according to strategy itself is put into mandate QoS resource request message;

Step 1104, ACF authorize the QoS resource response message to the P-CSCF response;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request, obtained the charge associated sign of IMS and preserve, and the information that after handling according to the completion resource in the message result is fed back to the IMS system is done handled.In replying the mandate QoS resource response message of P-CSCF with on the indication client initiate the information of service resources handling process;

Step 1105, P-CSCF and user interactions Business Processing response message;

P-CSCF receive authorize after the QoS resource response message and the user to carry out the Business Processing response message mutual, notify the user some information, the data encoding format that adopts during like session, the indication client is initiated information such as service conversation flow process;

Step 1106, user send resource request message to SFM;

After the user receives that P-CSCF sends the Business Processing response message, according to message content, send resource request message and give SFM, initiate the flow process that service conversation is set up, resource request message can be DSA-REQ message, DSC-REQ message or DSD-REQ message;

Step 1107, SFM send resource request message and give SFA;

The SFM successful Application after insert allowing, send resource request message and give SFA, resource request message can be PD-Request message;

Step 1108, SFA send resource request message and give ACF;

Behind the SFA successful Application local policy, send resource request message and give ACF;

The mutual notification message of step 1109, ACF and P-CSCF;

After accomplishing resource and handling information according to the user and generate the charge associated sign of corresponding WiMAX; About the interaction results of notice IMS system after the follow-up resource flow process completion, the notification message the inside has the charge associated sign of WiMAX to the ACF basis in the 1103rd, 1104 steps;

Step 1110, ACF give SFA resource response response message;

Behind the ACF success authorized user, the charge associated sign of IMS with charge associated sign of WiMAX and preservation before in the resource response message of replying brings SFA, and resource response message can be PD-Response message or strategy decision response message;

Step 1111, SFA send charging identifier interactive request message u to Accounting Client;

After SFA receives the resource response message of ACF transmission; Charge associated sign of WiMAX wherein and the charge associated sign of IMS are sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message, and charging identifier interactive request message is sent through inner primitive or external message;

Step 1112, Accounting Client are to SFA response charging identifier interaction response message;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message, can send charging identifier interaction response message and give SFA, charging identifier interaction response message is also sent through inner primitive or external message;

Step 1113, Accounting Client and the mutual charging message of Accounting Server;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message; Transmission has the charge associated sign of WiMAX of respective user and the charging message of the charge associated sign of IMS is given Accounting Server; Charging message can be charging request message Accounting Request message; Carry out subsequent association by Accounting Server and handle, accomplish the association of WiMAX-IMS charging identifier;

Step 1114, SFA are to SFM resource response response message;

After SFA receives the resource response message of ACF transmission, the successful Application local policy, and to SFM transmission resource response message;

Step 1115, SFM are to user's resource response response message;

SFM sends service conversation to the user and handles successful resource response message.

From on can find out that this embodiment generates the charge associated sign of WiMAX by ACF, initiates the service conversation flow process by the user, thereby realize the charge associated of WiMAX and IMS network; In the description of embodiment; Message to sending is described; But above just to realizing that part message of the present invention is described, and can also use other message can realize goal of the invention, so the present invention does not limit yet to the message of each inter-entity; And top step 1109 and 1110,1111 and 1114,1112 and 1113 can be carried out simultaneously, and they are numbered is for convenience, rather than limits their execution sequencing.

Referring to Figure 12, Figure 12 is the particular flow sheet of the 3rd embodiment of the inventive method, and what present embodiment was described is to produce the charge associated sign of WiMAX by Accounting Client or Accounting Server, and network terminal is initiated the situation of service conversation:

Step 1201, access authentication of user flow process;

In the process; Accounting Server generates the charge associated sign of WiMAX; This charge associated sign can be many session identifications Acct-Multi-Session ID that charges; With the reciprocal process of Accounting Client in it is passed to Accounting Client, Accounting Client can preserve the charge associated sign of WiMAX; Perhaps Accounting Client generates and preserves the charge associated sign of WiMAX, and this charging identifier can identify Acct-Session ID for chargeable session;

It is mutual that step 1202, user and P-CSCF carry out the Business Processing request message;

User and P-CSCF interactive service are handled request message, in the Business Processing request message, are with user profile;

Step 1203, P-CSCF send to ACF and authorize the QoS resource request message;

