CN101442733A - Processing method, apparatus and system for charging communication network - Google Patents
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The embodiment of the invention provides a communication network charging processing method, device and system. The communication network charging processing method comprises: when service value of user network requested for service access exceeds united charging limit, reporting charging data according to normal charging threshold; when service value of user network requested for service access does not exceed united charging limit, reporting the charging data according to remaining charging threshold acquired by computing the united charging limit and user network service value. The embodiment of the invention also provides a communication network charging processing device and system. In the invention, the system and device first judges if the network service value of user exceeds the same charging limit and reports charging data using separately two kinds of charging threshold, and reduces reporting times for charging data.
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The embodiment of the invention relates to communication technical field, particularly a kind of charging communication network processing method, device and system.
Background technology
At third generation partner program (3rd Generation Partner Project, hereinafter to be referred as: GPRS (General Packet Radio Service 3GPP), hereinafter to be referred as: GPRS) and universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem, hereinafter to be referred as: UMTS) in the network, Gateway GPRS Support Node (Gateway GPRSSupport Node, hereinafter to be referred as: GGSN) be GPRS/UMTS packet domain core network network equipment, mainly finish the route and the forwarding of packet data package, and GPRS/UMTS packet domain core network network and outer end packet data network (Packet Data Networks, hereinafter to be referred as: connection PDN), Serving GPRS Support Node (Serving GPRS Support Node, hereinafter to be referred as: SGSN) mainly finish the route and the forwarding of packet data package, encrypt and authentication, service management, mobile management, Logical Link Management, functions such as ticket generation and output.Attaching position register (Home LocationRegister, hereinafter to be referred as: HLR) the relevant subscription data of recording user, and the information such as SGSN at current place.
In above-mentioned network, SGSN and GGSN are integrated with charging triggering entity (ChargingTrigger Function, hereinafter to be referred as: CTF) and the metering data entity (Charging DataFunction, hereinafter to be referred as: function CDF), above-mentioned SGSN and GGSN can use GSN to represent.3GPP System Architecture Evolution (System ArchitectureEvolution after evolution in addition, hereinafter to be referred as: SAE) in the network, the function class of MME is similar to the control interface processing function of SGSN in the legacy network, gateway (Serving Gateway hereinafter to be referred as: the function class of S-GW) finishing is similar to the user interface process function of SGSN in the legacy network, packet data gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway, hereinafter to be referred as: P-GW) be similar to GGSN in the legacy network, home location server (Home Subscription Server, hereinafter to be referred as: HSS) position class in network is similar to the HLR in the legacy network.Also integrated CTF and CDF function in S-GW, by the Ga interface to charging gateway entity (Charging Gateway Function, hereinafter to be referred as: CGF) report charging data record (Charging Data Record, hereinafter to be referred as: CDR), and then send to billing domain (Billing Dmain, hereinafter to be referred as: BD).
In the existing charge system, operator takes following charging method mostly: for each user sets a target flow, for example 6GBytes unified to charge before reaching this target flow, if surpass this target flow, then chargeed according to flow; Perhaps set a fixed time, for example 60 hours, before reaching the fixed time, unify to charge, if surpass this fixed time, then charge according to the time cycle.Report the preset threshold of ticket to fix for CDF to CGF in addition, promptly reach certain threshold value threshold value of just chargeing and report.
The inventor finds in realizing process of the present invention, and prior art exists following technical problem: CDF constantly to carry out metering data according to preset threshold to report, make the load of CGF increase the weight of, cause the link congestion between CDF and the CGF simultaneously easily at least.
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The purpose of the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of charging communication network processing method, device and system, to realize that reducing metering data reports number of times, reduces the load of charging gateway and link.
For achieving the above object, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of charging communication network processing method, comprising:
After the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carry out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and report;
When the user's who inserts at requested service network use value surpassed unified charging amount, the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user was carried out metering data and is reported.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of charging communication network processing unit, comprising:
The first data reporting module is used for carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and reporting after the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount;
The second data reporting module when user who is used for inserting at requested service surpasses unification charging amount to the network use value, is carried out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that is calculated by the network use value of unifying charging amount and described user and is reported.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of charging communication network treatment system, comprises the judgment means and the charging communication network processing unit that are arranged in communication network, and described judgment means is used to judge whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; Described charging communication network processing unit is used for after the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value reports, when the user's who inserts at requested service network use value surpassed unified charging amount, the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user was carried out metering data and is reported.
