CN101212781A - Prepaid data service billing method for mobile terminal in roaming state - Google Patents

Prepaid data service billing method for mobile terminal in roaming state Download PDF

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CN101212781A
CN101212781A CNA2006101562088A CN200610156208A CN101212781A CN 101212781 A CN101212781 A CN 101212781A CN A2006101562088 A CNA2006101562088 A CN A2006101562088A CN 200610156208 A CN200610156208 A CN 200610156208A CN 101212781 A CN101212781 A CN 101212781A
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The invention relates to an accounting method for prepaid data services under roaming state of a mobile terminal, which comprises the following steps: (a) a user terminal requests to be accessed to the network access server of a visited place; after the access server of the visited place receives the information, access request information can be sent through an authentication, authorization and accounting server to ask a prepaid server to distribute quota for users, and the request information carries out user roaming information; (b) the prepaid server searches for the accounting information of the user; according to user foaming information and foaming accounting policy, the user data service rate can be determined, so as to distribute data service quota for users and lead the data service authorization information carrying quota information to get back to the access server of the visited place through the authentication, authorization and accounting server; (c) after the access server of the visited place receives the data service authorization informant, the user terminal accessing data service is permitted;(d) after the data service in user terminal is finished, the access server of visited place can get the user quota using condition back to the prepaid server which begins to count.

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The implementation method of prepaid data service billing under a kind of roaming state of mobile terminal
Technical field
The present invention relates to the method that the user charges in the field of mobile communication, particularly relate to the charging method of user under the roaming state of mobile terminal.
Background technology
The prepayment service of voice requires the mobile subscriber to buy the duration of call that is worth certain amount of money in advance, and when the user used, the mobile network carried out real time billing to it, deducts this duration of call in the duration of call of buying in advance, exhausts up to advance payment.After advance payment used up, the mobile network notified the user need buy the duration of call again.The user can continue to pay dues for again its number of the account, continues to use mobile service.
Along with the development and the developing of data service, for the user provides the quality data value-added service, need to solve the real time billing problem of prepaid data service-user for better.The expense of a certain amount of service of prepaid data service request user's prepayment is for example bought the service of certain time length, perhaps buys the service of certain flow.
The realization of the professional real time billing of prepaid data has solved individual user in the past and has utilized the charge problem of time-delay leak overdraw of system.Operator is by carrying out the prepaid data business, can be different user seriation, personalized charging way and marketing methods based on types such as flow, duration, period, the account amount of money, set meals are provided.
Packet-based prepayment business (Packet Prepaid Service) is that a kind of network user pays dues earlier, the maintenance customer's of operator accounts information, and the user enjoys the business of packet data service according to account balance.
Prepaid server (Prepaid Server is called for short PPS) is account balance and a state of being responsible for the maintenance customer, finishes prepaid user's the authentication and the entity of charging alternately with prepayment client (Prepaid Client is called for short PPC).
Prepayment client (Prepaid Client) is that the request prepaid server is authorized user's prepayment service in the core net, to the entity of user's operating position real-time tracking and processing.
Because pre-payment is that the user is used the data service real-time deduction, therefore except considering the charging of user in home network, also need the problem of considering how the user charges under roaming state, also the user is not used the charging method of prepaid data business at present under roaming state.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide the implementation method of prepaid accounting under a kind of roaming state of mobile terminal.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the invention provides the method for prepaid data service billing under a kind of roaming state of mobile terminal, may further comprise the steps:
(a) user terminal requests is linked into visit ground access server, visit ground access server sends the access request message by authentication, mandate and accounting server after receiving message, to the prepaid server request is user's allocated quotas, carries user's roaming information in the message;
(b) after prepaid server is received request message, search described user's accounts information, determine the rate of user data service according to user roaming information and roam charge strategy, be the professional quota of described user's distribute data, the data service authorization message that carries quota information is returned visit ground access server by authentication, mandate and accounting server;
(c) after visit ground access server is received the data service authorization messages, allow user terminal to insert data service;
When (d) data service of user terminal finished, visit ground access server returned to prepaid server with user's Quota Usage, is chargeed by prepaid server.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: the user is in carrying out the prepaid data business procedure, visit ground access server is initiated the quota update request according to Quota Usage, send to prepaid server by authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry Quota Usage in the quota update request, after prepaid server is received the quota update request, described user's data business is chargeed, and, return to visit ground access server by authentication, mandate and accounting server according to the rate quota of determining new for the user distributes.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: when described Quota Usage is meant and has used thresholding and user and still require to continue data service for described user's allocated quota.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: described authentication, mandate and accounting server comprise visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server, authentication, mandate and accounting server in the middle of perhaps also comprising.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: described step (a) further comprises: (a1) user terminal requests is linked into visit ground access server; (a2) visit ground access server sends to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and inserts request message; (a3) visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server will insert request message and be transmitted to ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry user roaming information in the message; (a4) after ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server are received and inserted request message, the user is carried out authentication, authentication is user's allocated quotas by back request prepaid server, carries user roaming information in the message.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: described user roaming information comprises the information on visit ground or the information on user ID and visit ground.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: the information on described visit ground comprises following one or more: the IP address of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground Access Network; Described user ID is following one or more: network access Identifier NAI, Mobile Directory Number MDN, international mobile subscriber identity IMSI, mobile identification number MIN, user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number IRM, mobile device sign MEID, or Electronic Serial Number ESN.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: in described step (b), described quota is flow or duration.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics: described method is applicable in the code division multiple access system that described visit ground access server is visited the ground packet data serving node down for user's roaming condition; Described user roaming information is visit ground information or user ID and visit ground information, the information on described visit ground comprises following one or more: the IP address of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground Access Network; Described user ID is following one or more: international mobile subscriber identity IMSI, identification number of mobile subscriber MIN, user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number IRM, travelling carriage number MDN.
