CN101489207A - Method for switching fee charging mode by mobile subscriber station in WiMAX - Google Patents
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A method for switching charging mode with mobile subscriber station in WiMAX is characterized by comprising the following steps: a. before the mobile subscriber establishes a conversation, selecting a charging mode on the mobile subscriber station, entering the step b if a pre-payment charging mode is selected; entering the step c if a post-payment charging mode is selected; b. authenticating the information of mobile subscriber station by the connection service network, executing the pre-payment charging mode by the connection service network according to authentication result, notifying a pre-payment charging server to establish a conversation by the pre-payment client, and determining whether the conversation establishing is allowed by the pre-payment charging server according to the information of accountant corresponding with the mobile subscriber station. The invention has the beneficial effect that the plan for switching the pre-payment charging mode to the post-payment charging mode is firstly presented in the WiMAX wireless access network. Not only can the user enjoy a lower telephone expense, but also the loss caused by communication service terminal is avoided when the telephone expense of subscriber is run out.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the communication technology, be meant the method for utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode among a kind of WiMAX especially.
Background technology
Along with the extensive use of the flourish and wireless network of internet service, Radio Access Networks such as WiMAX, GPRS, 3G and B3G are owing to can be user's big capacity that provides support, the multiple business that big data quantity and different service quality require.In Radio Access Network, how to add up that to offer charge informations such as user's data amount/service time be a very important aspect in the communication system.
In the prior art, the charging way of micro-wave access to global intercommunication (WiMAX:Worldwide InteroperabilityMicrowave Access) comprising: prepaid accounting mode and post-payment charging mode.
The charging way of pre-payment is meant: the user is in advance to the use right of operator's paying with the communication service in the purchase certain hour.Its advantage is that operator need not to undertake the arrearage risk, and therefore professional rate is relatively low, is applicable to communication cost sensitivity and the lower customer group of credit rating.Its shortcoming is that in case the user has used up the expense of prestoring when using communication service, operator can suspend the communication service that the user is using immediately, after the user prestores certain expense again, just opens communication service for the user once more.And in actual life, the user by operator's defaulting subscriber, causes economic loss of user because special circumstances can't in time be supplemented with money sometimes.
Post payment service is meant: the user gets permission to use earlier communication service, and operator settles accounts communication cost with the user at set intervals.Its advantage is that the user is easy to use, need not constantly to pay close attention to account charges, needn't worry the situation of defaulting subscriber, be applicable to the communication cost susceptibility lower, and the higher customer group of credit rating.Its shortcoming is, causes the arrearage risk to operator easily, so rate is usually than prepayment service height.
In addition, a lot of users wish to enjoy prepayment service cheap rate benefit and don't think under special circumstances because of caused using communication service by defaulting subscriber.Because in the existing system, the charge system of prepaid accounting and postpaid accounting is separately independently, when the user wishes switching fee charging mode, need register modification by operator, has brought great inconvenience to the user.
And two kinds of charging ways tend to release different characteristic communication services at customer group separately.The user often can only enjoy a kind of special service of charging way and can not enjoy other special service.If the user is forced to switch between prepayment service and post payment service continually in order to use different characteristic services, can cause operator to increase human cost again, reduce user's satisfaction.
Summary of the invention
For solving shortcoming of the prior art, the invention provides a kind of in WiMAX the method for switching fee charging mode, under the situation that does not change WiMAX charging network framework, the user can be according to the specific of communication service and the demand of oneself, before the beginning communication service, select the kind of charging way, after the expense of prestoring in the user account uses up, under the situation of not interrupt communication business, switching fee charging mode guarantees that the user uses the continuity of communication service.
For achieving the above object: a kind of method of in WiMAX, utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode, it is characterized in that, comprising: before a, mobile subscriber station are set up session, on mobile subscriber station, select charging way, if select the prepaid accounting mode, enter step b; If the selection post-payment charging mode then enters step c; B, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the prepaid accounting mode of carrying out according to authentication, authentication result, prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server judges whether to allow to set up session according to the information of the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence; C, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, and the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the execution post-payment charging mode according to authentication, authentication result, and session is set up, and Accounting Client notice postpaid accounting unit begins to charge.