Charging communication network processing method, device and system that the embodiment of the invention provides, whether surpass unified charging amount by the network use value of judging the user, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value when user's network use value surpasses unification charging amount reports, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value when user's network use value is no more than unified charging amount reports, can effectively reduce metering data and report number of times, reduce the load of charging gateway and transmission link.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic flow sheet of charging communication network processing method embodiment one of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of charging communication network processing unit embodiment one of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of charging communication network processing unit embodiment two of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of charging communication network treatment system embodiment one of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of charging communication network treatment system embodiment two of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of charging communication network treatment system embodiment three of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of the present invention's first specific embodiment;
Fig. 8 is the flow chart that the charging threshold value is determined among the described embodiment of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 is the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's second specific embodiment;
Figure 10 is the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's the 3rd specific embodiment;
Figure 11 is the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's the 4th specific embodiment.
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In network service charge processing method of the present invention, device and the system embodiment, on carrying out, the metering data to communication network gives the correct time, do not adopt original use standing charge threshold value to carry out the situation that metering data reports, and provided the threshold variable technical scheme of a kind of charging, concrete method is: after the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carry out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and report; When the user's who inserts at the institute requested service network use value surpassed unified charging amount, the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and user was carried out metering data and is reported.Normal billing threshold value in the present embodiment can be the charge unit that the user is chargeed, and the concrete threshold value for discharge pattern can be made as 1M, when user's network use value reaches 1M, reports; Residue charging threshold value is user's real network use value and unifies the poor of charging amount, the user is using residue charging threshold value to carry out giving the correct time on the metering data, be and when reaching unified charging amount, carry out metering data and report, do not report and when not reaching this charging amount, do not carry out metering data.Therefore when user's network use value surpassed unification charging amount, the metering data that can reduce the user reported number of times, reduces charging gateway and transmission network load.
The operation that metering data in the foregoing description reports can be finished by the metering data entity among the GSN, whether the network use value to the user then can be finished by billing domain above unified charging amount, whether the network use value with the user sends over above the information of unifying the charging amount then, perhaps network use value and the unified charging amount information with the user sends over, and is judged by the metering data entity.
Fig. 1 as shown in Figure 1, comprises the steps: for the schematic flow sheet of charging communication network processing method embodiment one of the present invention
Also can be to have judged and whether the network use value that draws the user surpasses unified charging amount that by billing domain above-mentioned step 101 and step 102 can replace with: receive the network use value that comprises the user and whether surpass unified charging amount notification of information message in the above-described embodiment.The above-mentioned charge processing method that the embodiment of the invention provides, give the correct time on the metering data carrying out, whether the network use value according to the user surpasses predetermined unified charging amount, adopting different threshold values to carry out metering data reports, can avoid when user's network use value also surpasses unification charging amount, frequently reporting metering data, reduce the load of charging gateway, alleviate the transmission pressure on the link.
If charge system does not support the user under the situation that a plurality of network elements insert simultaneously,, then send and stop the announcement information that the user inserts in addition if there has been the service access on other network elements in user's this moment when requested service inserts; If there is not the service access on other network elements in described user, then carries out above-mentioned basis and carry out the step that metering data reports by the residue charging threshold value that the network use value of unifying charging amount and described user calculates.
Network use value the user reaches unified charging amount in addition, has reported after the metering data, follow-uply just should carry out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and reports.
If charge system supports that the user inserts on a plurality of network elements, and the user's that requested service inserts network use value does not surpass unified charging amount, at first need existing professional metering data is reported, behind the metering data of the above-mentioned existing business of deduction, calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing, according to residue amount distribution principle the new unified surplus amount of chargeing is distributed then, each business is all distributed new residue charging threshold value, the new business that inserts also can be assigned to residue charging threshold value, just can remain the charging threshold value according to this subsequently and carry out metering data and report.