The invention solves in the prepaid data business, under roaming state, realize the method that pre-payment is deducted fees.Be carrying out of prepaid data business, the charging policy under a kind of roaming condition is provided.
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Fig. 1 is the payment system network structure;
The prepaid data business was set up flow chart when Fig. 2 roamed for the user;
Fig. 3 is pre-payment roaming access process figure in cdma system.
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Describe the present invention below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, but not as a limitation of the invention.
See also shown in Figure 1, for the payment system network configuration that realizes prepaid services comprises: prepaid user 11, access server 12, visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server 13, middle authentication, mandate and accounting server 14, ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server 15 and prepaid server 16.Wherein:
Prepaid user 11 adopts the prepayment mode connecting system.
Access server 12, access server provides the prepaid data service access for the user, bears the function of prepayment client simultaneously; During the user uses data service, the user is carried out real-time pre-payment control, regularly feedback user Quota Usage.
When the user roams into outer net, access server 12 sends and inserts request message to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server 13, to insert request message by visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and send to ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server 15, the access request message of forwarding can arrive ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server by middle authentication, mandate and accounting server 14.
Ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server 15 carry out authentication for the user, if the user is the prepaid user, will send a message to the prepayment information of process user on the prepaid server 16.Prepaid server and ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server can be unified realization, also can be separately an entity.
The professional flow process of setting up of prepaid data may further comprise the steps when as shown in Figure 2, the user roamed:
Step 201, prepaid user's terminal request insert visit ground access server;
Step 202, visit ground access server send to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and insert request message;
Step 203, visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server will insert request message and be transmitted to ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry user roaming information in the message;
Described roaming information comprises the information on visit ground, perhaps can also comprise user ID.The information on described visit ground can comprise following one or more: IP (InternetProtocol) address of visit ground access server, the identification information of the identification information of visit ground access server, visit ground Access Network.Described user ID can comprise following one or more: NAI (Network Access Identify, network access Identifier), MDN (Mobile Directory Number, Mobile Directory Number), IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity, international mobile subscriber identity), MIN (Mobile Identification Number, mobile identification number), IRM (InternationalRoaming Mobile Identification Number, user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number), MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifier, the mobile device sign), ESN (Electronic SerialNumber, Electronic Serial Number);
Step 204, ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server are carried out authentication to the user, if authentication is passed through execution in step 205, otherwise execution in step 206 after receiving and inserting request message;
Step 205, ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server request prepaid server are user's allocated quotas, carry user roaming information in the message, prepaid server is user's allocated quotas; Prepaid server is searched this user's accounts information, account is legal, the rate that to determine user data service according to user's roaming information and roam charge strategy, give prepaid user's allocated quotas (flow or duration), and send the data service authorization messages to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry user's quota information in the message, change step 207;
Step 206, ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server are directly returned failed authentication message and are given visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server;
Step 207, visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server are transmitted authenticating result message and are given visit ground access server;
Step 208, visit ground access server is received authenticating result message, carries out the control of prepaid data business, the use of permission or refusing user's data service.
The prepayment service control that visit ground access server carries out comprises and regularly Quota Usage is fed back to prepaid server to carry out deducting fees of pre-payment.
The user is in carrying out the prepaid data business procedure, visit ground access server is initiated the quota update request according to Quota Usage (when having used thresholding and user and still require to continue data service as institute's allocation), send to prepaid server by authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry Quota Usage in the quota update request, prepaid server is deducted fees, and, return to visit ground access server by authentication, mandate and accounting server according to the rate quota of determining new for the user distributes.
During user's prepaid data service ending (as having used because of quota or the user is normal or improper rolling off the production line), visit ground access server feeds back to prepaid server with user's Quota Usage and charges.
