CN101499912A - Fee charging method and system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a charging method and a charging system, and the specific charging method comprises the following steps: network address information used by the business which is started in a network is obtained; a business charging strategy corresponding to the network address information is determined and utilized for realizing charging operation of the business. By adding the charging based on the network address information as another charging way, the embodiment of the invention can implement different charging ways for different network address information, and can consequently satisfy the requirement for realizing charging according to business values and related time sections of data amounts in downtown districts, realizes charging according to different application scenes, and solve the problem of balanced and reasonable system resource usage by utilizing the adjusting effect of charging to the system resource usage.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to a kind of charging method and system.
Background technology
Along with the application of the communication technology is increasingly extensive, the service content that common carrier provides is also more and more abundanter, for example, except traditional voice, Short Message Service are provided, also provide contents such as character, picture, video, audio frequency more the customized multimedia telecommunications services of horn of plenty (MultiMedia Message Service, MMS).At present, the mode that these multimedia services are chargeed mainly comprises: use time span, the data volume of transmission, the roaming conditions of service to charge according to the user.
Existingly use the data volume of time span, the transmission of service, technical scheme that roaming conditions is chargeed as shown in Figure 1 according to the user.Among Fig. 1, the user uses asymmetric number loop technology (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line, ADSL) during access network, need earlier by local area network (LAN) point-to-point protocol (Point To Point Protocol Over Ethernet, PPPOE) software dialing, dialing signal is by user side access device client device (Customer Premises Equipment, CPE) after the modulation, through broad band Integrated service convergence device Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DigitalSubscriber Line Access Multiplexer, DSLAM) converge to broad band Integrated service core control equipment BAS Broadband Access Server (Broadband Remote Access Server, BRAS), thus realize BRAS to PPPOE insert open-minded, termination and management; And user's authentication, charging are finished by network side authentication and accounting system by BRAS.Fig. 2 is the networking schematic diagram that is used for authentification of user, charging.Among Fig. 2, access server BRAS is by the far-end dial-in customer service for checking credentials (Remote AuthorizationDial In User Service, RADIUS) message and network platform information interaction; The network platform is according to the billing scheme of self storing, time span or roaming conditions that user's use traffic carrying capacity or user uses service are chargeed, and the expense that calculates is uploaded to service control point (ServiceControl Point by RADIUS message, SCP), SCP deducts fees to user account according to the information of the user prepayment of self storing.
In realizing process of the present invention, the inventor finds commercial community and the area, tourist hot spot in some prosperities, communication system need be handled the data message that enriches data format in a large number, thereby the communication system load is very heavy, and common carrier has to solve the problems referred to above by improving capability of communication system and disposal ability.This has just improved the operation cost in the commercial community communication of prosperity.Therefore, in the heavy busy section of town of communication system load, the load commercial value in light common area of the commercial value of the data volume that the user receives, sends and communication system has obviously different.Similarly, (Wireless Local Area Network, the commercial value of the data volume that the commercial value of the data volume of transmitting-receiving was received and dispatched when surfing the Net in school when WLAN) service-user was surfed the Net in the hotel is also obviously different for WLAN (wireless local area network).
In view of foregoing, at present use the time span of service, the data volume of transmission, the method that roaming conditions is chargeed according to the user, can't satisfy according to the commercial value of the data volume of busy section of town and the requirement that correlation time, section was chargeed thereof, can not solve equilibrium, reasonable using system problem of resource.
Summary of the invention
Embodiments of the invention provide a kind of charging method and system, can realize implementing different chargings according to the network address, thereby make charging way more flexibly, rationally.
A kind of charging method comprises:
Obtain the network address information of the business use of carrying out in the network;
Determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilize described service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation.
A kind of message accounting comprises:
Network address acquiring unit is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used;
The charging policy determining unit is used for determining the corresponding service charging policy according to the network address information that described network address acquiring unit obtains;
Charging Detail Record unit, the service charging policy that is used to utilize described charging policy determining unit to determine carries out billing operation to described business.
A kind of network platform comprises above-mentioned message accounting.
A kind of charge system comprises:
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used, and described network address information is passed to online charging equipment;
Online charging equipment is used to receive the described network address information that the described network platform is obtained, and determines described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilizes described service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation.
