KR100557634B1 - Method for updating billing information in wll system - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention transmits billing update information to a subscriber access device at a network side of a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system, and transfers billing update information received from the network side to a billing machine through a telephone line. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of updating charging information in a wireless subscriber network system for updating information.

3. Summary of the Solution of the Invention

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system, comprising: receiving, by a subscriber access device, a charging information update request signal and charging updating information from a network side; The subscriber access device converts the billing update information into a start signal, a billing update information, and an end signal using a complex frequency (DTMF) signal together with the billing information update request signal through a tip / ring line. Delivering to a charging device; And according to the charging information update request signal, updating the charging information by using the charging update information received from the subscriber access device.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system.

Wireless Subscriber Network (WLL), Subscriber Access Equipment, Billing Machine, Billing Information, Telephone Line, Tip / Ring Line

Description

Method of updating billing information in wireless subscriber network system {METHOD FOR UPDATING BILLING INFORMATION IN WLL SYSTEM}             

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a subscriber access device and a charging device in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a charging information update method in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

11, 12, 13: subscriber access device 14: base station

15: base station controller 16: base station operating device

17: exchanger 21: billing machine

22: general telephone

The present invention relates to a billing information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system, and more particularly, billing update information is transmitted from a network side of a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to a subscriber access device, and the subscriber access device receives from the network side. The present invention relates to a billing information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system for updating billing information by transferring one billing update information to a billing machine through a telephone line.

In the present invention, a wireless local loop (WLL) is a telephone system technology that wirelessly connects subscriber lines within a distance of about 2 to 6 km from a base station without using a telephone line. This approach was first proposed in the early 1970s as a way to reduce the excessive costs of establishing telephone lines in rural areas or in less populated areas.

Wireless Subscriber Network (WLL) has been spotlighted as a technology to replace the existing wired network because it can expect to reduce the subscriber network construction cost, time, maintenance cost, etc., and to improve the composition and call quality of various subscriber networks. Is getting. In addition, the wireless subscriber network (WLL) is expected to provide a wireless communication service by integrating mobile communication technologies (cellular, CDMA, IMT-2000, etc.) to the existing wired network.

At present, Korea is in line with any country in the world in the wired network, which is the country's main infrastructure, and has more than 20 million lines. However, the wired network is expensive to construct because it requires pipeline construction or cable construction, and it is difficult to construct a net due to the geographical constraints of the farming village or the mountain wall where the population density is sparse. Therefore, if the wireless subscriber network (WLL) is combined with the existing wired network, there will be advantages such as low investment cost and ease of operation management. At this time, in order to effectively combine the wired network and the wireless subscriber network (WLL), there is a need for a method and a rate policy that can provide various application services while guaranteeing the quality of the existing wired network.

Meanwhile, the wireless subscriber network (WLL) can be configured into four types of cordless telephony, analog / digital cellular, microwave, and satellite methods, depending on the application technology. It is composed.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless subscriber network (WLL) to which the present invention is applied includes subscriber access devices (11, 12, 13), base station (14), base station controller (15), base station operating device (16), and An exchanger (17).

First, the subscriber access devices (11, 12, 13) is located at the last end of the network elements, the radio (RF) signal transmission and reception function for transmitting and receiving information on the air interface, the radio (RF) signal is converted into baseband A baseband signal processing function for transmitting a signal to a subscriber interface and a reverse process, a protocol interworking function with a wireless subscriber network (WLL), a voice signal processing function for processing a voice signal, and a public network (PSTN) or It provides the connection function with ISDN terminal.

The base station 14 performs a wireless connection function with the subscriber access devices 11, 12, 13 and a wired connection function with the base station controller 15. In addition, the base station 14 includes a radio signal transmission / reception function, a power control function, a digital signal processing function, an interface function for transmitting and receiving a signal from the base station controller 15, a timing / clock information distribution and control function, and the like. Perform.

The base station controller 15 is located between the base station 14 and the switch 17 so as to transmit signal messages and call processing functions, and to convert voice coding schemes of the subscriber access devices 11, 12, 13 and the switch 17 ( transcoding) function.

The base station operating device 16 is a device that is in charge of the operation and maintenance of the entire wireless subscriber network (WLL), that is, the subscriber access device (11, 12, 13), the base station 14, the base station controller 15, Generally, it performs network configuration management function, network element management function, performance management function and security management function.

