CN100359853C - Method for charging over intelligent network - Google Patents

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CN100359853C
CN100359853C CNB2004100866265A CN200410086626A CN100359853C CN 100359853 C CN100359853 C CN 100359853C CN B2004100866265 A CNB2004100866265 A CN B2004100866265A CN 200410086626 A CN200410086626 A CN 200410086626A CN 100359853 C CN100359853 C CN 100359853C
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The present invention discloses a fee charging method in an intelligent network. The method comprises fee charging rules set in an SCP according to different access networks. The method also comprises the steps that step a, after receiving an attachment request containing routing area marks sent by a mobile terminal, a network side judges whether a subscriber is a signed subscriber; when the subscriber is the signed subscriber, the access network of the mobile terminal is determined by the routing area marks of the mobile terminal, and then step b is executed; when the subscriber is not the signed subscriber, the step ends; step b, the SCP on the network side charges fees to the service performed by the mobile terminal according to fee charging rules corresponding to the access network of the mobile terminal. The SCP can respectively charge fees for signed subscribers of different access networks by the method of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention meets the requirements of carriers.

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A kind of method of in intelligent network, chargeing
Technical field
The present invention relates to intelligent network technology, be meant a kind of method of in intelligent network, chargeing especially.
Background technology
Along with the continuous maturation and the user of the communication technology are more and more higher to the requirement of communication quality, existing GSM network will develop to Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) (W-CDMA) inevitably.Mobile operator are by adopting GPRS (GPRS) technology, can make existing GSM network realize easy access with high-speed data packets easily, thereby make operator make fast reaction to the mobile market demand, and obtain competitive advantage.
In order further to promote the data service ability that the GPRS mobile network can provide, common carrier begins again the eye aiming at conventional wireless communication systems (Universal Mobile TelecommunicationSystem, UMTS) technical, this technology can be used as the another kind of high-speed data service of GSM, it will become the transition of the second generation to 3G (Third Generation) Moblie, realize the new service such as High Speed I nternet access, video conferencing and CD quality-class sound.UMTS also provides brand-new interactive multimedia business except that supporting more existing fixing and mobile service.UMTS uses ITU frequency band that distribute, that be used for land and satellite wireless communication, and inserts by mobile or fixing, public or dedicated network, with GSM and IP compatibility.
Therefore, mobile operator may provide GSM and UMTS two kinds of services simultaneously in long period of time.And, to compare with gsm system, the service quality that the UMTS system provides, type of service are better relatively, but because the expense of construction UMTS network is very high, so operator tends to adopt higher rate at the UMTS network service initial stage.Certainly, also have this possibility: promptly operator adopts the UMTS business in order to attract more user, may release the UMTS business more cheap than gsm service.That is to say that for the user from different access networks, operator may be different to its charging policy.
Below in conjunction with the GSM of Fig. 1 and the networking structure of WCDMA network, charging process in the prior art is described.Its concrete charging method is such: user terminal is by the BSS access network, and send service request to SGSN by BSS, SGSN authenticates this user by HLR and determines whether this user is CAMEL user, if authentication is passed through, and this user is not CAMEL user, then set up professional the connection, after this SGSN and/or GGSN charge to this user's business according to the charging principle of the access network correspondence of this user terminal; If authentication is passed through, and this user is CAMEL user, then send service request to SCP, after this determine whether connecting, and simultaneously the user who connects is chargeed by SCP.
Therefore, in the prior art, for the domestic consumer of WCDMA system and gprs system, promptly non-CAMEL user, its billing operation carries out at SGSN, GGSN.That is to say, if domestic consumer is linked into SGSN by BSS, because SGSN knows that this user inserts from GPRS network, so the business that this user is carried out adopts the GPRS charging policy.Equally, if the user is linked into SGSN by RNC, SGSN knows that this user inserts from the UMTS network, so adopt the charging policy of UMTS.But, for CAMEL user, after SGSN determines that this user is CAMEL user, SGSN sends to SCP by the Ge interface with the intelligent network user charge information, comprise: the route district at the APN of this PDP, QoS, user place, the information such as flow of this PDP, SCP generates this user's charging bill according to these information.But, in intelligent network, existing this charging way, from prior protocols as can be known, SGSN inserts from GPRS network or the information that inserts from the UMTS network is notified to SCP, SCP can't know that this user inserts or inserts from the UMTS network from the GSM network, thereby can't charge according to the character of Access Network.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of in intelligent network, chargeing, make it adopt different charging regulations CAMEL user's access network type.
A kind of method of chargeing in intelligent network provided by the invention is achieved in that
The charging regulation of the access network correspondence of portable terminal is set in SCP, also comprises:
A. network side receives that portable terminal sends contain Routing Area Identifier adhere to request after, judge whether this mobile phone users is the contracted user, if, then determine the access network of this portable terminal according to the Routing Area Identifier of this portable terminal, execution in step b again, otherwise, finish;
B. the SCP of network side charges to the business that this portable terminal carries out according to the pairing charging regulation of the access network of this portable terminal.