Described step b also comprises: if the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence has remaining sum, the prepaid accounting server allows to set up session, and the prepaid accounting server issues the charging amount to prepayment client; If the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence does not have remaining sum, prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client does not allow to set up session, and prepayment client notice mobile subscriber station is closed session.
Also comprise among the described step c: generate the charging bill by authentication, mandate and accounting server.
Among described step b and the described step c connectivity serving network to mobile subscriber station information carry out authentication, authentication is meant: checking mobile subscriber station corresponding service type, service quality, charging way.
Described charging amount is meant: session duration and or data traffic.
The present invention also provides: a kind of method of utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode in WiMAX, it is characterized in that, prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server issues the charging amount of session to prepayment client; After the charging amount of session used up, prepayment client notice prepaid server stopped prepaid accounting by prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client; Continue the session that maintenance has been set up, prepayment client notice authentication, mandate, accounting server begin postpaid accounting.
When the user's mobile radio station that has been converted to post-payment charging mode need use the prepaid accounting mode, the expense that prestores in the account of user's mobile radio station correspondence, and before setting up new session was switched back charging way the prepaid accounting mode on mobile subscriber station.
The present invention also provides: a kind of method of utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode in WiMAX, it is characterized in that, a, register prepaid accounting mode and post-payment charging mode in the CAMEL-Subscription-Information simultaneously, and be registered as the expense of prestoring and be automatically converted to post-payment charging mode after intact, the user is in the account expense that prestores; Before b, use mobile subscriber station are set up session, on mobile subscriber station, select charging way,, enter step c if select the prepaid accounting mode; If the selection post-payment charging mode then enters steps d; C, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the prepaid accounting mode of carrying out according to authentication, authentication result, prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server judges whether to allow to set up session according to the expense of prestoring of mobile subscriber station corresponding account; If prestore expense in the mobile subscriber station corresponding account, allow to set up session, enter step e; If do not prestore expense in the user account, then enter step f; D, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, and the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the execution post-payment charging mode according to authentication, authentication result, and session is set up, and Accounting Client notice postpaid accounting unit begins to charge; E, prepaid accounting server issue the charging amount of session to prepayment client; After the charging amount of session used up, prepayment client notice prepaid server stopped prepaid accounting by prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client; Prepayment client notice authentication, mandate, accounting server begin postpaid accounting; F, prepayment client notice mobile subscriber station are closed session.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is, proposed the scheme that non-interrupting service switches to the prepaid accounting mode post-payment charging mode in the WiMAX wireless access network for the first time.The user both can enjoy lower telephone expenses, avoided again when user telephone fee uses up, because of communication service terminal suffers a loss.And, when needs change charging way, need not to set up new registration procedure at the operator place, the user can select charging way before the beginning communication service in the WiMAX wireless access network.
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Figure 1 shows that WiMAX charging network structure system;
Figure 2 shows that the process of using the prepaid accounting mode in the embodiment of the invention one;
Figure 3 shows that the process of using the attached expense charging way in back in the embodiment of the invention one;
Figure 4 shows that the process of charging way in the embodiment of the invention two.
Embodiment
Be illustrated in figure 1 as WiMAX charging architecture network.Mobile subscriber station (MSS:Mobile SubscribeStation) is a mobile subscriber equipment, and the user uses this devices accessing WiMAX network.
Access service network (ASN:Access Service Network) definition becomes the network function set that the WiMAX terminal provides the wireless access service, and ASN has comprised base station (BS:Base station) and access service network gateway (ASN GW:Access Service Network Gate Way).ASN-GW provides client functionality for MSS authentication function.Accounting Client among Fig. 1 (Accounting Client) is the billing function entity of MSS correspondence, collects metering data and the information of ASN, reports charge information to aaa server.Accounting Client is located on the ASN-GW, also can be used as independent network element.The Accounting Client of MSS1 correspondence is arranged in an ASN-GW.The billing function entity of other MSS correspondence is arranged in other ASN-GW.