On the other hand, in such a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system, the billing machine (Billing Machine) is connected to the subscriber access device (11, 12, 13), at this time the billing connected to the subscriber access device (11, 12, 13) The device is distributed in several places,

Therefore, in order to change (update) the billing information of the billing machine, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of cost and time since the billing machine must be checked and modified in person.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and transmits billing update information to a subscriber access device at a network side of a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system, and transmits billing update information received from the network side to a telephone line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for updating charging information in a wireless subscriber network system for updating charging information by transferring to a billing machine through a billing machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system, comprising: receiving, by a subscriber access device, a charging information update request signal and charging updating information from a network side; The subscriber access device converts the billing update information into a start signal, a billing update information, and an end signal using a complex frequency (DTMF) signal together with the billing information update request signal through a tip / ring line. Delivering to a charging device; And in response to the charging information update request signal, updating the charging information by the charging apparatus using the charging update information received from the subscriber access apparatus.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a subscriber access device and a billing device in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the wireless subscriber network (WLL) system to which the present invention is applied, the subscriber access device 12 generally uses a telephone line, that is, a charging device 21 using a tip / ring line. )

The accounting device 21 stores billing information for calculating a fee according to the use of a wireless subscriber network (WLL), and is connected to a general wireline phone 22 using a telephone line. When the subscriber uses the wireless subscriber network (WLL) service using the wired telephone 22 connected to the charging device 21, the charging device 21 is stored in advance according to a message from the subscriber access device 12. Charge calculation is performed using the billing information.

On the other hand, when a change occurs in the charging information, the network side transmits the charging update information to the subscriber access device 12 through the base station 14, and the subscriber access device 12 receives the charging update information from the base station 14. It receives and transmits it to the charging device 21 connected by a telephone line (tip / ring line) to update the charging information. At this time, the charging update information transmitted to the charging device 21 may be transmitted together with the charging information that is transmitted on a daily basis. The charging information transferred from the subscriber access device 12 to the charging device 21 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) according to the present invention.

First, when the subscriber access device 12 receives the charging update information 31 through the base station 14 from the network side, as shown in FIG. 3 using a telephone line (tip / ring line), the start signal 311. Then, the charging update information 312, the end signal 313 is transmitted in order. At this time, the start signal 311 and the end signal 312 is defined as sending consecutively 0 and 7 of the dual frequency multiple frequency (DTMF) signal, and the charging update information 312 is a complex frequency (DTMF) signal Use numbers to express it. The start signal 311 and the end signal 312 may be implemented by other methods using a complex frequency (DTMF) signal in addition to the above-described method.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for updating charging information in a wireless subscriber network (WLL) according to the present invention.

First, the subscriber access devices 11, 12, and 13 receive the charging information update request signal and the charging update information from the network side through the base station 14 (401), and the charging information update request signal to the charging device 21 and The billing update information is passed (402).

Then, the charging device 21 receives the charging information stored in the storage device (not shown) according to the charging information update request signal from the subscriber access devices 11, 12, 13, and the subscriber access devices 11, 12, Update to the billing update information received from 13) (403).

Meanwhile, the charging device 21 further performs a process (not shown) of transmitting the charging information update confirmation signal to the network through the subscriber access devices 11, 12, 13 after updating the charging information. do.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

As described above, when the charging information changes in the wireless subscriber network (WLL) system, the present invention does not directly update the charging information for each charging device connected to each subscriber access device. Since the charging information can be renewed by wirelessly transmitting the charging update information to the access device, the cost and time required for this can be saved.

Claims (4)

In the charging information updating method in a wireless subscriber network system, Receiving, by the subscriber access device, the charging information update request signal and the charging update information from the network side; The subscriber access device converts the billing update information into a start signal, a billing update information, and an end signal using a complex frequency (DTMF) signal together with the billing information update request signal through a tip / ring line. Delivering to a charging device; And In response to the charging information update request signal, updating the charging information by using the charging update information received from the subscriber access apparatus by the charging apparatus; Billing information update method in a wireless subscriber network system comprising a. The method of claim 1, Transmitting, by the charging device, the charging information update confirmation signal to the network through the subscriber access device after updating the charging information; Billing information update method in a wireless subscriber network system further comprising. delete delete

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