After the above-mentioned residue charging threshold value that obtains redistributing, if a certain business reaches above-mentioned residue charging threshold value, just carrying out metering data reports, also may be to report metering data because of termination in addition because of a certain business, just need this moment to recomputate the unified residue amount of chargeing once more according to the metering data that reports, to unify charging residue amount by distributor according to residue amount distribution principle then and distribute to every business once more, every professional new residue charging threshold value that obtains, and unify the charging threshold value according to this and carry out metering data and report.
The residue amount distribution principle of mentioning in the above embodiments comprises at least one in following: for time type threshold value, if at the user, the residue charging threshold value that each business of user is set is the unified residue amount of chargeing, the network use value that for example is provided with at a certain user is 20 hours, and do not distinguish the number of services that user in this time period uses, if the user used 14 hours, the unified residue amount of chargeing is 6 hours, this moment, its residue charging threshold value was 6 hours for the business of all accesses; If at business, can be according to the unified residue amount and of chargeing of the number of services mean allocation that the user inserts as the residue charging threshold value of every business, be that the user is 20 hours to all professional network use values, the user used 14 hours, this moment, the residue charging threshold value of each business then needed to average distribution, promptly if any three service accesses, then the unified charging threshold value of every business is 2 hours; For the discharge pattern threshold value, can obtain each professional weighted value of user according to service rate, and be each traffic assignments residue charging threshold value according to above-mentioned weighted value, residue charging threshold value can be set to be directly proportional with service rate, so that every business reaches residue charging threshold value separately at one time as far as possible, be that all professional network use values of user reach unified charging amount, this execution mode can reduce the distribution number of times to residue charging threshold value, lowers the load of distributor.
Between different network elements, carry out the situation that network switches for the user in addition, when moving into by other network elements, need to carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that recomputates and report, the above-mentioned residue charging threshold value that recomputates is that described other network elements (network element before moving into) calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains according to metering data that reports and the unified residue amount of chargeing; Also can be to calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains according to metering data that reports and the unified residue amount of chargeing by billing domain; Can also be to calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains according to the comprise metering data and the unified residue amount announcement information that charges that report that the network element before moving into sends by the network element after moving into.
The charging communication network method that the above embodiment of the present invention provides, on carrying out, the metering data to the user gives the correct time, whether the network use value at the user is provided with different threshold values above unified charging amount respectively, when user's network use value surpasses unification charging threshold value, using residue charging threshold value to carry out metering data reports, promptly just carrying out metering data when reaching unified charging amount reports, can reduce in the network use value reporting number of times, simultaneously for inserting multinomial business in the same network element above the metering data under the situation of unified charging amount, the situation that the user is switched between a plurality of networks all provides solution.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of charging communication network processing unit embodiment one of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, comprise: the first data reporting module 11 and the second data reporting module 12, wherein the first data reporting module 11 is carried out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and is reported after requested service access user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; When the second data reporting module 12 surpasses unification charging amount in above-mentioned user's network use value, carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that calculates by the network use value of unifying charging amount and user and report.
The charging communication network processing unit that provides in the present embodiment, can be equivalent to the CDF among GSN or the S-GW, give the correct time on the metering data carrying out, whether surpass unified charging amount by the network use value of judging the user, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value when not surpassing unification charging amount reports, after surpassing unified charging amount, carry out metering data and report, can effectively reduce the number of times that reports of metering data, reduce the load of CGF and transmission network according to residue charging threshold value.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of charging communication network processing unit embodiment two of the present invention, as shown in Figure 3, comprise: first receiver module 21, judge module 22, the first data reporting module 23 and the second data reporting module 24, wherein first receiver module 21 is used to receive the network use value that comprises the user and user's unified charging amount notification of information message; Judge module 22 judges according to described notification message whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; The first data reporting module 23 is carried out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and is reported after above-mentioned user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; The second data reporting module 24 can be divided into and stops notice transmitting element 241 and data report unit 242, wherein stops notice transmitting element 241 when there is service access on other network elements in the user, sends and stops the notification message that described user inserts; Data report unit 242 when there is not service access on other network elements in the user, and the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user is carried out metering data and reported.