P-CSCF generates the charge associated sign of IMS for the user; And with other functional entitys of IMS grid to service conversation handle carry out mutual; After receiving the Business Processing response message that other entities of IMS system send over, carry the mandate QoS resource request message of the charge associated sign of IMS to the ACF transmission; In addition, the information that the Business Stream process result is fed back to the IMS system after will accomplishing resource and handle according to strategy itself is put into mandate QoS resource request message; Here must the Business Stream process result be fed back to the IMS system, this is because in notification message, need have the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, makes things convenient for the IMS network to carry out association charging;

Step 1204, ACF are to P-CSCF response mandate QoS resource response message;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request, obtained the charge associated sign of IMS and preserve, and the information that after handling according to the completion resource in the message result is fed back to the IMS system is done handled; And to P-CSCF response mandate QoS resource response message;

It is mutual that step 1205, P-CSCF and user carry out the Business Processing response message;

After P-CSCF received and authorizes the QoS resource response message, to carry out the Business Processing response message mutual with the user, notifies the user some information, like the data encoding format that session is adopted, initiated information such as service conversation flow process by network side;

Step 1206, ACF send resource request message to SFA;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request,, and generate a resource request message that has the charge associated sign of IMS, send it to SFA according to strategy decision network side start flow;

Step 1207, SFA send charging identifier interactive request message to Accounting Client;

After SFA receives resource request message, just the charge associated sign of IMS is wherein sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message;

Step 1208, Accounting Client are to SFA response charging identifier interaction response message;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message, will can send the charging identifier interaction response message of carrying the charge associated sign of WiMAX subsequently and give SFA from wherein extracting the charge associated sign of IMS and preserving;

It is mutual that step 1209, Accounting Client and Accounting Server carry out charging message;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message; Send the charge associated sign of WiMAX have respective user and the charging message of the charge associated sign of IMS is given AccountingServer according to its strategy, carry out the subsequent association processing by Accounting Server;

Step 1210, SFA send resource request message to SFM;

After SFA receives the resource request message of ACF transmission, its local policy of successful Application, and to SFM transmission resource request message;

Step 1211, SFM send resource request message to the user;

After SFM received the resource request message of SFA transmission, the local access of successful Application allowed to judge, sends resource request message to the user subsequently;

Step 1212, user give SFM resource response response message;

Step 1213, SFM give SFA resource response response message;

Step 1214, SFA give ACF resource response response message;

Have the charge associated sign of WiMAX in the response message;

The mutual notification message of step 1215, ACF and P-CSCF;

After accomplishing the resource processing, the ACF basis about the interaction results of notice IMS system after the follow-up resource flow process completion, with resource interaction results notice P-CSCF, has the charge associated sign of WiMAX in the notification message in step 1203 and step 1204.

Described the association charging sign that generates the WiMAX network by Accounting Client or Accounting Server above, initiated the idiographic flow that the service conversation flow process realizes that WiMAX and IMS network associate are chargeed by ACF; On stream, step 1204 and 1206,1207 and 1210,1208 and 1209 can be carried out simultaneously, and they are numbered is for convenience, rather than limits their execution sequencing.

Referring to Figure 13, Figure 13 is the particular flow sheet of the 4th embodiment of the inventive method, and what present embodiment was described is to produce the charge associated sign of WiMAX by Accounting Client or Accounting Server, and the user initiates the situation of service conversation:

Step 1301, access authentication of user flow process;

In its process, Accounting Server generates the charge associated sign of WiMAX, with the reciprocal process of AccountingClient in it is passed to Accounting Client, Accounting Client can preserve the charge associated sign of WiMAX; Perhaps Accounting Client generates and preserves the charge associated sign of WiMAX;

Step 1302, user and P-CSCF interactive service are handled request message;

The information that has the user in the Business Processing request message;

Step 1303, P-CSCF send to ACF and authorize the QoS resource request message;

P-CSCF generates the charge associated sign of IMS for the user and with other functional entitys of IMS grid service conversation is handled and carries out alternately; After receiving the Business Processing response message that other entities of IMS system send over, send the mandate QoS resource request message of the charge associated sign of band IMS to ACF; In addition, the information that the result is fed back to the IMS system after will accomplishing resource and handle according to strategy itself is put into mandate QoS resource request message; Here must the result be fed back to the IMS system is because in notification message, have the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, makes things convenient for the IMS network to carry out association charging;

Step 1304, ACF authorize the QoS resource response message to the P-CSCF response;

After ACF receives and authorizes the QoS resource request message, obtain the charge associated sign of IMS and preserve, and the information that after handling according to the completion resource in the message result is fed back to the IMS system is done handled; In authorizing the QoS resource response message with on the indication client initiate the information of service resources handling process;

It is mutual that step 1305, P-CSCF and user carry out the Business Processing response message;

