CN106385673B - Charging method and system for communication through maritime satellite - Google Patents

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CN106385673B
CN106385673B CN201610820981.3A CN201610820981A CN106385673B CN 106385673 B CN106385673 B CN 106385673B CN 201610820981 A CN201610820981 A CN 201610820981A CN 106385673 B CN106385673 B CN 106385673B
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The application relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a charging method and a system for communication through a maritime satellite, aiming at solving the problem that the charging of users using the maritime satellite for communication is inconvenient in the prior art, wherein the method comprises the steps of marking different access point names in communication data of different types of users; charging communication data according to the APN; and sending the charging result to the corresponding user. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, accurate charging of different users can be realized, and the settlement process of satellite communication cost with a ship owner is simplified.

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Charging method and system for communication through maritime satellite
Technical Field
The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and a system for billing through a maritime satellite.
Background
With the successful launch of Inmarsat satellites, maritime satellites are gaining increasing acceptance with their unique capabilities and coverage capabilities. Existing maritime communication is basically realized through maritime satellites, and due to high communication cost, voice or data communication which is necessary for maritime navigation can be basically met.
With the development of science and technology and the reduction of the expense of maritime satellite communication, voice and data communication except for maritime navigation becomes more and more common, crews may want to communicate with family or friends far away from ten thousand by means of a telephone or a network, but the crews need to communicate through satellite communication equipment in the shipowner, communication traffic generated in a maritime satellite system comprises communication traffic used by the shipowner and the shipdriver, and the prior art has no way to distinguish the communication traffic of the shipowner and the shipowner to accurately charge the communication traffic.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problem that in the prior art, the charging of users using a maritime satellite for communication is inconvenient, the embodiment of the invention provides a charging method and a charging system for communication through the maritime satellite, which can identify different access users according to different APNs accessed by the users and then charge the different access users.
The embodiment of the invention provides a charging method for communication through a maritime satellite, which comprises the following steps:
marking different Access Point Names (APNs) in communication data of different classes of users;
charging communication data according to the APN;
and sending the charging result to the corresponding user.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a charging system for communication through a maritime satellite, which comprises:
the system comprises a satellite access terminal, a maritime satellite, a satellite billing server and user terminals of different user categories;
the satellite access terminal is used for connecting the user terminal, realizing data communication of the user terminal through the maritime satellite and marking different APNs in communication data of different types of users;
and the satellite charging server is used for charging the communication data according to the APN and sending the charging result to the corresponding user terminal.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, accurate charging of different users can be realized, and the settlement process of satellite communication cost with a ship owner is simplified.
Of course, it is not necessary for any product or method of the present application to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a billing method for communication via a maritime satellite according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a billing system for communication via a maritime satellite according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a data flow diagram of a billing system for communication via a maritime satellite according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
As shown in fig. 1, a flowchart of a charging method for performing communication through a maritime satellite according to an embodiment of the present invention is described in which flag bits of different APNs are accessed by a crew and a shipowner to distinguish communication traffic and charging is performed according to the distinguished communication traffic, so that charging can be performed for different user identities, and an operation step of the shipowner for paying a maritime satellite communication tariff is simplified, and the method of the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes:
step 101, marking different Access Point Names (APNs) in communication data of different classes of users.
And step 102, charging the communication data according to the APN.
And step 103, sending the charging result to the corresponding user.
As an embodiment of the present invention, marking different APNs in communication data of different classes of users further comprises identifying ports of the users accessing the satellite access terminal, and marking the APN of the communication data according to the ports, wherein the different classes of users access the different ports.
The port of the satellite access terminal is a Lan (local area network) port.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the charging the communication data of the user according to the APN further includes charging the communication data marked by different APNs by using different charging standards.
