JPH06197180A - Charging device for mobile object communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable charging by respective multistage distances and/or respective types of mobile machines in mobile object communication relating to the charging device of the mobile object communication for which a time difference system by the multistage distances is introduced. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a charging index setting means 11 for setting a message billing index MBI corresponding to the position registration area of the mobile machine to be the reference point of distance measurement at the time of the charging and also resetting the message billing index MBI when channel changeover extended over the position registration area is generated by the movement of the mobile machine and a tariff calculation processing means 12 for calculating a tariff for a call by the message billing index everytime the new message billing index is set by the message billing index setting means 11 and adding up the tariffs calculated for the respective message billing indexes when the call is completed to be defined as the call tariff of a caller.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a billing device for mobile communication which employs a multi-step time difference method for different distances.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Demand for mobile communication is increasing year by year,
Similar to fixed-line telephones, the competition between business companies is becoming fierce every year. In general, the factors that determine which company a user selects are service conditions and the like, but the rate setting method occupies a very high weight. Although users often complain that mobile phones are convenient, but the charges are too high, it is expected that the number of users will be further increased by lowering the charges.

[0003]

The current fee system for mobile communication includes the following problems, and by solving this problem, further widespread use of mobile communication can be expected.

(1) To describe the problem relating to distance, in the conventional charge calculation for mobile communication, after the dialing of the caller, the position information of the called side is collected and the distance between the calling side and the called side is measured only once. After that, the charge calculation is performed on the basis of the obtained distance regardless of the movement status of the mobile device, and the charge amount is determined. In other words, the conventional charge for mobile communication has only two-step setting within 160 km or more for the distance-based charge calculation, which does not allow multi-level charge according to the distance such as a fixed network telephone, and the mobile device after the call is started. No consideration is given to the movement situation.

The above will be described below with reference to FIG. 11 in a concrete example. In FIG. 11, as shown in [A], it is assumed that the call is started in a state where the mobile devices A and B are located at a distance of 160 km or more. afterwards,
As shown in [B], when the mobile units A and B move and approach each other, the distance becomes 16 minutes after 5 minutes have elapsed from the start of the call.
It is within 0 km, and it is assumed that a call is made for 40 minutes in that state and then the call ends.

In such a case, even if the call is disconnected in the state of FIG. 11B, the charge is calculated based on the distance at the start of the call, so that the total call time is 45 minutes (5 minutes + 4).
All minutes are charged as long-distance (160 km or more) calls.

(2) It is not possible to change the charge for each type of mobile device (vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc.). In other words, in the conventional charging in the mobile communication network, the type of the mobile device is only charged depending on whether it is a general subscriber or a public subscriber,
It is a system that cannot change the charge for each mobile device type.

As a concrete example, as shown in FIG. 12, even when it is desired to keep the charge of a ship phone unchanged while increasing the call charge of a car phone at 160 km or more, the conventional charge calculation is performed by the mobile device. Since the charging is not performed due to the difference in type, if the call charge of the car phone is increased, the price of the ship phone also increases. Therefore, it is not possible to defer charges for calls between ships, even if the charges between cars are increased.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable multi-step distance-based charge and / or mobile unit-based charge in mobile communication.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. As one mode, the billing device for mobile communication of the present invention sets a billing index MBI according to a location registration area of a mobile device that serves as a reference point for distance measurement at the time of billing, and also performs location registration by moving the mobile device. Charging index setting means 11 for resetting the charging index MBI when channel switching across areas occurs, and charging index setting means 11
Each time a new charge index is set in, the charge is calculated for calls with that charge index, and when the call ends, the charges calculated for each charge index are summed to make the call charge of the subscriber 12 and.

The above charging index setting means 11 uses the position registration area calculation table for calculating the position information of the position registration area from the wireless zone information of the mobile device and the position information calculated by the position registration area calculation table. A charging area calculation table for calculating charging area information, a normalized charging area calculation table for calculating normalized charging area information from the charging area information calculated by the charging area calculation table, and a call origination calculated by the normalized charging area calculation table. It can be configured by a charging index calculation table for calculating a charging index from the normalized charging area information of the incoming call.

Further, the above-mentioned charge calculation processing means obtains a charge ratio calculation table for indexing a charge ratio by a charge index for each charge class, and a charge at the charge index, call frequency = call time / call time at the call index. And a calculation unit for calculating the charging ratio.

As another form, the charging device for mobile communication of the present invention has a charging ratio setting means for setting a charging ratio to be used for calculating a call charge for each type of mobile device. It is configured to perform charge calculation for each mobile device type.

[0014]

In the prior art, after the dialing of the caller, the position information of the called side is collected, the distance between the calling side and the called side is measured only once, and the subsequent processing is performed according to the distance obtained here. Since the billing is done regardless of the movement situation, detailed billing calculation over a multi-step distance could not be performed. Therefore, in the billing device of the present invention, every time the position information LI of the position registration area that serves as a reference point for distance measurement changes, the distance measurement (= decision of the billing index) necessary for the billing process is performed again to obtain an appropriate distance. It realizes separate billing. In that case, the charge is calculated once before the change of the charging area and is temporarily saved. At the end of the call, all charges are added and the subscriber's meter is updated.