First receiver module in the foregoing description and judge module are used to receive user's network use value and unified charging amount information, whether the network use value of judging the user then surpasses unified charging amount, can also judge whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount by other devices of system, and transmission comprises whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount notification of information message, then can not comprise first receiver module and judge module in the foregoing description, but comprising that one second receiver module gets final product, second receiver module is used to receive the network use value that comprises the user and whether surpasses unified charging amount notification of information message.
Charging communication network processing unit in the present embodiment can also further comprise judges whether the user also exists the service access on other network elements, if there is the service access on other network elements, and charge system is not supported this situation, then can stop the operation that the user inserts.In the implementation process of reality, also can be at first to obtain the metering data that user's existing business reports, calculate and obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing according to this metering data, the amount of will unifying then to charge is distributed to different business according to residue amount distribution principle, obtains the residue charging threshold value of every business.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of charging communication network treatment system embodiment one of the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, comprise: be arranged in the judgment means 1 and the charging communication network processing unit 2 of communication network, wherein judgment means 1 is used to judge whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; Charging communication network processing unit 2 is used for after described user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value reports, when above-mentioned user's network use value surpasses unification charging amount, carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that calculates by the network use value of unifying charging amount and described user and report.
Judgment means 1 in the present embodiment is to judge according to user's network use value and unified charging amount information whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount, judgment means 1 can be arranged in GSN or the billing domain BD, and charging communication network processing unit 2 can be arranged in GSN or the S-GW.Whether the charging communication network treatment system that present embodiment provides can surpass unified charging amount at user's network use value, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value after surpassing unified charging threshold value reports, when surpassing unification charging amount, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value reports, be that user's network use value is carried out metering data when reaching unified charging amount and reported, this execution mode can reduce the number of times that reports of metering data, reduces the load of charging gateway and transmission link.
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of charging communication network treatment system embodiment two of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5, comprise: judgment means 1, first calculation element 2 and charging communication network processing unit 3, wherein judgment means 1 is used to judge whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; First calculation element 2 is used for obtaining residue charging threshold value according to user's network use value and unified charging amount; Charging communication network processing unit 3 carries out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and reports after user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; Be used for when described user surpasses unification charging amount to the network use value, carrying out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value of first calculation element, 2 acquisitions and reporting.
The charging communication network processing unit in the present embodiment and the first message accounting branch are arranged, by first calculation element residue charging threshold value is calculated, first calculation element will calculate the residue charging threshold value that obtains and send to the charging communication network processing unit, be carried out metering data and will report according to changing residue charging threshold value by the charging communication network processing unit again.First calculation element 2 in the present embodiment also can be arranged on GSN or be arranged in the S-GW, judgment means 1 can the person of establishing in GSN, S-GW or BD, and charging communication network processing unit 3 is equivalent to CDF, can the person of establishing in GSN, S-GW.When the charging communication network treatment system that provides in the present embodiment surpasses unification charging amount in user's network use value, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value reports, promptly only when reaching unified charging threshold value, just report metering data, can reduce metering data and report number of times, reduce the load of charging gateway.
As shown in Figure 6, on the basis in the above-described embodiments, the charging communication network system can further include: second calculation element 4 and distributor 5, wherein second calculation element 4 is used for obtaining the unified residue amount of chargeing according to the result of calculation of first calculation element 2 and the described user who obtains in the network use value (when first calculation element calculates, in this network use value is not calculated in) of existing business; Distributor 5 is used for will unifying charging residue amount according to residue amount distribution principle and distributes to each business.The residue charging threshold value that charging communication network processing unit 3 is redistributed according to above-mentioned distributor is carried out metering data and is reported.
When present embodiment is a service access on having a plurality of network elements, therefore when new business inserts, need calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing according to the network use value of the existing business that obtains and the unified residue amount of calculating before of chargeing, and remaining redistributing of charging threshold value according to distribution principle, the distribution principle in this enforcement can set in advance.