Wherein, for the different categories of users of the shipman and the shipowner, the shipman accesses the satellite access terminal through the prepaid system, the shipowner directly accesses the satellite access terminal, that is, the ports of the prepaid system and the shipowner accessing the satellite access terminal are different, so the APN marks in the communication data are different, because the communication data of the shipman are processed by the prepaid system, when the communication data on the satellite access terminal is charged, the communication data fee of the prepaid system needs to be planed, so the communication data of the part is processed by 0 charging, that is, the part of the fee does not need to be paid by the shipowner, the shipowner only needs to pay the communication data with the corresponding shipowner APN mark, the charging of the prepaid system can be settled by the satellite charging server (Inmarsat), thus the shipman and the shipowner can communicate through one satellite access terminal, and flexible split charging.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the charging result of the communication data marked by different APNs is multiplied by different weight values to obtain the charging result.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the marking of the APN in the communication data of the different classes of users includes marking a corresponding APN in the communication data of the ship owner and marking a corresponding APN in the communication data of the prepaid system.
Wherein the communication data of the prepaid system further comprises communication data of crew and communication data of passenger. The prepayment system is characterized in that a user uses a satellite network of a satellite access terminal to communicate on the premise of prepayment by purchasing a time-limited password or flow, and communication data of the user is charged in the prepayment system.
As an embodiment of the present invention, after sending the charging result to the corresponding user, the method further includes counting the communication data according to the APN tag, sending the statistical result to the prepaid system for checking, and settling the account with the prepaid system.
The satellite charging server can multiply the flow of the communication data of the crew or the passenger by the corresponding charging standard to finally obtain a charging result, the prepayment system compares the flow data of the communication data recorded by the satellite charging server with the flow data of the communication data recorded by the prepayment system, if the flow data of the communication data is not consistent with the flow data of the communication data recorded by the prepayment system, a manual checking peer-to-peer procedure is carried out, and if the flow data of the communication data is consistent with the flow data of the communication data recorded by the satellite charging server, payment settlement is carried out on the satellite charging server.
By the method in the embodiment of the invention, accurate charging for different users can be realized, and the settlement process of satellite communication cost with a ship owner is simplified.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging system for performing communication through a marine satellite according to an embodiment of the present invention, where a communication charging system based on a marine satellite is described in this diagram, and different users can be distinguished by marking APNs for different users, so that different users in different categories can be charged differently, and finally, the purpose of accurately charging different users can be achieved. The system comprises:
a satellite access terminal 201, a maritime satellite 202, a satellite billing server 203, and user terminals 204 of different user categories.
The satellite access terminal 201 is configured to connect to the user terminal 204, implement data communication of the user terminal 204 through the maritime satellite 202, and mark different APNs in communication data of different types of users.
The satellite charging server 203 is configured to charge the communication data according to the APN, and send the charging result to the corresponding user terminal 204.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the satellite access terminal is further configured to identify a port of a user terminal accessing the satellite access terminal, and mark an APN of communication data according to the port, where user terminals of different user categories access different ports.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the satellite charging server is further configured to charge for communication data marked by different APNs with different charging criteria.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the satellite charging server is further configured to multiply charging results of communication data marked by different APNs by different weight values to obtain charging results.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the satellite access terminal is further configured to mark a corresponding APN in the communication data of the ship owner and mark a corresponding APN in the communication data of the prepaid system.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the satellite billing server performs statistics on the communication data according to the APN tag, sends the statistical result to the prepaid system for checking, and performs settlement with the prepaid system.
Through the system in the embodiment of the invention, accurate charging for different users can be realized, and the settlement process of satellite communication cost with a ship owner is simplified.
Fig. 3 is a data flow diagram of a charging system for communication via a maritime satellite according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a maritime satellite charging system composed of a user terminal, a prepaid system, a satellite access terminal, a maritime satellite, and a satellite charging server is described, in which a method for performing different charging according to different user categories is implemented, communication data of a ship owner and a crew (passenger) is accurately charged, and more applications can be implemented by such charging for distinguishing user categories.