Connectivity serving network (CSN:Connectivity Service Network) definition becomes the WiMAX terminal provides IP Connection Service.CSN mainly provides: the IP address assignment of MSS; AAA agency or server; ASN is equivalent to the home agent (HA) in the mobile IP technology to the tunnel of CSN; WiMAX user's charging and the clearing between the operator, accounting server/agency as shown in fig. 1 mainly finishes this function; Functions such as authorization control based on the user.
In the WiMAX of Fig. 1 charging network structure, the access service gateway when ASN-GW1 initially sets up session (Session) as MSS.ASN-GW2 moves access service gateway after the switching as MSS.MSS inserts Internet by BS, ASN-GW and HA, and uses data service.
Embodiment one:
The user selects pre-payment and back paying dual mode in the charging way simultaneously when operator place registration user signing contract information.Before setting up session when the user uses MSS, carrying out data service, the user as required, selects the post-payment charging mode of paying after the prepaid accounting mode arbitrarily on MSS.Figure 2 shows that the user selects the charging process of prepaid accounting mode.If the user selects to adopt the prepaid accounting mode, MSS at first inserts BS by the R1 interface, initiate authorizing procedure by ASN GW to mandate, checking (authentication) and accounting server (AAA Server:Authorization, Authentication and Accounting Server) by BS.After aaa server authenticated, authorizes MSS, ASN GW judged that according to authentication, the verify data of aaa server the user selects the prepaid accounting mode.The prepayment client of ASN GW (PPC:Prepaid Client) notice prepaid server (PPS:Prepaid Server) is set up data session.Prepaid server is according to the user's of configuration expense situation, and promptly the remaining sum in the user account judges whether to allow to set up session.If user's account has expense, then reply and allow session to set up, and issue the charging amount, comprising: session duration, data traffic or both is comprehensive.If there is not expense in the user account, then prepaid server then notifies prepayment client not allow session to set up, and ASN GW gateway notice MSS stops session.
If the user selects post-payment charging mode on MSS before the beginning session service.Be illustrated in figure 2 as the charging process that the user selects post-payment charging mode.Then after authentication, identifying procedure were finished, ASN GW judged that according to authentication, verify data the user adopts post-payment charging mode.After session foundation was finished, the postpaid accounting module on the Accounting Client notice aaa server of ASN gateway began to charge.Aaa server is responsible for generating user's charging bill.Simultaneously, if the user is before beginning session service next time, charging way is not switched to the prepaid accounting mode, then this user's charging way is then kept post-payment charging mode.
By above-mentioned charging way changing method, the user can select the kind of charging way according to the specific of communication service and the demand of oneself before the beginning communication service, flexible switching fee charging mode in WiMAX.
Embodiment two:
The user selects pre-payment and back paying dual mode in the charging way simultaneously when operator's place registration user signing contract information, and registration prestores and transfer post-payment charging mode automatically to after telephone expenses use up, and the expense of certain amount that prestores in its account.Before the user uses communication service, on MSS, select to adopt the prepaid accounting mode.MSS initiates authorizing procedure by ASN to CSN, and CSN carries out authentication, authentication to information such as user business type, service quality, charging ways, and the ASN gateway judges that according to authentication, the verify data of CSN the user adopts the prepaid accounting mode.The prepayment client notice prepaid server of ASN gateway is set up data session, and prepaid server judges whether to set up session according to the user's of configuration expense situation.If user's account has expense, then reply prepayment client and allow session to set up, and issue the charging amount, comprising: session duration, data traffic or both is comprehensive.After the charging amount of session used up, the prepayment client of ASN gateway notice prepaid server charging amount used up.Prepaid server finds that user's expense uses up, and then notifies ASN gateway prepayment client to stop prepaid accounting.At this moment, the user's communications session continues to keep.Judge that according to user's authentication, verify data the permission user changes post-payment charging mode over to by the ASN gateway.The postpaid accounting unit of the Accounting Client notice aaa server of ASN gateway begins to charge.Aaa server is responsible for generating user's postpaid accounting bill.After after a while, close the account by operator and user.If when the user wants to switch to the prepaid accounting mode, only need in user account, to prestore after certain expense, can select the prepaid accounting mode.