The step of the charging regulation of the described access network correspondence that portable terminal is set in SCP is:
The corresponding relation of access network sign and charging regulation is set in SCP.
Step a comprises:
A11, portable terminal send the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to the SGSN of network side;
After a12, SGSN receive this request, judge whether this user is the contracted user, if, then determine the access network of this portable terminal according to routing iinformation, and send the initialization contain this portable terminal home network identification to SCP and trigger message, otherwise, handle according to domestic consumer;
After a13, SCP received that this initialization triggers message, the charging regulation according to the access network of this portable terminal chargeed to this portable terminal.
The step of the charging regulation of the described access network correspondence that portable terminal is set in SCP is:
The corresponding relation of Routing Area Identifier and charging regulation is set in SCP.
Comprise among the step a:
A21, portable terminal send the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to the SGSN of network side;
After a22, SGSN receive this request, judge whether this user is the contracted user, if, then send the initialization that contains this Routing Area Identifier and trigger message to SCP, otherwise, finish;
After a23, SCP receive that this initialization triggers message, determine the access network of this portable terminal according to Routing Area Identifier wherein.
Method of the present invention is the charging regulation that different access networks is set in SCP; After network side receives that portable terminal adheres to this request of request, if determine that this user is the contracted user, determine the access network of this portable terminal according to the Routing Area Identifier of this portable terminal, after this SCP charges to the business that this portable terminal carries out according to the pairing charging regulation of the access network of this portable terminal.Use method of the present invention, can make SCP, charge respectively, satisfy the needs of operator according to contracted user to different access networks.
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Fig. 1 is the networking structure schematic diagram of GSM and WCDMA network;
Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet of the embodiment one of realization the inventive method;
Fig. 3 is the schematic flow sheet of the embodiment two of realization the inventive method.
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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Core concept of the present invention is: according to different access networks charging regulation is set in SCP; When network side receive that portable terminal sends contain Routing Area Identifier adhere to this request of request after, judge whether this user is the contracted user, if, then determine the access network of this portable terminal according to the Routing Area Identifier of this portable terminal, the SCP of network side charges to the business that this portable terminal carries out according to the pairing charging regulation of the access network of this portable terminal, otherwise, with this portable terminal as domestic consumer's processing of chargeing.
In the present invention, above-mentionedly according to different access networks charging regulation is set in SCP and can comprises two kinds of situations.
A kind of is the corresponding relation that access network sign and charging regulation are set in SCP.Like this, when the SGSN of network side receive from containing of portable terminal current place Routing Area Identifier adhere to request after, if having determined this user is the contracted user, just can directly determine the access network of this portable terminal, and send the initialization triggering message that contains this MS home network identification to SCP according to routing iinformation.After this, SCP can directly utilize the access network sign of this portable terminal of receiving, determines the charging regulation of this portable terminal correspondence, and then according to determined charging regulation this portable terminal is chargeed.
Another kind is the corresponding relation that Routing Area Identifier and charging regulation are set in SCP.Like this, when the SGSN of network side receive from containing of portable terminal current place Routing Area Identifier adhere to request after, if this user is the contracted user, then send the initialization that contains this Routing Area Identifier and trigger message to SCP, after SCP receives that this initialization triggers message, directly determine the charging regulation of the correspondence of this portable terminal, and then this portable terminal is chargeed according to determined charging regulation according to Routing Area Identifier.
Below lift specific embodiment with above-mentioned two kinds of situations respectively and describe technical scheme of the present invention in detail.
Because in packet domain, no matter be the GSM Access Network, or the UMTS Access Network, all forming by several route districts, these route districts all have globally unique sign respectively, as certain RAI are: 46000123456.Therefore, the present invention preserves the corresponding relation of all Routing Area Identifiers that GSM network identity and its comprised in SCP, and the corresponding relation of all Routing Area Identifiers of being comprised of UMTS network and its.
When CAMEL user sends when request of adhering to of containing current place Routing Area Identifier to SGSN, SGSN sends to SCP with the Routing Area Identifier at this user place, SCP is according to the Routing Area Identifier of this Routing Area Identifier inquiry self preservation and the corresponding relation of network identity, employed Access Network when determining that CAMEL user inserts, promptly this route district is in the GSM network or in the UMTS network, after finding corresponding network, SCP just can be according to the rate of this network, for this user charges.
Referring to shown in Figure 2, realize that the handling process of the specific embodiment of the inventive method may further comprise the steps:
Step 200: the corresponding relation that access network sign and charging regulation are set in SCP.
Step 201:MS sends the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to SGSN, after SGSN receives this request, judge according to Subscriber Number wherein whether this user is the contracted user, if, then send the initialization that contains this Routing Area Identifier and trigger message to SCP, otherwise, handle according to domestic consumer.