Step 301, the crew terminal connects to the prepaid system.
In this step, the crew terminal may be a laptop or a computing device such as a mobile phone or a tablet, the prepaid system may be a device with a routing function, the equipment is connected with the crew terminal through a Lan network port or a WIFI module, can serve as relay routing equipment of the crew terminal and the satellite access terminal, the prepaid system can also calculate the time or flow of data communication of the crew terminal according to the login user name and password of the crew terminal, or a stored value account number, for example, the crew logs in the prepaid system through a flow password purchased in advance, the system calculates the flow consumed by the crewman terminal in the process of network browsing or other communication, and checks the flow corresponding to the flow password, and when the communication data flow of the crew terminal reaches a flow threshold value, refusing the crew terminal to continue using the network.
In this embodiment, it is assumed that only 1 crew member uses a prepaid system and has purchased 15MB of communication data traffic in advance, and the prepaid system counts the traffic of the crew member communication data, for example, the statistical result is 10MB, that is, the crew member uses 10MB of communication data traffic.
And step 302, the prepayment system is connected with a satellite access terminal through a Lan network port.
In this step, the prepaid system is connected to the satellite access terminal through, for example, a Lan 2 port, so as to implement a communication network in which the crew terminal uses the marine satellite through the satellite access terminal.
And step 303, connecting the ship owner terminal with the satellite access terminal.
In this step, the ship owner terminal may also be a device such as a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, or the like, and may also be connected to the satellite access terminal through a relay device such as a router, or in this example, the ship owner terminal may be connected to the satellite access terminal through, for example, a Lan No. 1 network port.
And step 304, the satellite access terminal marks the APN of the communication data according to the Lan network port.
In this step, the ship owner terminal accesses the satellite access terminal through the Lan network port No. 1, the prepaid system accesses the satellite access terminal through the Lan network port No. 2, and the satellite access terminal marks the communication data of the ship owner terminal and the communication data of the crew terminal with corresponding APNs according to the difference of the accessed Lan network ports, for example, the ship owner communication data is marked as APN1, the crew communication data is marked as APN2, and the APN mark is located at the packet header or the packet middle or the end of the communication data.
And 305, the satellite access terminal communicates with the maritime satellite to realize the transmission of communication data between the ship owner and the crew.
In this step, the satellite access terminal establishes a communication connection with the maritime satellite through a satellite link, receives and transmits communication data, and achieves the purpose of communication between the ship owner terminal and/or the crew terminal and the outside, and the communication data have marks of different APNs, so that the satellite billing server can conveniently bill the communication data.
And step 306, the satellite billing server calculates the flow of the maritime satellite communication data in real time.
In this step, the satellite billing server may perform traffic statistics on the communication data of the marine satellite, and may perform timing statistics according to the time of the communication data.
In this example, a description will be given by taking a traffic statistic as an example, in which when the satellite billing server performs traffic statistic, APN tags in communication data are identified, and traffic statistic is performed on communication data of different APN tags, for example, the traffic statistic for communication data tagged by APN1 is 2MB, and the traffic statistic for communication data tagged by APN2 is 10 MB.
And 307, the satellite charging server sends the accumulated charging result to the ship owner terminal when the settlement date is reached.
In this step, the settlement date may be the last day of each natural month, or may be any specified date, and the satellite billing server sends the accumulated billing result in a billing period to the ship owner terminal, and may send the result in an email manner, or may send the result in a short message or APP data manner to the ship owner terminal.
The communication data traffic of the crew terminal and the communication data traffic of the ship owner terminal are both from one satellite access terminal, so that the data communication traffic of the ship owner terminal can be obtained only by the satellite billing server by planning the communication data traffic of the crew terminal from all the data communication traffic of the satellite access terminal, the satellite billing server multiplies the communication data traffic marked by the APN2 by 0, the data communication traffic of the crew terminal is planed, the communication data traffic marked by the APN1 is multiplied by the billing standard of the corresponding ship owner to generate a billing result, and the billing result is sent to the ship owner terminal.