Further, in the conventional charging in the mobile communication network, there is only a judgment as to whether the subscriber is a general subscriber or a public subscriber, and the calculation table of the charging ratio, which is a key for calculating the charge, does not depend on the type of the mobile device. Since they were the same, the price could not be changed for each mobile device type. Therefore, in the billing device of the present invention, it is possible to change the charge for each mobile device type by separating the billing ratio calculation table for each mobile device type.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The billing device of this embodiment performs multi-step distance-based billing processing and fee change processing for each mobile unit type for the mobile communication network. First, the multi-level distance-based charging process will be described.

In the multi-level distance-based charge processing, the distance measurement (= decision of the charge index) required for the charge processing is performed again each time the position information LI of the mobile device, which is the starting point of the distance measurement, changes. It realizes various charge by distance. At that time, the charge before the change of the position information LI is once calculated and temporarily stored, and at the end of the call, all charges are added to update the meter of the subscriber. As described above, in the multi-level distance-based charging process, by introducing the charging index resetting process and the distance-based charge calculation process, which are not in the related art, the unit of position information LI, which is the starting point for distance measurement, can be set. It realizes billing by distance.

The multi-step distance-based charge processing will be described below with a specific example. [Billing index reset process]

The radio zones RZN in which the mobile stations A and B are located are detected, and the position information LI of the mobile stations A and B is indexed from the radio zone information. The position information LI displays an area (hereinafter, referred to as a position registration area) composed of a plurality of radio zones RZN, and for example, the position information LI = a, b, c ... For example, in FIG. 2, both mobile stations A and B initially have LI =
a in the location registration area of a, and then the mobile device A
Is moved to the position registration area of the position information LI = b. In this way, when the channel is switched to the wireless zone that crosses the location registration area due to the movement of the mobile device, at the end of the channel switching, the index of the index table is obtained by using the number of the movement destination zone as an index. Location information L of destination location registration area
Calculate I. For example, in [A] of FIG.
The case where LI = b is calculated as the position information of the movement destination position registration area by moving to ZN is shown.

Position information LI of mobile device A and mobile device B
Then, each charging area MA is calculated from. The charging area MA is composed of one or a plurality of location registration areas. As a specific example, as shown in FIG. 4, the car phone charges “30 (LI) 0” such as MA = 30400, 30410, 30420 for the location information LI = 40, 41, 42. It has an air number and the ship phone has MA = 40 for location information LI = 30, 31 ...
It has a charging area number of "40 (LI) 0" such as 300, 40310 ...

Each charging area MA of the mobile devices A and B is normalized and each normalized charging area NMA (Normal M
essage Area). Here, the normalization means a process of rearranging the charging areas which are out of order in order. For example, as shown in the normalized charging area calculation table in FIG. 3B, the charging area number is indexed to calculate the normalized charging area NMA. For example, if the charging area number is “30 (LI) 0”, 30, LI,
The table is sequentially indexed using 0 to obtain the normalized charging area NMA = X. Similarly for mobile device B, NMA
= Y is calculated. This normalized charging area NMA includes, for example, ships, aircraft areas, and fixed network areas, and includes 1 to 1
It is divided into 023 areas.

Normalized charging area NM of the originating mobile device
Using both A and the normalized charging area NMA of the called mobile station, the index table as shown in FIG. 4 is drawn to determine the charging index MBI. This charging index MBI is a value that is determined in accordance with the distance between the two mobile units, and the distance is set in 16 levels of 0 to 15, for example. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the originating NMA = 2 and the destination NMA = 1, the charging index MBI = X ₂₁ is determined.

As a specific example, FIG. 6 shows a charging index calculation table for the charging area of FIG. As shown, the charging area MA is normalized to the charging area NMA.
Is calculated as follows: MA = 40300 → NMA = a MA = 40310 → NMA = b MA = 30400 → NMA = c MA = 40410 → NMA = d MA = 40420 → NMA = e The charging index MBI of is a value as written in the charging index calculation table of FIG.

[Distance Charge Setting Processing] As shown in FIG. 7, the mobile unit A makes a call at 14:59, and the mobile unit B responds to the call at 15:00, and the call is started. 16:00 because mobile unit A moved to another zone
There is a channel switch in and the call continues after that 17:
It is assumed that the call ends at 00. The distance-based charge setting process in this case is performed as follows.

When the channel switching of the mobile device A on the calling side is completed, the call charge with the charging index MBI = 13 till then is calculated and stored. This is the call charge for calls from 15:00 to 16:00.

This call charge is calculated by the call frequency (1 call =
10 yen) is calculated. The call frequency is calculated by the following formula: call frequency = call time / charging ratio, where call time is calculated as call time = disconnection time−response time. The charging ratio is the number of seconds that a call can be made for 10 yen (one call), and can be calculated from the charging ratio calculation table of FIG.

