CN101159565A - Service data flow based load charging information gathering method - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a load charging message collection method based on a service data stream, which is used in a charging system FBC based on the service data stream. A transmission face functional entity TPF, based on an indication message from a charging rule functional entity CRF, judges whether to generate a charging message with respect to a service data stream using the corresponding charging rule, if it is, the CRF generates the charging message with respect to the statistical result of the service data stream and reports to a functional entity related to the charging, otherwise, the CRF doesn't generate the charging message with respect to the statistical result of the service data stream. Therefore, TPF is allowed to execute the necessary charging operation without generating the service data stream of charging message and generating charging message, so that the TPF burden is reduced and the system efficiency is increased.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the billing technology of packet wireless business, be meant a kind of bearing charging information collection method especially based on business data flow.
Background technology
Along with the continuous expansion of general packet radio service gprs range of application, mobile pocket data business is chargeed reasonably and accurately, become the problem of mobile operator common concern.
Present GPRS network can only recognize APN APN and this rank of block data protocol context PDP Context at customer traffic, yet a plurality of business data flows parallel in the reality are (for a Packet data service, the data volume that the user uses this business to consume is called business data flow Service Data Flow, a business data flow is by a plurality of packet data streams, be that IP traffic is formed, a PDP context can carry a plurality of different business) use same PDP Context carrying probably, and different business may adopt different charging ways.At above-mentioned situation, 3GPP has proposed a kind of new GPRS carrying billing structure, adopts a kind of charging method FBC based on business data flow.Obviously, based on the charging granularity of business data flow less than charging granularity based on PDP context, thereby make operator and service provider can take the more charging means of horn of plenty.
According to agreement 3GPP TS23.125, above-mentioned FBC is described below.The system configuration of FBC as shown in Figure 1, 2, wherein Fig. 1 mainly comprises Online Charging System OCS, charging regulation function entity CRF, transmission surface function entity TPF and Application Function AF for supporting the FBC system construction drawing of online charging.Fig. 2 mainly comprises CRF, TPF, AF and charging gateway function body/Charging Collection Function entity CGF/CCF for supporting the FBC system construction drawing of offline charging.
Based on above-mentioned FBC system configuration, each functional entity of forming charge system is described respectively below.
1、TPF
TPF is the functional entity of loaded packet data stream, can distinguish the grouping bag that belongs to the different business data flow, be used for offline charging information gathering and carry out online credit control, when carrying changes, foundation such as carrying, in modification and the delete procedure, TPF asks charging regulation by the Gx interface to CRF, can carry in the message: the information that the user is relevant with terminal is (as Mobile Subscriber International ISDN number MSISDN, International Mobile Station Equipment Identification and service release IMEISV), the information (as Mobile Network Code MNC, Mobile Country Code MCC MCC) that bearer properties (QoS information) and network are relevant.According to the charging regulation that CRF returns, TPF carries out packet filtering on the corresponding service data flow and metering data is collected.
A TPF can be selected according to the identification information of UE by one or more CRF service, supports predefined charging regulation and predefined filter.
2、CRF
CRF is a functional entity of preserving charging regulation, support dynamically the charging regulation of (generating some charging regulation data in real time) and static state (use the user charging regulation is unalterable in the data service process, static charging regulation can be activated dynamically) according to professional criterion.CRF can choose suitable charging regulation according to the input information from TPF, AF and OCS that receives, and in the TPF request or when specific events trigger is arranged the charging regulation of choosing is sent to TPF.
A CRF can corresponding a plurality of TPF.
3、AF
AF represents all and uses relevant functional entity, it can be operator oneself, also can be the third party service provider, AF provides corresponding information to CRF, make CRF can select or dispose corresponding charging regulation, the information that AF provides comprises: the identification information of business data flow (can wildcard); The information that charging regulation is selected; Application/service identification, application/service billing rule trigger event, stream type (video, audio frequency) (optional), flow rate (optional).
An AF can be corresponding to a plurality of CRF.AF can select CRF to carry out alternately according to the identification information of UE.
4、CC
CC is a functional entity of carrying out credit control, only is used for Online Charging System, is to realize by increase new function in existing OCS, and by the Ry interface, OCS can provide the input information of charging regulation selection to CRF.
5、CCF/CGF
These two functional entitys are used for off-line accounting system, can continue to use the realization in the existing GPRS network charging.
If bearer network is a GPRS network, then TPF is positioned at the GGSN place, and AF is a Service Gateway among the PDN, or service server, and AF is exactly P-CSCF when IP Multimedia System IMS is carried on the GPRS network, and CRF is newly-increased logic entity.
