CN100574353C - Charging method based on mobile data communication network - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a kind of charging method, be used for using mobile data services to charge, comprise the corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of setting up each long-range connecting system and all kinds of charging ways the user based on mobile data communication network; Charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network is with the IP address of the long-range connecting system of user's access, and the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering under this IP address sends to charge system; Described charge system is according to the described corresponding relation of IP address lookup of the long-range connecting system of user's access, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of this IP address correspondence, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under this long-range connecting system access state in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.The present invention can realize the roamer is counted the purpose of communication expense and content fee.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the billing technology field in the communications network system, relate in particular to a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network.
Background technology
Continuous development along with the mobile data communication network technology, various mobile data services, as multimedia messaging service, MMS (MMS, Multimedia Messaging Service), location service (LCS, LocationServices), payment transaction and WAP (wireless application protocol) WAP browse service etc. thereof launch to use day by day, therefore because the continuous appearance of comparatively rich and varied mobile data services, will inevitably propose higher requirement to operation mode, particularly the charging way to operator proposes higher requirement.
For the appearance of mobile data services, mobile operator need communicate the two dimension of expense and content fee to the user who has applied for mobile data services respectively and charge, and below the definition of communication expense and content fee is introduced respectively, and is as follows:
Communication expense: mobile operator has built mobile communications network, and the user has used the mobile communications network resource, and mobile operator just need collect the Internet resources usage charges to the user, and described Internet resources usage charges are communication expense; Communication expense generally uses the flow/duration of Internet resources or monthly payment to charge according to the user.
Content fee the: because (CP of content supplier, Content Provider) for providing content resource, the user who has applied for mobile data services browses, the user has browsed the content resource that CP provides, the CP of content supplier just need collect the content resource usage charges to the user, and described content resource usage charges are content fee; The charging of content fee is handled and is acted on behalf of charge by mobile operator, and in general, content fee can charge by the flow/duration of bar (as every MMS is charged), user's browsing content resource or monthly payment mode etc.
Wherein the charging way of foregoing expense and rate can be consulted the back decision jointly by mobile operator and content supplier.
See also Fig. 1, this figure is the charge system work schematic diagram of mobile data communication network in the prior art; As shown in Figure 1, the communication expense charge information is normally at the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN of 2G network/2.5G network/3G network, Serving GPRS Support Node)/GGSN (GGSN, Gate GPRS Supporting Node)/packet data serving node (PDSN, Packet DataService Node)/network access server (NAS, Network Access Server) upward collections such as (following are long-range connecting system (RAS, Remote Access Server System) 1 with above these node unified Definition); And the content fee charge information is normally at Wireless Application Protocol Gateway (WAP GW, WirelessApplication Protocol Gateway) 2 or on service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 3, gather, and the generation ticket, and unification is unified clearing by operation subsystem (OSS).
In the charge system as shown in Figure 1, wherein WAP business (referring to that real-time requires lower business, as Email or MMS etc.) is to finish protocol conversion and agent functionality by Wireless Application Protocol Gateway WAP GW 2; But not WAP business (referring to the business that real-time is had relatively high expectations, as mobile multi-media service etc.) is without WAP GW 2, is directly sent to by long-range connecting system RAS 1 and carries out protocol analysis on service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 3; Charge system (Billing SYS, BillingSystem) 4 chargings of finishing pre-payment communication expense and content fee are handled, and the SP/CP3 and the user that will charge carried out authentication process, and finish different content chargeed and carry out wholesale price (specify a price for every type content and be the content charging wholesale price), wherein charge system Billing SYS 4 can be shared by a plurality of equipment and finishing.
Wherein the charge mode of communication expense is: gather the information that the user uses Internet resources by RAS 1, as use flow, the duration of Internet resources, and with user's relevant network information (as information such as RAS address, access codes) of surfing the Net, RAS 1 sends to Billing SYS4 with the information of gathering by the communication expense interface then, and the charging that is communicated expense by Billing SYS 4 is handled.