Second calculation element 4 in the present embodiment can be arranged among GSN or the BD, and distributor 5 can be arranged among GSN, S-GW or the BD.The unified charging residue degrees of data that obtains for above-mentioned message accounting can be selected to be kept among GSN, BD, HLR, HSS, MME or the S-GW in addition.When the charging communication network treatment system that provides in the present embodiment surpasses unification charging amount in user's network use value, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value reports, promptly only when reaching unified charging threshold value, just report metering data, can reduce metering data and report number of times, reduce the load of charging gateway.
Above-mentioned residue amount distribution principle comprises: for the time type threshold value at the user, then the residue charging threshold value of each business of user is the unified residue amount of chargeing; For time type threshold value, then according to the unified residue charging threshold value of residue amount of chargeing of user's number of services mean allocation as each business at business; For the discharge pattern threshold value, then each business of user is carried out weighted value and distribute, and distribute the residue charging threshold value of each business according to described weighted value according to service rate.
Be when the user asks to insert, to have had business on other network elements, to insert in the present embodiment, at first obtain the network use value of user's existing business, calculate the new unified residue amount of chargeing of acquisition according to this network use value, and will unify charging residue amount according to residue amount distribution principle and distribute to each business, obtain the residue charging threshold value of each business, present embodiment has provided the service access solution that has had a plurality of network elements the user, has realized the user is existed the support of the service access of a plurality of network elements.
The embodiment of charging communication network processing method, device and system is provided in the above embodiment of the present invention, device can be arranged in the heterogeneous networks equipment of network according to network condition and concrete needs in the above-mentioned charging communication network treatment system, followingly provides several specific embodiments.
Fig. 7 as shown in Figure 7, comprises the steps: for the flow chart of the present invention's first specific embodiment
The charging communication network processing unit is arranged among the GSN in the present embodiment, when the service access request that receives the user, send the charging threshold value request message of acquisition request charging threshold value to BD, comprise multiple threshold type in this message, it promptly can be flow threshold, also can be time threshold, can also be the combination of time threshold and flow threshold;
Step 2031, judge that whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging threshold value, if surpass unified charging threshold value, execution in step 2032 is if surpass execution in step 2033;
Step 2032, judge whether BD specifies the charging threshold value, if specify the charging threshold value that then adopts the BD appointment, otherwise use GSN charging threshold value, above-mentioned charging threshold value is the normal billing threshold value of mentioning in the embodiment of the invention;
Step 2033, judge whether the user exists the service access on other network element,, then refuse session and insert if exist; If do not exist, then report according to carrying out metering data with the residue charging threshold value of unified charging amount acquisition earlier, and after reporting metering data, use the normal billing threshold value to carry out metering data and report according to above-mentioned residue charging threshold value according to user's network use value;
In the present embodiment, can service access have been arranged the user on GSN, and existing business is carried out metering data according to residue charging threshold value and is reported, when new service access is arranged, at first obtain existing professional network use value, recomputate the unified residue amount of chargeing then, and according to residue amount distribution principle the above-mentioned unified residue amount of chargeing is distributed to every business as separately residue charging threshold value, every business is carried out metering data according to this residue charging threshold value and is reported.
A certain therein professionally arrive that residue charging threshold value carries out that metering data reports or when when GSN deletes, being reported metering data, then need to remain again the calculating of charging threshold value, and distribute by residue amount distribution principle, residue amount distribution principle can for: for the time type threshold value at the user, then the residue charging threshold value of each business of user is the unified residue amount of chargeing; For time type threshold value, then according to the unified residue charging threshold value of residue amount of chargeing of user's number of services mean allocation as each business at business; For the discharge pattern threshold value, then obtain each professional weighted value of user, and be each traffic assignments residue charging threshold value according to above-mentioned weighted value according to service rate.
The situation that also may exist the user between GSN, to move simultaneously, be that customer location changes, and user's network use value does not surpass unified charging amount, then can be by the new unified residue amount and be notified to new side GSN of chargeing that will obtain after the existing professional network use value of old side GSN, the perhaps metering data that reports according to each business by new side GSN and be notified to old side GSN according to the new unified charging amount of above-mentioned metering data acquisition.