After step 202:SCP receives that this initialization triggers message, this user is carried out authentication, if authentication is passed through, then send to MS and adhere to reception message by SGSN, and determine the network type that this portable terminal inserts from the Routing Area Identifier of self preserving according to the Routing Area Identifier that initialization triggers in the message, and according to the charging regulation of type correspondence of definite access network this portable terminal is chargeed, if authentication is not passed through, then send to MS and adhere to refuse information by SGSN.
Be described in detail technical scheme of the present invention below in conjunction with Fig. 3 for embodiment two.
Present embodiment is an expansion initialization trigger point message, promptly in the message of initialization trigger point, increase the cell of a system type, be used to show that this user is from the GSM network attachment or in the UMTS network attachment, after the initial words trigger point message after SCP receives expansion, do relevant charging according to this system type parameter wherein and handle.
Table 1 is the cell of initialization trigger point message (Initial DP GPRS).Ginseng is shown in Table 1, and in the present embodiment, initialization of the prior art trigger point message is further expanded increase system type (System Type) parameter, is used to represent this MS access network type.
Referring to shown in Figure 3, present embodiment is used above-mentioned initialization trigger point message through expansion and is realized that the method that the present invention charges may further comprise the steps:
Step 300: preserve the corresponding relation that MS belonging network sign reaches the charging regulation that this network MS is implemented at SCP.
Step 301:MS sends the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to SGSN.
After step 302:SGSN receives this request, judge according to Subscriber Number wherein whether this user is the contracted user, if, then send the initialization that contains this MS access network sign and trigger message to SCP, otherwise, handle according to domestic consumer.
After step 303:SCP receives that this initialization triggers message, this user is carried out authentication, if authentication is passed through, then send to MS and adhere to reception message by SGSN, and, determining the charging regulation of this MS belonging network according to this MS access network sign, SCP charges to this MS according to determined charging regulation then, if authentication is not passed through, then send to MS and adhere to refuse information by SGSN.
In a word, the above is preferred embodiment of the present invention only, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.
Information element title (Information element name) Require (Required) Description is described
GPRS Reference Number GPRS reference value M is essential This IE consists of a number assigned by the gprsSSF.It is used for TCAP dialogue segmentation. Refer to 3GPP TS 29.078[5] this cell of for the usage of this element. comprised the data that gprsSSF (on SGSN) distributes, and is used for the burst of TCAP dialogue.
The ServiceKey service key M is essential This IE indicates to the gsmSCF the requested CAMEL Service.It is used to address the required application/SLP within the gsmSCF. shows the type of service that this user or PDP is engaged in.
System Type system type M is essential This IE indicates which Aecess type MS attach. shows that this user adheres to or adheres to from 3G (UMTS) network from 2G (GSM) network.
GPRS Event Type GPRS event type M is essential This cell of This IE indicates the armed GPRS DP event resulting in the Initial Data Event IF. has shown the GPRS incident of configuration.
MSISDN mobile phone ISDN number M is essential The ISDN number of This IE contains the basic MSISDN of the MS. mobile phone
The IMSI IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity M is essential This IE identifies the mobile subscriber. IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
Time and Time zone time and time zone M is essential This IE contains the time that the gprsSSF was triggered, and the time zone the gprsSSF resides in. time and time zone
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1, a kind of method of chargeing in intelligent network is characterized in that, the charging regulation of the access network correspondence of portable terminal is set in SCP, and this method may further comprise the steps:
A. network side receives that portable terminal sends contain Routing Area Identifier adhere to request after, judge whether this mobile phone users is the contracted user, if, then determine the access network of this portable terminal according to the Routing Area Identifier of this portable terminal, execution in step b again, otherwise, finish;
B. the SCP of network side charges to the business that this portable terminal carries out according to the pairing charging regulation of the access network of this portable terminal.
2, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the step of the charging regulation of the described access network correspondence that portable terminal is set in SCP is:
The corresponding relation of access network sign and charging regulation is set in SCP.
3, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, step a comprises:
A11, portable terminal send the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to the SGSN of network side;
After a12, SGSN receive this request, judge whether this user is the contracted user, if, then determine the access network of this portable terminal according to routing iinformation, and send the initialization contain this portable terminal home network identification to SCP and trigger message, otherwise, handle according to domestic consumer;
After a13, SCP received that this initialization triggers message, the charging regulation according to the access network of this portable terminal chargeed to this portable terminal.
4, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the step of the charging regulation of the described access network correspondence that portable terminal is set in SCP is:
The corresponding relation of Routing Area Identifier and charging regulation is set in SCP.
5, method according to claim 4 is characterized in that, comprises among the step a:
A21, portable terminal send the request of adhering to that contains current place Routing Area Identifier to the SGSN of network side;
After a22, SGSN receive this request, judge whether this user is the contracted user, if, then send the initialization that contains this Routing Area Identifier and trigger message to SCP, otherwise, finish;
After a23, SCP receive that this initialization triggers message, determine the access network of this portable terminal according to Routing Area Identifier wherein.
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