Wherein the charge mode of content fee is: the information (only having identified the situation of being gathered user's browsed content resource information by WAP GW 2 among Fig. 1) of being gathered user's browsing content resource by WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3.WAP GW 2 at first will obtain calling subscriber's number information, and in order to obtain calling number (MSISDN), need be from authentication, authorize, accounting server (aaa server, Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) 5 transmit the remote dial user capture (RADIUS of coming, RemoteAccess Dail-In User Service) extraction user's (MSISDN in the solicited message of agreement, the IP address) right, the packet that sends according to the user obtains user's IP address again, because the IP address is unique, so from (MSISDN, the IP address) centering can obtain calling number MSISDN, if gather content fee charging information needed, then need WAP GW 2 that the MSISDN that obtains is sent to SP/CP 3 by SP/CP3.WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 also will gather URL(uniform resource locator) (URL entrained in the user request information, Uniform Resource Locator) information, or the characteristic value of carrying among the URL (as operation code SERVER ID etc.), WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 send to Billing SYS 4 with the characteristic value of carrying among the MSISDN that collects and URL information or the URL etc. by the content fee interface, are handled by the charging that Billing SYS 4 carries out content fee according to reception information.
Relevant operation code SERVER ID can be increased in URL by SP/CP 3; Or increase in URL by door PORTAL, promptly handle visit door PORTAL earlier for the charging of content fee, in URL, increase characteristic value by PORTAL and return to WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 again.
But, because above-mentioned prior art realizes the two-dimentional charging way of communication expense and content fee in mobile data communication network, the collection of the collection of communication expense charge information and content fee charge information is separately to finish in different equipment, and the equipment of gathering the content fee charge information can not be resolved the miscellaneous service agreement, so its implementation procedure exists following inevitable defective:
1,, can not realize content fee charging processing as mobile multi-media service (comprising streaming media service, PC+ surfing Internet with cell phone business etc.) for non-WAP business without WAP GW 2;
2, when the flow rate of the flow rate of non-WAP business (as streaming media service) and WAP business is inconsistent, because RAS 1 can not resolve the type of service of different agreement, therefore the business to different agreement can not realize effective charging simultaneously;
3, for as this business of multimedia messaging service, MMS MMS by the bar communication expense, and not according to the situation of flowmeter communication expense, this charging way can only be to use the flow or the duration of Internet resources by the user that RAS 1 is gathered, deduct the flow of the shared Internet resources of each bar MMS of collection among the WAP GW 2 or the charge information that duration is used as communication expense, therefore for pressing the bar call charge service, this charging way is handled the charging of communication expense and is seemed very loaded down with trivial details.
When 4, adopting different rate modes with content, can not finish the problem of chargeing respectively for the flow of two application.
5, this charging way can not effectively solve prepaid user's real time billing problem.
The defective that the mode of mobile data services being chargeed based on above-mentioned prior art exists, the applicant has proposed to be provided with communication expense and content fee is finished by pure charge on traffic, content charge on traffic and content charging in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network ", wherein pure charge on traffic is meant that identical Internet resources use is chargeed to rate, the content charge on traffic is meant that the content resource to visiting same URL(uniform resource locator) charges, and content charging is meant that use is chargeed by bar to content resource; And setting is finished the protocol analysis that the user uses mobile data services by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network, reach and respectively the mobile data services of different agreement are carried out the collection of all kinds of charge informations, and all kinds of charge informations of gathering at the mobile data services of each agreement according to charge information collecting equipment by charge system, the mobile data services of finishing each agreement that the user is used communicate the charging processing of expense and content fee respectively, thereby have solved the defective (concrete technology implementation procedure please refer to the specific descriptions of the applicant in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network ") that above-mentioned prior art scheme is chargeed and existed mobile data services.
Though the applicant can solve above-mentioned prior art scheme at all defect that exists aspect the mobile data services charging in the technical scheme of " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network " that first to file proposes, but by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication (as long-range connecting system RAS, Internet protocol gateway IP GW etc.) finish the mobile data services that the user is used simultaneously and carry out protocol analysis, under the situation of the mobile data services of each agreement being carried out all kinds of charge informations collections respectively, should not solve on the basis that the self-technique scheme realizes in the first to file scheme, the roamer is correctly counted the purpose of communication expense and content fee, therefore this billing scheme is for the roamer, and its charging process also exists defective.
Summary of the invention
At the defective that can not realizing of existing in first to file effectively chargeed to the roamer, the present invention proposes and a kind ofly can solve the charging method of the roamer being counted communication expense and content fee based on mobile data communication network.