This charging method also can be applied in the network configuration of 3GPP2 and WLAN (wireless local area network) WLAN.
Below based on above-mentioned FBC system configuration, the realization flow of offline charging and online charging method is described respectively, Figure 3 shows that the off-line accounting method flow chart, specifically comprise the steps: in step 301～step 302, UE sends to TPF and sets up bearing request message, TPF sends the charging regulation solicited message to CRF after receiving carrying foundation request.
In step 303～step 304, the relevant information from TPF, AF that CRF comprehensively receives is selected charging regulation, and the charging regulation of choosing is handed down to TPF.The content of charging regulation comprises: the charging way (online charging or offline charging) of particular traffic data stream, the recording mode (pressing flow, duration and flow and duration) of offline charging, charging key, business datum flow filter, priority and charging regulation sign.
In step 305～step 306, TPF carries out and uses or deletion action according to the operation indication of the charging regulation that receives, and sends carrying to UE then and sets up successful response.
In step 307～step 308, UE receives after carrying sets up success response, carries out business data transmission, and TPF generates charge information to the statistics of the business data flow of using this charging regulation, reports the final CDR that the charging related functional entities generates the user.
The charging related functional entities can comprise charging gateway CG and Fare Collection System BS, delivers to BS after by CG the charge information of receiving being merged, and generates final ticket by BS.Above-described charge information is the ensemble of communication relevant with charging that generates according to certain format, and in gprs system, this charge information is call details record CDR.
Figure 4 shows that the online charging method flow diagram, specifically comprise the steps:
In step 401～step 402, UE sends to TPF and sets up bearing request message, and TPF sends the charging regulation solicited message to CRF after receiving carrying foundation request.
In step 403～step 404, the relevant information from TPF, AF and OCS that CRF comprehensively receives is selected charging regulation, and the charging regulation of choosing is handed down to TPF.The content of charging regulation comprises: the charging way (online charging or offline charging) of particular traffic data stream, the recording mode (pressing flow, duration and flow and duration) of offline charging, charging key, business datum flow filter, priority and charging regulation sign.
In step 405, TPF carries out and uses or deletion action according to the operation indication of the charging regulation that receives.
In step 406～step 408, TPF sends credit request information to OCS, and OCS provides and this user's associated credit information to TPF, and TPF sends carrying to UE and sets up successful response then.
In step 409～step 410, UE receives after carrying sets up success response, carries out business data transmission, and TPF generates charge information to the statistics of the business data flow of using this charging regulation, reports the final CDR that the charging related functional entities generates the user.
The said method flow process has only illustrated that TPF was to the situation of CRF request charging regulation when carrying was set up, in addition, when bearing modification or deleting load-bearing etc. relates to carrying use variation, also can cause the variation of corresponding charging regulation, at this moment TPF also needs to initiate the charging regulation request message to CRF, according to selecting, determine whether to implement new charging regulation by CRF from the information of TPF, AF and OCS.
In addition, ask the charging regulation to CRF by TPF except that above-mentioned, AF and OCS also can provide the input information of selecting charging regulation to CRF separately, wherein the information that provides of AF is professional relevant with application layer, the information that OCS provides is then relevant with the credit of business in the online charging, the CRF charging regulation that certain business data flow carrying is chargeed and be implemented according to the information available comprehensive selection.
In the content of above-mentioned charging regulation, filter is used to distinguish the packet data package that belongs to a particular traffic data stream, its basic comprising is the IP five-tuple, comprises source IP address, purpose IP address, source port number, destination slogan, host-host protocol number or application protocol number; The charging key is used for determining rate; Priority is used for when charging regulation is overlapping, determines to use which charging regulation; The charging regulation sign, be used to identify specific charging regulation, be mainly used in CRF when TPF issues charging regulation, if stored corresponding charging regulation among the TPF, CRF just there is no need to issue complete charging regulation at every turn and gives TPF, and only needs and will be handed down to TPF corresponding to the charging regulation sign of this charging regulation.
The step 307～step 308 from above-mentioned offline charging flow process and the step 409～step 410 of online charging flow process are as can be seen, TPF is according to the charging regulation that receives, after the business data flow of process filtered, can collect bearing charging information, then the charge information of collecting is added up, reported the charging related functional entities according to certain form at last and generate final ticket.Yet the bearing charging information that TPF collects and reports, differing, it is helpful to establish a capital generating end user's ticket.For example, when the user uses certain business, use online charging, realization according to online charging, OCS can monitor in real time to user's account, give the final CDR that the charging related functional entities produces the user with the charge information that produces then, and meanwhile, TPF has also collected the bearing charging information that can access and has reported the charging related functional entities.Because TPF does not have user's account information, so the bearing charging information of collecting does not have the information of OCS comprehensive, and when TPF and OCS belong to consolidated network, TPF collect and the user's that reports charge information just utterly useless, even be sent to the charging related functional entities, also can be dropped, in this case, be tantamount to increase in vain the load of TPF equipment.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of bearing charging information collection method based on business data flow, not influencing on the existing basis of realizing based on service data flow charge, optimizes the billing operation that TPF carries out by this method.