In addition in the above-described embodiments, when judging, the charging threshold value can adopt the form that responds cause value to using unified charging threshold value or remaining, as shown in Figure 8, after above-mentioned step 2032, step 2033 are judged, further comprise the steps: according to the response cause value
If step 2034, response cause value equal " refusal ", then refuse the service access request of GSN;
If step 2035, response cause value equal " acceptance ", and two charging threshold values have been specified, one of them charging threshold value is residue charging threshold value, another charging threshold value is the normal billing threshold value, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value earlier reports, when user's networking use value reaches unified charging amount, carry out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and report.
If step 2036, response cause value equal " acceptance ", and BD do not specify the charging threshold value, then carries out metering data according to GSN charging threshold value as the normal billing threshold value and reports;
If step 2037, response cause value equal " acceptances ", and BD specified a charging threshold value, then specify the charging threshold value to carry out metering data and report as unifying the charging threshold value according to BD;
In above-mentioned specific embodiment, the device and the residue amount assigned unit of unifying to charge that metering data reporting module (being equivalent to CDF), the unified residue amount of chargeing are calculated are arranged among the GSN, can also have other set-up mode simultaneously.Fig. 9 as shown in Figure 9, comprises the steps: for the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's second specific embodiment
After step 301, GSN receive user's service access request, send the charging threshold value request message of the charging threshold value be used to obtain corresponding above-mentioned user to BD by CGF, comprising multiple threshold type in this message, promptly can be flow threshold, also can be time threshold;
In the above-described embodiment, step 302 and step 303 are operations of carrying out when having a plurality of service access at the user, if the business that current request inserts is first access service of user, the residue amount that then no longer needs to unify to charge recomputates and distributes, and reports and gets final product but directly use the unified residue amount of chargeing to carry out metering data as residue charging threshold value.
Reach residue charging threshold value or when deleted in user's a certain professional network use value in addition, GSN can report metering data to give BD, BD is after receiving the metering data that GSN reports, can calculate the unified residue amount of chargeing once more, and carry out the sub-distribution again of the residue charging threshold value of each business, visible first specific embodiment of residue amount distribution principle in the present embodiment according to residue amount distribution principle.
Figure 10 as shown in figure 10, comprises the steps: for the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's the 3rd specific embodiment
In the above-mentioned step 403, HLR will unify charging residue amount by renewal position acknowledge message to send to SGSN, also can be simultaneously to remain the amount transmission by chargeing in the step of inserting subscription data.
When the user sends migration between the SGSN, moved to another GSN from a GSN, existing make suring carried out metering data and reported with remaining the charging threshold value, can be by GSN existing professional network use value (metering data that reports) of deduction from residue charging threshold value of old side, obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing, and the residue amount of should unifying to charge sends to new side SGSN.Metering data that old side SGSN also can report each business and the unified residue amount of chargeing send to new side GSN, are calculated by new side GSN and obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing.The new unified residue amount of chargeing can obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing by metering data and the unified residue amount calculating of chargeing that the BD basis reports, send to HLR then, directly from HLR, obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing by new side SGSN then, and with it as new residue charging threshold value.
Set up or carry out after charging threshold value that business datum reports is reallocated in the business that SGSN carries out the user, SGSN can pass through establishment/renewal fractional data protocol context request (Create/UpdatePDP Context Request) message, metering data is sent to BD, and BD returns establishment/renewal fractional data protocol context request response (Create/Update PDP Context Response) message.
Figure 11 as shown in figure 11, comprises the steps: for the schematic flow sheet of the present invention's the 4th specific embodiment
Charge residue amount and send to S-GW of above-mentioned unified of step 504, MME record is created/new session (session) request message more, this step is when MME receives user's service access request, by the above-mentioned unified residue amount of chargeing is notified to S-GW, if the business that above-mentioned request inserts is the business that first request of this user inserts, then the above-mentioned unified residue amount of chargeing is distributed to above-mentioned business as residue charging threshold value.Normal billing threshold value when the network use value that S-GW can also this locality be configured in the user surpasses unified charging amount.When S-GW goes up existing service access, and use residue charging threshold value to carry out metering data to report, when having this moment new service request to insert again, S-GW obtains the new unified residue amount of chargeing after can deducting existing professional networking use value, and it is redistributed between each business, and the principle of distribution still can be carried out according to the content of mentioning in first specific embodiment.