For addressing the above problem, the present invention proposes a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network, be used for using mobile data services to charge to the user, comprise step:
(A) set up corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of each long-range connecting system and all kinds of charging ways;
(B) receive all mobile data services by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network, all mobile data services that the user uses are carried out protocol analysis, the mobile data services of each agreement are carried out the charge information collection of all kinds of charging ways respectively; And the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user is inserted, and the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering under this IP address sends to charge system;
(C) described charge system is according to the described corresponding relation of IP address lookup of the long-range connecting system of user's access, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of this IP address correspondence, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under this long-range connecting system access state in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
Also comprise step in the wherein said step (B):
When (B-1) described charge information collecting equipment changes in the IP address of finding the long-range connecting system that the user inserts, with the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering and the IP address of two long-range connecting systems before and after changing send to described charge system;
Also comprise step in the described step (C):
(C-1) described charge system is according to reception information, by inquiring about described corresponding relation, communication expense before the IP address of finishing long-range connecting system changes and the prepaid accounting processing after the charging of content fee is handled and the IP address of long-range connecting system changes.
Also comprise step in the described step (B-1):
When (B-11) user switched between the long-range connecting system of difference, the long-range connecting system that switches to sent the charging update request information that comprises self IP address information to described charge information collecting equipment;
(B-12) described charge information collecting equipment finds that by the charging update request information that receives the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts changes.
Specifically comprise step in the described step (C-1):
(C-11) described charge system according to comprise in the reception information change before the IP address of long-range connecting system, inquire about the corresponding relation of described foundation, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of IP address of the long-range connecting system of the former access of respective user;
(C-12) according to the charge information of all kinds of charging ways that comprise in the rate of determined all kinds of charging ways and the reception information, the communication expense before the IP address that the user is carried out long-range connecting system changes and the charging of content fee are handled;
(C-13) described charge system according to comprise in the reception information change after the IP address of long-range connecting system, inquire about the corresponding relation of described foundation, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the IP address of the long-range connecting system that respective user switches to;
(C-14) calculate next section flow value or the duration value that the user can use Internet resources according to the rate of determined all kinds of charging ways and user's prepayment information.
Described step (C-14) also comprises step afterwards:
(C-15) described charge system the communication expense and the content fee information under former long-range connecting system access situation that will calculate; And
The user under the long-range connecting system access situation that switches to who calculates can use next section flow value of Internet resources or duration value to feed back to described charge information collecting equipment;
(C-16) described charge information collecting equipment is created on the charging bill under the former long-range connecting system access situation according to communication expense and the content fee information under the former long-range connecting system access situation that receive;
And can use next section flow value of Internet resources or charging that duration value continues after long-range connecting system switches to handle according to the user under the long-range connecting system access situation that switches to who receives.
When wherein the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts in the GSM mobile data communication network changes, determine the Gateway GPRS Support Node of user attaching by the serving GPRS support node of user visiting according to user's APN, determine described charge information collecting equipment by the Gateway GPRS Support Node of user attaching.
When wherein the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts in the CDMA mobile data communication network changes, determine described charge information collecting equipment according to user's APN by the group data service node or the network access server of user visiting.
Corresponding relation between the IP address of the long-range connecting system of each of wherein said foundation and the rate of all kinds of charging ways is stored in the charge system of mobile data communication network.
Wherein said all kinds of charging way comprises pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode.
Wherein said charge information collecting equipment is in the described mobile data communication network: long-range connecting system; Or Internet protocol gateway; Or the network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations that between long-range connecting system and Internet protocol gateway, increases.
The charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network is according to not finishing the defective of the roamer effectively being counted communication expense and content fee in the first to file technical scheme, proposition is provided with the corresponding relation between the rate of each long-range connecting system RAS and all kinds of charging ways, and the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user is inserted by charge information collecting equipment and all kinds of charge informations of gathering under this IP send to charge system Billing SYS, by the corresponding relation of charge system Billing SYS according to reception information and described setting, finish the meter communication expense of IP address and content fee that the user is inserted different RAS and handle, and the user switched between different RAS insert the processing of chargeing (promptly the user is roamed and charge); Thereby realized that based in the first to file technical scheme, the purpose to the roamer counts communication expense and content fee has satisfied the demand of operator to the flexible charging mode.
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Fig. 1 is the charge system work schematic diagram of mobile data communication network in the prior art;
Fig. 2 forms structural representation in the network system that first to file is implemented based on the charging method of mobile data communication network;
Fig. 3 is the main implementation procedure flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network;
Fig. 4 is the whole implementation process flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network.