Fig. 3 is pre-payment roaming access process figure in CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access, code division multiple access) system.In the cdma system, access server be packet data serving node (Packet Data Service Node, PDSN).If will realize the prepaid data business, (Home Agent HA) can bear prepayment client for packet data serving node or home agent; Prepaid server can realize with ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server unification, also can set up separately.In the present embodiment, packet data serving node has been born the function of access server and prepayment client, and prepaid server and authentication, mandate and accounting server set up separately; Wherein user roaming information is visit ground information, perhaps can also comprise user ID MSID (Mobile Subscriber Identifier), user ID MSID can be IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) or MIN (identification number of mobile subscriber) or IRM (user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number) or MDN (travelling carriage number).
This flow process comprises that specifically step is as follows:
Step 301,31 requests of prepaid user's terminal insert visit ground packet data serving node 32;
Step 302, visit ground packet data serving node send and insert request message to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server 33;
Step 303, visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server are transmitted and are inserted request message to ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server 34, carry user roaming information in the message;
Step 304, ownership place authentication, mandate and the success of accounting server authentication user send message to prepaid server 35 request allocated quotas, carry user roaming information in the message;
Step 305, prepaid server is searched user account information, the rate of determining user data service according to user's roaming information and roam charge strategy, give prepaid user's allocated quotas, authorization messages to ownership place authentication, mandate and the relevant prepaid data business of accounting server transmission carries promising this user's allocated quota in the message;
Step 306, ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server send accepts message to visit ground packet data serving node, and message is carried promising this user's allocated quota;
Step 307, visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server are transmitted and are accepted message packet data serving node with sending to visit;
Step 308, visit ground packet data serving node allows user terminal to insert, and carries out the control of prepaid data business according to the Authorization result of prepaid data business.
The invention provides a kind of method that pre-payment is deducted fees that under roaming state, realizes, make when the user carries out the prepaid data business, can determine a suitable rate, be user's allocated quotas, and deduct fees according to user's roaming information.This carries out for the prepaid data business, provides convenience.
Certainly; the present invention also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art work as can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the present invention.

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1. the method for prepaid data service billing under the roaming state of mobile terminal may further comprise the steps:
(a) user terminal requests is linked into visit ground access server, visit ground access server sends the access request message by authentication, mandate and accounting server after receiving message, to the prepaid server request is user's allocated quotas, carries user's roaming information in the message;
(b) after prepaid server is received request message, search described user's accounts information, determine the rate of user data service according to user roaming information and roam charge strategy, be the professional quota of described user's distribute data, the data service authorization message that carries quota information is returned visit ground access server by authentication, mandate and accounting server;
(c) after visit ground access server is received the data service authorization messages, allow user terminal to insert data service;
When (d) data service of user terminal finished, visit ground access server returned to prepaid server with user's Quota Usage, is chargeed by prepaid server.
2. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, the user is in carrying out the prepaid data business procedure, visit ground access server is initiated the quota update request according to Quota Usage, send to prepaid server by authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry Quota Usage in the quota update request, after prepaid server is received the quota update request, described user's data business is chargeed, and, return to visit ground access server by authentication, mandate and accounting server according to the rate quota of determining new for the user distributes.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, when described Quota Usage is meant and has used thresholding and user and still require to continue data service for described user's allocated quota.
4. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, described authentication, mandate and accounting server comprise visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server, authentication, mandate and accounting server in the middle of perhaps also comprising.
5. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described step (a) further comprises:
(a1) user terminal requests is linked into visit ground access server;
(a2) visit ground access server sends to visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server and inserts request message;
(a3) visit ground authentication, mandate and accounting server will insert request message and be transmitted to ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server, carry user roaming information in the message;
(a4) after ownership place authentication, mandate and accounting server are received and inserted request message, the user is carried out authentication, authentication is user's allocated quotas by back request prepaid server, carries user roaming information in the message.
6. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described user roaming information comprises the information on visit ground or the information on user ID and visit ground.
7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the information on described visit ground comprises following one or more: the IP address of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground Access Network; Described user ID is following one or more: network access Identifier NAI, Mobile Directory Number MDN, international mobile subscriber identity IMSI, mobile identification number MIN, user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number IRM, mobile device sign MEID, Electronic Serial Number ESN.
8. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, in described step (b), described quota is flow or duration.
9. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described method is applicable in the code division multiple access system that described visit ground access server is visited the ground packet data serving node down for user's roaming condition; Described user roaming information is visit ground information or user ID and visit ground information, the information on described visit ground comprises following one or more: the IP address of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground access server, the identification information of visit ground Access Network; Described user ID is following one or more: international mobile subscriber identity IMSI, identification number of mobile subscriber MIN, user international roaming action recognition sign indicating number IRM, travelling carriage number MDN.
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