Make the user when using communication service, after the expense of prestoring in the user account uses up, under the situation of not interrupt communication business, switch to post-payment charging mode, guaranteed that the user uses the communication service continuity from the prepaid accounting mode.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is, has proposed for the first time non-interrupting service in the WiMAX wireless access network The prepaid accounting mode is switched to the scheme of post-payment charging mode. The user both can enjoy lower telephone expenses, Avoid again when user telephone fee uses up, because communication service terminal suffers a loss. And, when needs change meter When taking mode, need not to set up new registration procedure at operator place, the user in the WiMAX wireless access network, can Select charging way before the beginning communication service.
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1, a kind of method of utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode in WiMAX is characterized in that, comprising:
Before a, mobile subscriber station are set up session, on mobile subscriber station, select charging way,, enter step b if select the prepaid accounting mode; If the selection post-payment charging mode then enters step c;
B, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the prepaid accounting mode of carrying out according to authentication, authentication result, prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server judges whether to allow to set up session according to the information of the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence;
C, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, and the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the execution post-payment charging mode according to authentication, authentication result, and session is set up, and Accounting Client notice postpaid accounting unit begins to charge.
2, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described step b also comprises: if the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence has remaining sum, the prepaid accounting server allows to set up session, and the prepaid accounting server issues the charging amount to prepayment client; If the account of mobile subscriber station correspondence does not have remaining sum, prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client does not allow to set up session, and prepayment client notice mobile subscriber station is closed session.
3, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises among the described step c: generate the charging bill by authentication, mandate and accounting server.
4, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, among described step b and the described step c connectivity serving network to mobile subscriber station information carry out authentication, authentication is meant: checking mobile subscriber station corresponding service type, service quality, charging way.
5, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described charging amount is meant: session duration and or data traffic.
6, a kind of method of utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode in WiMAX is characterized in that,
Prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server issues the charging amount of session to prepayment client; After the charging amount of session used up, prepayment client notice prepaid server stopped prepaid accounting by prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client; Continue the session that maintenance has been set up, prepayment client notice authentication, mandate, accounting server begin postpaid accounting.
7, method according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, the user's mobile radio station that has been converted to post-payment charging mode also comprises: when need use the prepaid accounting mode, expense prestores in the account of user's mobile radio station correspondence, and before setting up new session, on mobile subscriber station, charging way switched back the prepaid accounting mode.
8, a kind of method of utilizing the mobile subscriber station switching fee charging mode in WiMAX is characterized in that,
A, register prepaid accounting mode and post-payment charging mode in the CAMEL-Subscription-Information simultaneously, and be registered as the expense of prestoring and be automatically converted to post-payment charging mode after intact, the user is in the account expense that prestores;
Before b, use mobile subscriber station are set up session, on mobile subscriber station, select charging way,, enter step c if select the prepaid accounting mode; If the selection post-payment charging mode then enters steps d;
C, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the prepaid accounting mode of carrying out according to authentication, authentication result, prepayment client notice prepaid accounting server is set up session, and the prepaid accounting server judges whether to allow to set up session according to the expense of prestoring of mobile subscriber station corresponding account; If prestore expense in the mobile subscriber station corresponding account, allow to set up session, enter step e; If do not prestore expense in the user account, then enter step f;
D, connectivity serving network carry out authentication, authentication to mobile subscriber station information, and the connectivity serving network gateway is judged the execution post-payment charging mode according to authentication, authentication result, and session is set up, and Accounting Client notice postpaid accounting unit begins to charge;
E, prepaid accounting server issue the charging amount of session to prepayment client; After the charging amount of session used up, prepayment client notice prepaid server stopped prepaid accounting by prepaid accounting server notification prepayment client; Prepayment client notice authentication, mandate, accounting server begin postpaid accounting;
F, prepayment client notice mobile subscriber station are closed session.
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