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Because mobile data services operator charges to different mobile data services and there are differences, therefore and the user roams the situation that also exists rate different between different mobile data communication networks, just requires existing mobile data services operator can solve charging problem under user's roaming condition.The charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network can not effectively solve roamer's charging problem at the applicant in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network " technical scheme, and propose a kind of based in the first to file technical scheme, with the charging method based on mobile data communication network that can realize the roamer is chargeed.
At first brief description the applicant sees also Fig. 2 in the realization principle of first to file technical scheme below, and this figure forms structural representation in the network system that first to file is implemented based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Among the figure:
Long-range connecting system RAS 10: still as the connecting system of portable terminal, the collection of its charge information is as the reference information that charges, all the collection of charge information (comprises pure charge on traffic information, content charging information and/or content charge on traffic information) finish by Internet protocol gateway IP GW 20 and (also can self finish or finish by long-range connecting system RAS 10 by other network element devices that are used for all kinds of charge information collections that between RAS 10 and IP GW 20, increase, here will be used to resolve all kinds of mobile data services agreements, and the device definition that can gather all kinds of charge informations simultaneously is a charge information collecting equipment), and generate corresponding ticket.
Charge system Billing SYS 40: be used for charge information according to IP GW 20 collections, finishing the charging of pre-payment communication expense and content fee handles, and service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 30 is carried out authentication, and content charging wholesale price processing capacity (wherein Billing SYS 40 can share in a plurality of equipment and finishing, but does not influence enforcement of the present invention).
IP GW system 20: finish all mobile data services that the user is used and carry out protocol analysis, and the business of every kind of agreement is carried out the collection of pure charge on traffic information, content charging information and/or content charge on traffic information, and generate ticket; Also be used to handle the real-time report of the pure charge on traffic information of prepaid user simultaneously.
Aaa server 50: finish the butt joint access customer and carry out authentication and billing information request is transmitted processing.
Its medium-long range connecting system RAS 10 as 2G/3G network etc., can be Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN in different mobile network systems; Or be serving GPRS support node SGSN; Or be group data service node PDSN; Or be network access server NAS etc.
Based on above-mentioned technical scheme in first to file, carry out protocol analysis and respectively the mobile data services of every kind of agreement are gathered on the basis of all kinds of charge informations finishing the different mobile data services that the user is used simultaneously by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network, proposed the present invention and can solve the charge charging method based on mobile data communication network of problem of roamer.See also Fig. 3, this figure is the main implementation procedure flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Its main implementation procedure comprises the steps:
Step S10 sets up the corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of each long-range connecting system and all kinds of charging ways; Wherein the corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS of each of Jian Liing and all kinds of charging ways preferably should be stored among the charge system BillingSYS of mobile data communication network; And all kinds of charging ways that wherein all kinds of charging ways coexist and put down in writing in the first to file comprise pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode.Then each corresponding relation is as structure as described in the following table:
| The IP address of RAS | The rate of all kinds of charging |
| IP address | |
| 1 | Pure flow rate a1; Content flow rate a2; Content rate a3 |
Then corresponding a plurality of long-range connecting system RAS, set up a plurality of above-mentioned such data corresponding relations with regard to corresponding, the charge system Billing SYS that stores corresponding relation so just can be linked under the situation that other mobile data communication networks roam by the long-range connecting system RAS of difference according to the user, by charge system Billing SYS the user is roamed in different mobile data communication networks and uses other mobile data communication network resources to charge.
Step S20, the charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network is with the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS of user's access, and the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering under this IP address sends to charge system Billing SYS;
Step S30, the corresponding relation that the IP address lookup of the long-range connecting system RAS that charge system Billing SYS inserts according to the user sets in advance, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of this IP address correspondence, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under this long-range connecting system RAS access state in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
Wherein in step S2, when the charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network changes in the IP address of finding the long-range connecting system RAS that the user inserts, be in time with the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering and the IP address of two long-range connecting system RAS before and after changing send to charge system Billing SYS; When to be charge information collecting equipment in the IP address of finding the RAS that the user inserts change, just the IP address of the RAS of the former access of user and the IP address of the RAS that the user switches to are sent to Billing SYS, all kinds of charge informations that the user is gathered under the IP address of the RAS of former access also report Billing SYS simultaneously.
Wherein switch between the long-range connecting system RAS of difference when operation as the user, the long-range connecting system RAS that the user switches to can send the charging update request information that includes self IP address information (being the IP address information of the RAS that switches to of user) to charge information collecting equipment; Charge information collecting equipment finds that by the charging update request information that receives the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS that the user inserts changes.