P-CSCF receive authorize after the QoS resource response message and the user to carry out the Business Processing response message mutual, notify the user some information, like the data encoding format that session is adopted, the indication client is initiated information such as service resources handling process;

Step 1306, user send resource request message to SFM;

After the user receives the Business Processing response message, send resource request message according to message content and give SFM, initiate the flow process that service conversation is set up;

Step 1307, SFM send resource request message and give SFA;

The SFM successful Application after insert allowing, send resource request message SFA;

Step 1308, SFA send resource response message and give ACF;

Step 1309, ACF are to SFA resource response response message;

Behind the ACF success authorized user, its charge associated sign of IMS that just in the resource response message of replying, will preserve before sends to SFA, and this resource response message can be resource reservation response message or strategy decision response message;

Step 1310, SFA send charging identifier interactive request message to Accounting Client;

SFA sends to Accounting Client with the charge associated sign of IMS wherein through charging identifier interactive request message after receiving the resource response message of ACF transmission;

Step 1311, Accounting Client are to SFA response charging identifier interaction response message;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message, will send and carry the charge associated sign charging identifier of WiMAX interaction response message from wherein extracting the charge associated sign of IMS and preserving to SFA;

Step 1312, SFA send report message to ACF;

After SFA receives that the charging identifier interaction response message of the charge associated sign of WiMAX is carried in Accounting Client transmission, just feed back the report message that carries the charge associated sign of WiMAX and give ACF;

The mutual notification message of step 1313, ACF and P-CSCF;

After the resource processing was accomplished in the ACF judgement, just basis about the interaction results of notice IMS system after the follow-up resource flow process completion, was with the charge associated sign of WiMAX inside notification message in step 1403 and 1404;

Step 1314, Accounting Client and Accounting Server charging message;

After Accounting Client receives charging identifier interactive request message; The charging message that sends the charge associated sign of WiMAX have respective user and the charge associated sign of IMS according to its strategy is to AccountingServer; Carry out subsequent association by Accounting Server and handle, accomplish the association of WiMAX-IMS charging identifier;

Step 1315, SFA are to SFM resource response response message;

After SFA sent to ACF resource report message, its local policy of successful Application sent resource response message to SFM;

Step 1316, SFM send resource response message to the user.

Described the association charging sign that generates the WiMAX network by Accounting Client or Accounting Server above, initiated the idiographic flow that the service conversation flow process realizes that WiMAX and IMS network associate are chargeed by the user; On stream, step 1310 and 1312 can be carried out simultaneously, and they are numbered is for convenience, rather than limits their execution sequencing.

Referring to Figure 14, Figure 14 is the particular flow sheet of the inventive method the 5th embodiment, and present embodiment is the another kind of implementation that is generated the charge associated sign of WiMAX by Accounting Server or Accounting Client:

Step 1401, access authentication of user flow process;

The user sends user profile to Accounting Server, and request Accounting Server carries out authentication to it, and after authentication was passed through, Accounting Server can send one to the user and pass through authentication message;

Step 1402, user and P-CSCF interactive service are handled request message;

The user receives through after the authentication message, sends the Business Processing request message to P-CSCF, has user profile in the Business Processing request message;

Step 1403, P-CSCF send charge associated identification request message to ACF;

After P-CSCF receives the Business Processing request message, generate the charge associated sign of IMS, and the charge associated sign of IMS is sent to ACF through charge associated identification request message, this charge associated identification request message can be Diameter AAR message;

Step 1404, ACF send the charging identifier request message to Accounting Server;

After ACF receives Diameter AAR message; The charge associated sign of IMS is added in the charge associated identification request message that can carry charge associated sign; And through the interface between itself and the Accounting Server; Charge associated identification request message is sent to Accounting Server, and this charge associated identification request can be AAA&ACF Switch REQ message; And the information that after handling according to the completion resource in the message result is fed back to the IMS system is done handled;

Step 1405, Accounting Server send charge associated identification response message to ACF;

After Accounting Server receives charge associated identification request message; According to the user profile in the message the charge associated sign of IMS is stored in the corresponding user record; And the corresponding charge associated sign of WiMAX of generation; In charge associated identification response message, be with WiMAX network billing association identification to send to ACF, this charge associated identification response message can be AAA ACF Switch RSP message; When the charge associated sign of WiMAX is generated by Accounting Client; Accounting Server will carry out alternately with Accounting Client; After obtaining the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network that Accounting Client generates, send through charge associated identification response message again;

Step 1406, ACF send charge associated identification response message to P-CSCF;