In order to achieve the above object, the bearing charging information collection method based on business data flow of the present invention comprises the steps: at least
A, transmission surface function entity TPF are according to the indication information from charging regulation function entity CRF, judge whether the business data flow of using corresponding charging regulation is produced charge information, if, then the statistics of this business data flow is generated charge information and reports the charging related functional entities, otherwise the statistics of this business data flow is not generated charge information.
In said method, described indication information is to carry the charging regulation that the CRF that whether produces charge information indication chooses.
In said method, described indication information comprises the charging regulation that the CRF that issues side by side chooses and whether produces the charge information indication.
In said method, store charging regulation among the TPF, described indication information is the sign of the charging regulation chosen of CRF and corresponding to the whether generation charge information indication of the charging regulation of choosing.
In said method, store charging regulation among the TPF and corresponding to the whether generation charge information indication of this charging regulation, described indication information is the sign of the charging regulation chosen of CRF.
In said method, further comprise before the described steps A: TPF sends the charging regulation request to CRF.
In said method, further comprise before the described steps A: AF sends the input information that is used for determining charging regulation to CRF, and CRF determines indication information according to described input information.
In said method, under the online charging situation, further comprise before the described steps A: OCS sends the input information that is used for determining charging regulation to CRF, and CRF determines indication information according to described input information.
In said method, described indication information determines that according to TPF, AF or OCS being used for of providing the input information of charging regulation determines by CRF.
In sum, in the methods of the invention, TPF is according to the indication information from CRF, judge whether the business data flow of using corresponding charging regulation is produced charge information, if, then the statistics to this business data flow generates charge information and reports the charging related functional entities, otherwise the statistics of this business data flow is not generated charge information.Thereby make TPF only need carry out necessary billing operation, and the business data flow that needn't produce charge information is not generated charge information, alleviated the burden of TPF, improved the efficient of system.
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Fig. 1 is for supporting the FBC system construction drawing of online charging.
Fig. 2 is for supporting the FBC system construction drawing of offline charging.
Fig. 3 is based on the off-line accounting method flow chart of FBC system in the prior art.
Fig. 4 is based on the online charging method flow diagram of FBC system in the prior art.
Fig. 5 is the FBC online charging method flow diagram of the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is the FBC off-line accounting method flow chart of the embodiment of the invention.
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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.
Main thought of the present invention: transmission surface function entity TPF is according to the indication information from CRF, judge whether the business data flow of using corresponding charging regulation is produced charge information, if, then the statistics to this business data flow generates charge information and reports the charging related functional entities, otherwise the statistics of this business data flow is not generated charge information.
Further specify the present invention below in conjunction with specific embodiment.
In the present embodiment, network related information in the charging regulation request message that CRF reports according to TPF, as Mobile Country Code MCC MCC and Mobile Network Code MNC, judge that oneself and TPF belong in the same Operation Network, and this user is the prepaid user, and its all professional charging ways all are online chargings.Therefore, CRF decision control TPF uses when business that charging regulation uses this user is chargeed and does not produce charge information, therefore will produce charge information and indicate and be handed down to TPF in the middle of being carried at the charging regulation of choosing.All charge informations are all collected by OCS.The method flow diagram of present embodiment specifically comprises the steps: as shown in Figure 5
In step 501～step 502, UE sends to TPF and sets up bearing request message, and TPF sends the charging regulation solicited message to CRF after receiving carrying foundation request.
In step 503～step 504, CRF selects charging regulation in conjunction with what receive from the relevant information of TPF, AF and OCS, and the value that will whether produce the charge information indication is made as and do not produce, and is carried at then in the charging regulation of choosing and is handed down to TPF.
In step 505, TPF carries out application or deletion action according to the operation indication of the charging regulation that receives to corresponding charging regulation.
In step 506～step 508, TPF sends credit request information to OCS, and OCS provides associated credit to TPF, and TPF sends carrying to UE and sets up successful response then.
In step 509～step 510, UE receive the carrying set up success response after, carry out business data transmission, TPF is according to the value (not producing) that whether produces charge information indication that is carried in the charging regulation of choosing, and the statistics of the business data flow of using this charging regulation is not generated charge information.