Wherein in different mobile data communication networks, charge information collecting equipment will be determined by different modes respectively, and is as follows:
In the GSM mobile data communication network, when the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS that inserts as the user changes, GPRS (GPRS by user visiting, General PacketRadio Service) support node SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) is according to user's APN (APN, Access Point Name) determine the Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN (General Packet Radio Service) of user attaching, the Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN by user attaching determines charge information collecting equipment again.
Because roam for the user, whether the mobile data services carrier network of different regions can wait according to user's APN APN or user's access code and distinguish the user is the roamer, but being to use this mode to distinguish the user, whether to be that the roamer operates very inconvenient, here will not illustrate this mode, but main explanation is no matter whether user's APN APN or access code be identical, use universal mode to distinguish the user and whether roam, as follows:
In existing mobile data communication network, for the GSM network, for National roaming, be user's various solicited messages to be linked into the GGSN of visit, be linked on the IP GW of visit (being that example describes with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment here) by the GGSN of visit again by the SGSN of user visiting; And for international roaming, because user's APN difference, be according to user's APN user's various solicited messages to be linked into the GGSN of user attaching by the SGSN of user visiting, the GGSN by user attaching is linked into charge information collecting equipment again, on IP GW; Can certainly be linked into same GGSN according to user's APN is unified by the SGSN of user visiting, this GGSN is responsible for the GGSN that international roaming inserts, and by this GGSN user's various solicited messages is linked into IP GW again.
By top analysis as can be seen, for international roaming, the IP address of the SGSN that can insert according to the user judges whether the user roams; And be responsible for the situation that international roaming inserts by a GGSN for unified, the IP address of the GGSN that can insert according to the user judges whether the user roams, but the rate that might roam into all kinds of charging ways under the network of different operators is different, represent whether the user roams so utilize the IP address of the same GGSN that the user inserts, can not solve user's roam charge problem, so whether the IP address of the SGSN that will insert with the user comes identifying user to roam, to solve user's roam charge problem, promptly in the GSM mobile data communication network, long-range connecting system RAS described here is serving GPRS support node.
And in the CDMA mobile data communication network, when the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS that inserts as the user changes, group data service node (PDSN by user visiting, Packet Data ServingNode) or network access server (NAS, Network Access Server) determine charge information collecting equipment according to user's APN APN.
Because in existing mobile data communication network, for cdma network, if according to user's APN user's all kinds of solicited messages are linked into (being that example describes with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment) on the IP GW here by the PDSN of user visiting or NAS, just can adopt the IP address of PDSN or NAS to come identifying user whether to roam, promptly in the CDMA mobile data communication network, long-range connecting system RAS described here is group data service node PDSN or network access server NAS.
Based on above-mentioned, charge system Billing SYS also will be according to the information that self receives among the step S30, by the corresponding relation that inquiry is set up in advance, communication expense before the IP address of finishing long-range connecting system RAS changes and the prepaid accounting processing after the charging of content fee is handled and the IP address of long-range connecting system RAS changes; The concrete processing of this process is as follows:
1) charge system Billing SYS is according to the IP address of the preceding long-range connecting system RAS that changes that comprises in the reception information, the corresponding relation that inquiry is set up is in advance determined the rate of all kinds of charging ways of IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS of the former access of respective user;
2) according to 1) charge information of all kinds of charging ways that comprise in the rate of all kinds of charging ways determined and the reception information, the communication expense before the IP address that the user is carried out long-range connecting system RAS changes and the charging of content fee are handled;
3) charge system Billing SYS again according to comprise in the reception information change after the IP address of long-range connecting system RAS, the corresponding relation that inquiry is set up is in advance determined the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the IP address of the long-range connecting system RAS that respective user switches to;
4) according to 3) rate of determined all kinds of charging ways and user's prepayment information calculate next section flow value or the duration value that the user can use Internet resources;
5) charge system Billing SYS is with 2) communication expense and the content fee information under the former long-range connecting system RAS access situation that calculate, and 4) user under the long-range connecting system RAS access situation that switches to that calculates can use next section flow value of Internet resources or duration value to feed back to charge information collecting equipment simultaneously;
6) charge information collecting equipment is created on the charging bill under the former long-range connecting system RAS access situation according to communication expense and the content fee information under the former long-range connecting system RAS access situation that receive; And, continue the charging processing after long-range connecting system RAS switches according to next section flow value or duration value that the user under the long-range connecting system RAS access situation that switches to who receives can use Internet resources.