After ACF receives response message, the charge associated sign of WiMAX is sent to P-CSCF through charge associated sign corresponding message, this charge associated identification response message can be Diameter AAA message;

Step 1407, P-CSCF and user interactions Business Processing response message;

P-CSCF receives after the charge associated sign of WiMAX and the user to carry out the Business Processing response message mutual, notify the user some information, like the data encoding format that session is adopted, the indication client is initiated information such as service resources handling process;

Described the association charging sign that generates the WiMAX network by Accounting Client or Accounting Server above, initiated the another kind of service conversation flow process by the user and realize the idiographic flow that WiMAX and IMS network associate are chargeed; Utilized the interface between ACF and the Accounting Server that the charge associated sign of IMS is directly sent to Accounting Server; The charge associated sign of Accounting Server/Client regeneration WiMAX and two signs are carried out association realizes the charge associated of WiMAX network and IMS network then.

Adopt the technical scheme of the 5th embodiment can also adopt the 6th embodiment to realize goal of the invention, the difference of the 6th embodiment and the 5th embodiment is that the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of the 6th embodiment is generated by ACF:

Step 1404, ACF send charge associated identification request message to Accounting Server;

In the 6th embodiment, not only will be in the charge associated identification request message with the charge associated sign that goes up the IMS network, also will be with the charge associated sign that goes up the WiMAX network that generates by ACF;

In the 6th embodiment, just do not identified in the charge associated identification response message, because preservation has been arranged on the charge associated ACF of being identified at going up the charge associated of WiMAX network;

Other steps are all identical with the 5th embodiment, repeat no more here.

More than charge correlation method provided by the present invention, Apparatus and system have been carried out detailed introduction; Used concrete example among this paper principle of the present invention and execution mode are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof; Simultaneously, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, the part that on embodiment and range of application, all can change, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.

Claims

1. a charge associated method is characterized in that, comprising:

The charge associated user of the interoperability WiMAX network of whole world inserting of microwave system and the charge associated functional entity device ACF generation needs in the UNE of second network is in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and by said ACF said charge associated sign is sent to second network with the said WiMAX network integration;

Said ACF receives this user that said second network generates and sends after the charge associated sign of second network; The charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of said second network and WiMAX network is sent to the accounting server of WiMAX network together, carries out association charging in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network according to said user.

2. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said second network is an internet protocol multimedia subsystem IMS network, and the charge associated sign of then said second network is generated by CSCF agent unit in the IMS network.

3. charge associated method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the charge associated IMS network billing sign that is designated of said IMS network.

4. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the charge associated sign of said second network sends to ACF through authorisation network service quality QoS request message;

5. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the charge associated sign of said second network sends to ACF through authorizing the QoS request message;

ACF is sent to service flow authorization entity SFA in the WiMAX network with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in resource response message; Said SFA is sent to Accounting Client with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging identifier interactive request message or primitive; Said Accounting Client is sent to accounting server with the charge associated sign of the above second network and the charge associated sign of WiMAX network in charging message;

6. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, when between ACF and the accounting server interface being arranged:

7. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said ACF is strategy decision functional entity, policy charging rule entity or a service flow authorization entity in policy functional entity in the WiMAX network, the IMS network.

8. charge associated method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the charge associated grouped data traffic identifier or the business datum traffic identifier of being designated of said WiMAX network.

9. a charge associated method is characterized in that, comprising:

The charge associated user of Accounting Client in the interoperability WiMAX network of whole world inserting of microwave system or accounting server generations needs is in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, and by the charge associated functional entity device ACF in the UNE of the said WiMAX network and second network said charge associated sign is sent to second network with the said WiMAX network integration;

Said ACF receives this user that said second network generates and sends after the charge associated sign of second network; The charge associated sign of said second network is sent to the accounting server of WiMAX network, carries out association charging in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network according to said user.

10. charge associated method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, if the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is generated by Accounting Client in the WiMAX network;

Said Accounting Client is sent to ACF with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of preserving, and ACF is sent to said second network with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network again.

11. charge associated method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said ACF through authorizing the QoS resource request message;

ACF is sent to service flow authorization entity SFA in the WiMAX network through resource request message with the charge associated sign of second network; Said SFA is sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message or primitive with the charge associated sign of said second network; Accounting Client is sent to accounting server through charging message with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of the charge associated sign of said second network and preservation together;

12. charge associated method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to said ACF through authorizing the QoS resource request message;

ACF is sent to service flow authorization entity SFA in the WiMAX network through resource response message with the charge associated sign of second network; SFA is sent to Accounting Client through charging identifier interactive request message or primitive with the charge associated sign of said second network; Accounting Client is sent to accounting server through charging message with the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network of the charge associated sign of said second network and preservation together;

13. charge associated method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, when between ACF and the accounting server interface being arranged, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to ACF through the charging identifier request message; ACF directly is sent to accounting server through charge associated identification request message with the charge associated sign of said second network; The charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is sent to ACF by accounting server through charge associated identification response message; ACF is sent to said second network through charge associated identification response message with the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network.