When the user moves between S-GW, the existing professional residue charging threshold value of using carries out giving the correct time on the metering data, old side S-GW can be from deducting existing professional network use value, and obtain the new unified residue amount of chargeing, the new unified residue amount of chargeing is sent to MME, be transmitted to new side S-GW by MME.Also metering data of receiving and the new unified residue amount of chargeing of deducting this metering data can be sent to MME with stylish side S-GW, be transmitted to the S-GW of old side by MME.In addition, the new unified residue amount of chargeing can be transmitted to HSS by BD, so MME also can directly obtain the unified residue amount of chargeing from HSS, and notifies new side S-GW.
Charging communication network processing method of the present invention, in device and the system embodiment, whether surpass by unified charging amount by the network use value of judging the user, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value when surpassing unification charging amount reports, carrying out metering data according to residue charging threshold value when not surpassing unification charging amount reports, wherein carrying out giving the correct time on the metering data according to residue charging threshold value, just reach and carry out metering data under the situation such as unified charging amount and report in user's network use value, can reduce the metering data times of reporting, reduce the load of charging gateway and transmission path.The solution that the embodiment of the invention also provides when a plurality of service access simultaneously, how the user charges when sending migration.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that accompanying drawing is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment, module in the accompanying drawing or flow process might not be that enforcement the present invention is necessary.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the module in the device among the embodiment can be distributed in the device of embodiment according to the embodiment description, also can carry out respective change and be arranged in the one or more devices that are different from present embodiment.The module of the foregoing description can be merged into a module, also can further split into a plurality of submodules.
The invention described above embodiment sequence number is not represented the quality of embodiment just to description.
The scheme of the content record of claim also is the protection range of the embodiment of the invention.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of processing in the foregoing description method is to instruct relevant hardware to finish by program, described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment is only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described but not limit it, although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can make amendment or be equal to replacement technical scheme of the present invention, and these modifications or be equal to replacement and also can not make amended technical scheme break away from the spirit and scope of technical solution of the present invention.
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1, a kind of charging communication network processing method is characterized in that, comprising:
After the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carry out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and report;
When the user's who inserts at requested service network use value surpassed unified charging amount, the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user was carried out metering data and is reported.
2, charging communication network processing method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, carries out according to the normal billing threshold value or carry out metering data according to residue charging threshold value to report step also to comprise before:
Reception comprises whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount notification of information message.
3, charging communication network processing method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, carries out according to the normal billing threshold value or carry out metering data according to residue charging threshold value to report step also to comprise before:
Reception comprises user's network use value and user's unified charging amount notification of information message;
Whether the network use value of judging the user according to described notification message surpasses unified charging amount.
4, according to claim 1,2 or 3 described charging communication network processing methods, it is characterized in that, when the described user's who inserts at requested service network use value surpasses unified charging amount,, also comprise if there is the service access on other network elements in described user:
Send and stop the notification message that described user inserts.
5, according to claim 1,2 or 3 described charging communication network processing methods, it is characterized in that, when the described user who inserts at requested service surpasses unification charging amount to the network use value,, also comprise if there is the service access on other network elements in described user:
Carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value of redistributing and report, the described residue charging threshold value of redistributing is for distributing acquisition according to residue amount distribution principle to deducting the unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains after the network use value of described user in existing business.
6, charging communication network processing method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, professional carry out that metering data reports or also comprises after reporting metering data because of termination according to the residue charging threshold value of redistributing if having:
Carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value of redistributing once more and report, the unified residue amount of chargeing that the described residue charging threshold value of redistributing once more obtains after for the metering data that deduction is reported according to residue amount distribution principle is distributed acquisition.