The charge information collecting equipment unanimity that charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network wherein recited above coexists and mentions in the first to file can be long-range connecting system RAS (as GGSN/SGSN/PDSN/NAS in the 2G/3G network system etc.); Or be Internet protocol gateway IP GW; Or the network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations between long-range connecting system RAS and Internet protocol gateway IP GW, increasing.
At in mobile data communication network, handle the whole process of chargeing below, the whole implementation process that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network is described in detail; See also Fig. 4, this figure is the whole implementation process flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Wherein:
Authentication/charging start information reports process:
S100, mobile station MS send connectivity request message to long-range connecting system RAS;
S101, RAS send the authentication request information of radius protocol to aaa server;
S103, the authentication response information of aaa server feedback radius protocol is given RAS;
S104:RAS begins solicited message by aaa server to the charging that Internet protocol gateway IP GW (being that example describes with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment) sends radius protocol here, and aaa server is transmitted the beginning solicited message of chargeing to IP GW;
S105, IP GW judge that draw the charging that the user sends begins not comprise in the solicited message content resource information that will visit, are under the situation of pre-payment the user simultaneously, carry out pure charge on traffic information and are reported to charge system Billing SYS;
S106, Billing SYS carries out authentication to the user, if failed authentication then process ends; If authentication is passed through, then report response message to return pure flow budget and give IP GW by pure charge on traffic information; In order to support the mobile data services of different agreement are chargeed respectively simultaneously, need be when the charging of receiving the user begins solicited message, judge that the user uses the true agreement of mobile data services, trigger pure charge on traffic information respectively according to the business of different agreement again and report (beginning).
S107, the pure charge on traffic information of IP GW feedback radius protocol reports response message to give aaa server;
S108, the pure charge on traffic information of aaa server feedback radius protocol reports response message to give RAS;
S109, RAS feedback connection request response message is given MS;
Under the roaming state all kinds of charge informations report process:
S200, mobile station MS are in the process of the content resource that access services provider/content supplier (SP/CP) provides;
S201, the IP address of the RAS that MS inserts changes, and promptly the user roams;
S202, MS switches charging update request information that the RAS be linked into sends radius protocol to aaa server, can be SGSN address mapping information in " Accounting Request Interim-Update " operations of 29061 normalized definitions as wherein charging update request information;
S203, aaa server transmit the IP GW (here with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment be example describe) of the charging update request information of radius protocol to user attaching;
S204, after the IP GW of user attaching receives charging update request information, the IP address of finding the RAS that the user inserts changes, all kinds of charge informations of user under former RAS access situation will be collected, if the user is the prepaid user, the IP address information of the RAS before and after all kinds of charge informations that IP GW will collect and user switch reports Billing SYS by roam charge information;
S205, the IP address information of RAS before and after Billing SYS switches according to the user, and in conjunction with the corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of each RAS that sets up in advance and all kinds of charging ways, judge again whether the user really roams, under the situation that the user really roams, according to the content fee and the communication expense that receive under the former RAS access of the information calculations situation; And, calculate next section time value or flow value that user under the RAS access situation that switches to can use Internet resources according to user's prepayment information; Billing SYS can use next section time value of Internet resources or flow value to report response message to feed back to IP GW by roam charge the content fee that calculates and communication expense and user;
S206, IP GW produce the user at the charging bill that takes place before RAS switches according to content fee and the communication expense information received; And the roam charge information of feedback radius protocol reports response message to give aaa server;
S207, the roam charge information of aaa server feedback radius protocol reports response message to give RAS;
S208, user visit the content resource that SP/CP provides under roaming condition;
The charging ending request reports process:
S300, MS send interrupt requests information to RAS request deexcitation;
S301～S302, RAS send the charging ending request information of radius protocol to IP GW through aaa server;
S303, IP GW feedback is chargeed and is finished response message to aaa server;
S304, IP GW gather pure charge on traffic information, if the prepaid user then reports Billing SYS with pure charge on traffic information;
S305, Billing SYS return response message and give IP GW, and IP GW produces pure charge on traffic ticket;
S306, the charging of aaa server feedback radius protocol finishes response message and gives RAS;
S307, RAS feedback interrupt response information is given MS.