14. charge associated method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, when generating the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network by Accounting Client, and the charge associated chargeable session sign that is designated of said WiMAX network; When generating the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network by accounting server, the charge associated many session identifications that charge that are designated of said WiMAX network.

15. a charge associated functional entity device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Internet protocol access network message sink unit, broadband is used to receive the message that the WiMAX network sends; The second internet message receiving element is used to receive the message that second network sends;

Charge associated identification (RNC-ID) analytic unit is used for resolving the message of said WiMAX network transmission and the charge associated sign of the message that second network sends;

Charge associated sign transmitting element; Be used for the charge associated sign of WiMAX network is sent to second network; The charge associated sign of second network is sent to the accounting server of WiMAX network; So that it is related that said accounting server carries out the charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and second network, realize association charging, and said second network can carry out association charging.

16. a charge associated functional entity device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Internet protocol access network charge associated sign generation unit in broadband is used for generating the charge associated sign of this user at the WiMAX network according to user profile;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and the user who is used to preserve generation is in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the user charge associated sign at second network;

Charge associated sign transmitting element; Be used for the user is sent to the said WiMAX network and second network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network; The user is sent to the accounting server of said WiMAX network in the charge associated sign of second network; So that said accounting server carries out the user in the charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and second network related, realize association charging, and said second network can carry out association charging.

17. an Accounting Client device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

The message sink unit is used for receiving that this installs that residing WiMAX network functional entity sends contains message or the primitive of user in the charge associated sign of this network;

Charge associated sign transmitting element; The user who is used for parsing is obtained is sent to accounting server charge associated sign and this user of WiMAX network in the charge associated sign of second network; So that said accounting server carries out said user in the charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and second network related, realize association charging to this user; When said user when the charge associated sign of WiMAX network is generated by accounting server; Charge associated sign transmitting element also is used for the charge associated sign that accounting server generates is sent to second network, so that said second network can carry out association charging to this user.

18. an Accounting Client device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

The message sink unit is used for receiving that this installs that residing WiMAX network functional entity sends contains message or the primitive of user in the charge associated sign of second network;

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and the user that the user who is used to preserve generation obtains in the charge associated sign and the parsing of WiMAX network is in the charge associated sign of second network;

Charge associated sign transmitting element; The said user who is used for generating is sent to accounting server this user that the charge associated sign and the parsing of WiMAX network obtains in the charge associated sign of second network; So that said accounting server carries out said user in the charge associated sign of the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and second network related, realize association charging to said user; Said second network also is used for this user who generates is sent to second network in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network, so that can carry out association charging to said user.

19. an accounting server device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, and the user who is used for parsing is obtained carries out related preservation in the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network and second network;

Charging Detail Record unit; Be used between to net, chargeing when writing down; The user is put into the ticket that generates into this user in the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network and second network as station message recording information, and the operator according to charge associated sign and map network when checkout carries out reconciliation.

20. an accounting server device is applied to the charge associated UNE of the broadband Internet protocol access network and second network, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Charge associated sign is preserved the unit, is used for the user is carried out related preservation in the charge associated sign of the WiMAX network and second network;

21. a charge associated system is characterized in that, comprising:

The charge associated sign generation unit of broadband Internet protocol access network is used to generate the charge associated sign of user at the WiMAX network;

Charge associated sign association process unit is used for the charge associated sign of said WiMAX network is sent to second network, the charge associated sign of said second network is sent to the accounting server of WiMAX network;

The Charging Detail Record unit of broadband Internet protocol access network; Be used to obtain the user in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network; And carry out association charging in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network according to said user, the user is put into the ticket that generates into this user in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network as station message recording information;

Said second network generates the charging bill of user in second network, and said charging bill includes this user in the charge associated sign of WiMAX network and the charge associated sign of second network.

22. charge associated system as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that, said second network is the IMS network, and the charge associated sign of then said second network is generated by the CSCF agent unit of IMS network.

23. like claim 21 or 22 described charge associated systems; It is characterized in that, the charge associated sign generation unit of said WiMAX network be the WiMAX network with the related fusion architecture of second network billing in Accounting Client in accounting server or the WiMAX network in the charging correlation function solid element, WiMAX network.