Step 308, the prepaid system sends the communication data traffic data of the crew terminal to the satellite billing server.
In this step, the communication data flow of the crew terminal counted in a billing period is sent to the satellite billing server for checking by the prepayment system, which can be accessed to the communication network of the port after the ship arrives at the port, and the communication data flow of the crew terminal is transmitted by using a network which is cheaper than the satellite communication.
And 309, comparing the communication data flow marked by the APN2 with the communication data flow of the crew terminal transmitted by the prepaid system by the satellite billing server, and settling the flow fee of the communication data of the crew terminal with the prepaid system.
In this step, the settlement of the satellite billing server and the prepaid system includes that the satellite billing server charges the crew communication data flow according to the rate of the crew terminal, and then sends the charging result to the prepaid system, and the prepaid system pays the satellite billing server according to the charging result.
By the method and the system in the embodiment of the application, accurate charging of different users can be realized, and the settlement process of satellite communication cost with a ship owner is simplified.
The controller may be implemented in any suitable manner, for example, the controller may take the form of, for example, a microprocessor or processor and a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable program code (e.g., software or firmware) executable by the (micro) processor, logic gates, switches, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic controller, and an embedded microcontroller, examples of which include, but are not limited to, the following microcontrollers: ARC 625D, Atmel AT91SAM, Microchip PIC18F26K20, and Silicone Labs C8051F320, the memory controller may also be implemented as part of the control logic for the memory.
The systems, devices, modules or units illustrated in the above embodiments may be implemented by a computer chip or an entity, or by a product with certain functions.
For convenience of description, the above devices are described as being divided into various units by function, and are described separately. Of course, the functionality of the units may be implemented in one or more software and/or hardware when implementing the present application.
The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the system embodiment, since it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment.
While the present application has been described with examples, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that there are numerous variations and permutations of the present application without departing from the spirit of the application, and it is intended that the appended claims encompass such variations and permutations without departing from the spirit of the application.

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1. A billing method for communication through a maritime satellite, comprising,
marking different APN (access point name) in communication data of different classes of users;
marking different APNs in communication data of different classes of users further comprises: identifying a port of a user accessing a satellite access terminal, and marking APN of communication data according to the port, wherein different types of users access different ports, the users comprise a ship owner terminal and a crew terminal, the crew terminal is connected with a prepayment system, and the prepayment system is connected with the satellite access terminal through a Lan network port;
the satellite charging server identifies APN marks in communication data, performs flow statistics on the communication data of different APN marks, and charges the communication data according to the APN;
and sending the charging result to the corresponding user.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein charging for the communication data of the user according to the APN further comprises charging for the communication data marked by different APNs using different charging criteria.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the charging result for the communication data marked by different APNs is multiplied by different weight values to obtain the charging result.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the billing result to the corresponding subscriber further comprises sending the flow statistics result to a prepaid system for verification and settlement with the prepaid system.
5. A billing system for communication via a maritime satellite, comprising,
the system comprises a satellite access terminal, a maritime satellite, a satellite billing server and user terminals of different user categories;
the satellite access terminal is used for connecting the user terminal, realizing data communication of the user terminal through the maritime satellite and marking different APNs in communication data of different types of users; marking different APNs in communication data of different classes of users further comprises: identifying a port of a user accessing a satellite access terminal, and marking APN of communication data according to the port, wherein different types of users access different ports, the users comprise a ship owner terminal and a crew terminal, the crew terminal is connected with a prepayment system, and the prepayment system is connected with the satellite access terminal through a Lan network port;
the satellite charging server is used for identifying APN marks in communication data, carrying out flow statistics on the communication data of different APN marks, charging the communication data according to the APN, and sending a charging result to a corresponding user terminal.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the satellite billing server is further configured to bill for communication data with different APN labels using different billing criteria.
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