In sum, the charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network is carried out protocol analysis in the mobile data services of being finished simultaneously by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network user's use, and the mobile data services of every kind of agreement are carried out the collection of all kinds of charge informations, thereby communicate by the mobile data services that charge system is finished respectively the different agreement that the user is used on the basis of charging processing of expense and content fee, under the situation that the user roams, proposed method that the mobile data services that the roamer uses are effectively chargeed, thereby satisfied the demand of operator the flexible charging mode.
The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network is used for using mobile data services to charge to the user, it is characterized in that, comprises step:
(A) set up corresponding relation between the rate of the IP address of each long-range connecting system and all kinds of charging ways;
(B) the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network receives all mobile data services, all mobile data services that the user uses are carried out protocol analysis, the mobile data services of each agreement are carried out the charge information collection of all kinds of charging ways respectively; And the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user is inserted, and the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering under this IP address sends to charge system;
(C) described charge system is according to the described corresponding relation of IP address lookup of the long-range connecting system of user's access, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of this IP address correspondence, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under this long-range connecting system access state in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
2, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises step in the described step (B):
When (B-1) described charge information collecting equipment changes in the IP address of finding the long-range connecting system that the user inserts, with the charge information of all kinds of charging ways of gathering and the IP address of two long-range connecting systems before and after changing send to described charge system;
Also comprise step in the described step (C):
(C-1) described charge system is according to reception information, by inquiring about described corresponding relation, communication expense before the IP address of finishing long-range connecting system changes and the prepaid accounting processing after the charging of content fee is handled and the IP address of long-range connecting system changes.
3, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises step in the described step (B-1):
When (B-11) user switched between the long-range connecting system of difference, the long-range connecting system that switches to sent the charging update request information that comprises self IP address information to described charge information collecting equipment;
(B-12) described charge information collecting equipment finds that by the charging update request information that receives the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts changes.
4, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 2 is characterized in that, specifically comprises step in the described step (C-1):
(C-11) described charge system according to comprise in the reception information change before the IP address of long-range connecting system, inquire about the corresponding relation of described foundation, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of IP address of the long-range connecting system of the former access of respective user;
(C-12) according to the charge information of all kinds of charging ways that comprise in the rate of determined all kinds of charging ways and the reception information, the communication expense before the IP address that the user is carried out long-range connecting system changes and the charging of content fee are handled;
(C-13) described charge system according to comprise in the reception information change after the IP address of long-range connecting system, inquire about the corresponding relation of described foundation, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the IP address of the long-range connecting system that respective user switches to;
(C-14) calculate next section flow value or the duration value that the user can use Internet resources according to the rate of determined all kinds of charging ways and user's prepayment information.
5, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 4 is characterized in that, described step (C-14) also comprises step afterwards:
(C-15) described charge system the communication expense and the content fee information under former long-range connecting system access situation that will calculate; And
The user under the long-range connecting system access situation that switches to who calculates can use next section flow value of Internet resources or duration value to feed back to described charge information collecting equipment;
(C-16) described charge information collecting equipment is created on the charging bill under the former long-range connecting system access situation according to communication expense and the content fee information under the former long-range connecting system access situation that receive;
And can use next section flow value of Internet resources or charging that duration value continues after long-range connecting system switches to handle according to the user under the long-range connecting system access situation that switches to who receives.
6, according to claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described charging methods based on mobile data communication network, it is characterized in that, when the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts in the GSM mobile data communication network changes, determine the Gateway GPRS Support Node of user attaching by the serving GPRS support node of user visiting according to user's APN, determine described charge information collecting equipment by the Gateway GPRS Support Node of user attaching.
7, according to claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described charging methods based on mobile data communication network, it is characterized in that, when the IP address of the long-range connecting system that the user inserts in the CDMA mobile data communication network changes, determine described charge information collecting equipment according to user's APN by the group data service node or the network access server of user visiting.
8, according to claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described charging methods based on mobile data communication network, it is characterized in that the corresponding relation between the IP address of the long-range connecting system of each of described foundation and the rate of all kinds of charging ways is stored in the charge system of mobile data communication network.
9, according to claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described charging methods, it is characterized in that described all kinds of charging ways comprise pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode based on mobile data communication network.
10, according to claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described charging methods, it is characterized in that described charge information collecting equipment is in the described mobile data communication network based on mobile data communication network:
Long-range connecting system; Or
The Internet protocol gateway; Or
The network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations that between long-range connecting system and Internet protocol gateway, increases.
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