That is, the call charge is divided into charge classes according to call types such as mobile unit general, mobile unit public, and directory guidance. The charge class of the current call is checked, the charge class is used as an index, and the charge class is displayed from the table. The charging index MBI corresponding to is calculated. Further, the charging index is used as an index to obtain a charging ratio according to time zones such as daytime, nighttime, midnight, and busy hour.

The response time of the mobile device B is updated. Specifically, the response time of the mobile device B was 15:00 at the beginning, but the charge time at the next step was calculated at 16:00.
To update. The above-mentioned charging index resetting process is performed. This allows
The charging index MBI is updated from MBI = 13 to MBI = 14.

At the time of disconnecting the mobile device A, 16:00 to 1
Calculated the charge up to 7:00 and calculated it with 1
Charges from 5:00 to 16:00 are added and added to the meter of mobile unit A as the total call charge.

[Charge Change Processing for Each Type of Mobile Station] A method of performing the charge change processing for each type of mobile station will be described.
In the conventional mobile communication network charging, the calculation table (charging ratio calculation table) of the charging ratio (charge rate: the number of seconds that can be talked at 10 yen), which is the key when calculating the charge, is the same regardless of the type of mobile device. Therefore, the charge could not be changed for each type of mobile device. Therefore, by separating the charging ratio calculation table for each mobile device type, it is possible to change the charge for each mobile device type. By combining this method and the above-mentioned method for calculating charge by distance, It is also possible to build a charge system by setting individual distances between telephones, and a complete separation of the charge system between sea and land is possible.

In order to separate the above-mentioned charging ratio calculation table for each type of mobile device, as shown in FIG. 9, in addition to the conventional charging ratio calculation table, a mobile device type table is provided as a secondary table. To

This mobile device type table is a table for converting the charge index indexed by the charge class into a charge index set for each mobile device type (automobile, ship, aircraft, etc.). Using the charging index of this mobile device type table, the charging ratio calculation table for each time zone is indexed to calculate the charging ratio.

The above is the process between the mobile unit and the mobile unit. In addition, the process between the mobile unit (source) and the fixed network (arrival) and between the fixed network (source) and the mobile unit (arrival). Is as follows.

(1) Mobile unit (originating) -fixed network (arriving) Since the person to be charged is a mobile unit, the same process as the mobile unit-mobile unit is performed.

(2) Fixed network (originating) -mobile station (arriving) In this case, processing on the fixed network side is added. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, when an incoming call is received from the fixed network, the incoming call from the fixed network is displayed, and when the mobile station moves to switch the channel across the location registration areas, a part of the above processing is performed. (Process of converting the position information LI of the movement destination position registration area to the charging area MA) is used. When the charging area changes, the mobile telephone exchange notifies the fixed network side that the charging area MA has changed by an MA update signal, and the fixed network side process performs a plurality of charge calculation processes for each charging area. .

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to charge (for example, 16 levels) according to the distance close to the fixed telephone network, and the number of users can be increased by reviewing local call charges. You can expect it. In addition, the charge can be easily changed for each type of mobile device, and it becomes possible to flexibly cope with the future charge setting for mobile communication.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a location registration area according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a position information calculation table and a normalized charging area calculation table in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a specific example of location information-billing area.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a charging index calculation table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of a charging index calculation table.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a fee setting process for each distance.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a charging ratio calculation table.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a billing ratio calculation table for each mobile device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining processing of a fixed network (departure) -mobile station (arrival).

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a problem of conventional distance-based charging.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a problem of conventional charging for each type of mobile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B Mobile device LI Location information of location registration area MA charging area NMA normalized charging area MBI charging index

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A charging index is set in accordance with a location registration area of a mobile device that serves as a reference point for distance measurement at the time of billing, and when a mobile station moves to cause a channel switch across the location registration area. A charging index setting means (11) for resetting the charging index and a charge calculation for a call at the charging index each time a new charging index is set by the charging index setting means, and when the call ends, each A charging device for mobile communication, comprising: a charge calculation processing means (12) for summing charges calculated for a charge index to obtain a call charge for a subscriber. 2. The charging index setting means uses a position registration area calculation table for calculating the position information of the position registration area from the wireless zone information of the mobile device, and the position information calculated by the position registration area calculation table. A charging area calculation table for calculating the charging area information, a normalized charging area calculation table for calculating normalized charging area information from the charging area information calculated in the charging area calculation table, and a calculation for the normalized charging area calculation table 2. The charging device for mobile communication according to claim 1, comprising a charging index calculation table for calculating a charging index from the normalized charging area information of outgoing and incoming calls. 3. The charge calculation processing means obtains a charge ratio calculation table for indexing a charge ratio by a charge index for each charge class, and a charge at the charge index, call frequency = call time / call time at the call index. 3. The mobile communication charging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculating unit that calculates the charging ratio. 4. A billing ratio setting means for setting a billing ratio used for calculating a call charge for each mobile device type, and configured to perform a charge calculation for each mobile device type by using this billing ratio setting device. Mobile communication billing device. 5. A billing device for mobile communication, which is a combination of the billing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and the billing device according to claim 4.