7, charging communication network processing method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described residue amount distribution principle comprises at least one in the following principle:
For the time type threshold value at the user, then the residue charging threshold value of each business of user is the unified residue amount of chargeing;
For time type threshold value, then according to the unified residue charging threshold value of residue amount of chargeing of user's number of services mean allocation as each business at business;
For the discharge pattern threshold value, then obtain each professional weighted value of user, and be each traffic assignments residue charging threshold value according to described weighted value according to service rate.
According to claim 1,2 or 3 described charging communication network processing methods, it is characterized in that 8, the residue charging threshold value that described basis is calculated by unified charging amount and described user's network use value is carried out metering data and reported and comprise:
If the user of described request service access is moved into by other network elements, then carry out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that recomputates and report, the described residue charging threshold value that recomputates is that the network element before moving into calculates the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains according to metering data that reports and the unified residue amount of chargeing; Or
The described residue charging threshold value that recomputates is for calculating the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains by billing domain according to metering data that reports and the unified residue amount of chargeing; Or
The network element that the described residue charging threshold value that recomputates is served as reasons after moving into calculates the new unified residue amount of chargeing that obtains according to the comprise metering data and the unified residue amount announcement information that charges that report that the network element before moving into sends.
9, a kind of charging communication network processing unit is characterized in that, comprising:
The first data reporting module is used for carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and reporting after the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount;
The second data reporting module when user who is used for inserting at requested service surpasses unification charging amount to the network use value, is carried out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value that is calculated by the network use value of unifying charging amount and described user and is reported.
10, charging communication network processing unit according to claim 9 is characterized in that, also comprises:
First receiver module is used to receive the network use value that comprises the user and user's unified charging amount notification of information message;
Judge module is used for judging according to described notification message whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount.
11, charging communication network device according to claim 9 is characterized in that, also comprises
Second receiver module is used to receive the network use value that comprises the user and whether surpasses unified charging amount notification of information message.
According to claim 9,10 or 11 described network service charge processing methods, it is characterized in that 12, the described second data reporting module comprises:
Stop the notice transmitting element, be used for when there is service access on other network elements in described user, sends and stopping the notification message that described user inserts;
Data report the unit, are used for when there is not service access on other network elements in described user, and the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user is carried out metering data and reported.
13, a kind of charging communication network treatment system is characterized in that, comprises the judgment means and the charging communication network processing unit that are arranged in communication network;
Described judgment means is used to judge whether user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount;
Described charging communication network processing unit is used for after the user's that requested service inserts network use value surpasses unified charging amount, carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value reports, when the user's who inserts at requested service network use value surpassed unified charging amount, the residue charging threshold value that calculates according to the network use value by unified charging amount and described user was carried out metering data and is reported.
14, charging communication network treatment system according to claim 13 is characterized in that, described charging communication network treatment system also comprises:
First calculation element is used for obtaining residue charging threshold value according to user's network use value and unified charging amount;
Described charging communication network processing unit is used for carrying out metering data according to the normal billing threshold value and reporting after user's network use value surpasses unified charging amount; Be used for when described user surpasses unification charging amount to the network use value, carrying out metering data according to the residue charging threshold value of first calculation element acquisition and reporting.
15, charging communication network treatment system according to claim 14 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Second calculation element is used for obtaining the unified residue amount of chargeing according to the result of calculation of first calculation element and the described user who obtains in the network use value of existing business;
Distributor is used for will unifying charging residue amount according to residue amount distribution principle and distributes to each business;
The residue charging threshold value that described charging communication network processing unit also is used for redistributing according to described distributor is carried out metering data and is reported.
16, charging communication network treatment system according to claim 15 is characterized in that, described residue amount distribution principle comprises at least one in the following principle:
For the time type threshold value at the user, then the residue charging threshold value of each business of user is the unified residue amount of chargeing;
For time type threshold value, then according to the unified residue charging threshold value of residue amount of chargeing of user's number of services mean allocation as each business at business;
For the discharge pattern threshold value, then obtain each professional weighted value of user, and be each traffic assignments residue charging threshold value according to described weighted value according to service rate.
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