In above-mentioned steps 503～step 504, if stored certain charging regulation among the TPF, as be pre-configured to be among the TPF and comprising to using the whether generation charge information indication of this charging regulation, the CRF charging regulation that can only issue this charging regulation correspondence identifies to TPF so, TPF finds corresponding charging regulation according to the charging regulation sign, operation indication according to charging regulation, carry out to use or the operation of deletion, whether generate charge information and give the charging related functional entities according to whether producing charge information indication decision simultaneously.
Below by an embodiment another kind of implementation method of the present invention is described.Considering in the professional or user's of a class the connection can applicable charging regulation more than one, but every this class business data flow professional or this user that belongs to can not produce charge information, at this moment whether producing the charge information indication just can be applied on many charging regulations simultaneously, therefore whether this can be produced the charge information indication and be associated, be handed down to TPF side by side with many charging regulations.
In the present embodiment, user's business of networking charging way is that monthly payment is chargeed, no matter whether this user used this business in one month so, how long use and how many business datum amounts has, operator all can collect fixing expense to this user.In this case, use business for this user, charge system can select not produce charge information, and this user uses all expenses that carrying takes place to collect by other modes.The method flow diagram of present embodiment specifically comprises the steps: as shown in Figure 6
In step 601～step 602, UE sends to TPF and sets up bearing request message, and TPF sends the charging regulation solicited message to CRF after receiving carrying foundation request.
In step 603～step 604, CRF selects charging regulation in conjunction with the relevant information from TPF, AF that receives, and the value that will whether produce charge information indication is made as and does not produce, to whether produce charge information indication (not producing) then and be associated, be handed down to TPF side by side with one or more charging regulation of choosing.
In step 605～step 606, TPF carries out application or deletion action according to the operation indication of the charging regulation that receives to corresponding charging regulation, and sets up successful response to UE transmission carrying.
In step 607～step 608, UE receive the carrying set up success response after, carry out business data transmission, TPF is according to the value (not producing) that whether produces charge information indication that is carried in the charging regulation of choosing, and the statistics of the business data flow of using corresponding charging regulation is not generated charge information.
In above-mentioned steps 603～step 604, if stored some charging regulation among the TPF, as be pre-configured to be among the TPF, be provided with simultaneously whether the business data flow of using these charging regulations is produced the charge information indication, the charging regulation that CRF can only issue these charging regulation correspondences in the step 604 identifies to TPF so, TPF finds corresponding charging regulation according to the charging regulation sign, operation indication according to charging regulation, carry out to use or the action of deletion, whether generate charge information and give the charging related functional entities according to whether producing charge information indication decision simultaneously.
In implementation procedure corresponding to the embodiment of Fig. 6, if stored some charging regulation among the TPF, but be provided with whether the business data flow of using these charging regulations is not produced the charge information indication, CRF can issue simultaneously and whether produce charge information with the corresponding charging regulation of these charging regulations sign and the business data flow of using these charging regulations and indicate to TPF so, TPF finds corresponding charging regulation according to the charging regulation sign, operation indication according to charging regulation, carry out to use or the action of deletion, whether generate charge information and give the charging related functional entities according to whether producing charge information indication decision simultaneously.
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.
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1. the bearing charging information collection method based on business data flow is applied to based in the business data flow carrying charge system, and this method comprises at least:
A, transmission surface function entity TPF are according to the indication information from charging regulation function entity CRF, judge whether the business data flow of using corresponding charging regulation is produced charge information, if, then the statistics of this business data flow is generated charge information and reports the charging related functional entities, otherwise the statistics of this business data flow is not generated charge information.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described indication information is to carry the charging regulation that the CRF that whether produces charge information indication chooses.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described indication information comprises the charging regulation that the CRF that issues side by side chooses and whether produces the charge information indication.
4. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: store charging regulation among the TPF, described indication information is the sign of the charging regulation chosen of CRF and corresponding to the whether generation charge information indication of the charging regulation of choosing.
5. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: store charging regulation among the TPF and corresponding to the whether generation charge information indication of this charging regulation, described indication information is the sign of the charging regulation chosen of CRF.
6. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: further comprise before the described steps A: TPF sends the charging regulation request to CRF.
7. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: further comprise before the described steps A: AF sends the input information that is used for determining charging regulation to CRF, and CRF determines indication information according to described input information.
8. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: under the online charging situation, further comprise before the described steps A: OCS sends the input information that is used for determining charging regulation to CRF, and CRF determines indication information according to described input information.
9. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described indication information determines that according to TPF, AF or OCS being used for of providing the input information of charging regulation determines by CRF.
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