A kind of charge system comprises:
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used; Determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilize described service charging policy that this business is chargeed, and charging result is passed to online charging equipment;
Online charging equipment is used for deducting fees according to the account of described charging result to the user that uses described network address information and commence business.
The technical scheme that is provided by the embodiment of the invention described above is chargeed owing to increased in charging way according to network address information as can be seen, can realize implementing different charging ways according to different network address information.Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can satisfy according to the commercial value of the data volume of busy section of town and requirement that correlation time, section was chargeed thereof, can realize chargeing according to the different application scene, and utilize the regulating action of charge to the using system resource, solve balanced, reasonable using system problem of resource.
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Fig. 1 is that the ADSL of prior art inserts schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the charging networking schematic diagram of prior art;
Fig. 3 is the charging method schematic flow sheet that the embodiment of the invention provides;
The message accounting schematic diagram that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The billing operation sub-unit structure schematic diagram that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The Online Charging System structural representation that Fig. 6 provides for embodiment of the invention scheme one;
A kind of ADSL service billing schematic flow sheet that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The schematic diagram that the rate business datum that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the invention changes;
The another kind of ADSL service billing schematic flow sheet that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The operation schematic diagram that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the invention.
Embodiment
In embodiments of the present invention, in order to solve above-mentioned the problems of the prior art, provide a kind of charging method: the network address information of obtaining the business use of carrying out in the network earlier; Determine network address information corresponding service charging policy then, and utilize this service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation.
Wherein, earlier the user is carried out authentication, and obtain the network address information that the user uses, determine the network address information corresponding service charging policy that the user uses and the accounts information of inquiring user.When determining network address information corresponding service charging policy, can inquire about the packaged service that whether has the network address information correspondence, if there is corresponding packaged service, be service charging policy with the packaged service expenses standard then; If there is not corresponding packaged service, be service charging policy then with the benchmark service expenses standard.
Then, according to network address information corresponding service charging policy and user's accounts information, budget user's available traffic.When the user brings into use network address information to commence business, begin to add up user's use traffic carrying capacity.When the user who obtains when statistics uses traffic carrying capacity less than available traffic, according to network address information corresponding service charging policy the use traffic carrying capacity that statistics obtains is chargeed, and user's account is deducted fees, settles accounts.When user's use traffic carrying capacity equals available traffic, winding-up, and finish billing operation.
The method that above-mentioned address information Network Based is chargeed can realize carrying out different expenses standards according to different network address information, thereby has increased charging way, make the charging means more flexible, can satisfy more various charging requirement.
Fig. 3 is the method flow schematic diagram that the embodiment of the invention provides, and below in conjunction with Fig. 3 the method flow that the embodiment of the invention provides is described in detail:
According to the accounts information of network address information corresponding service charging policy with the user who uses address information to commence business, budget user's available traffic;
Further, if get access to the user applies account and reserve amount information or budget information, then reserve amount information or budget information and accounts information, network address information corresponding service charging policy, budget user's available traffic according to the user applies account;
When the user brings into use network address information to commence business, begin to add up user's use traffic carrying capacity (comprise and use duration, use traffic etc.); According to service charging policy the use traffic carrying capacity that statistics obtains is chargeed: the user's who obtains when statistics use traffic carrying capacity is during less than available traffic, according to service charging policy the use traffic carrying capacity that statistics obtains is chargeed, and user's account is deducted fees, settles accounts; When user's use traffic carrying capacity equals available traffic, winding-up, and finish billing operation.
When specifically implementing according to the said method flow process, can determine network address information corresponding service charging policy earlier, the user's that above-mentioned network address information commences business accounts information is used in inquiry again; Also can determine the user's that network address information corresponding service charging policy and the above-mentioned address information of inquiry use are commenced business accounts information simultaneously; Certainly according to embodiment, the user's that the above-mentioned network address information of inquiry use is earlier commenced business accounts information is determined network address information corresponding service charging policy again; These three kinds of execution modes include in embodiments of the present invention.
In order to realize above-mentioned billing scheme, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of message accounting, as shown in Figure 4, comprising: network address acquiring unit 41, charging policy determining unit 42, Charging Detail Record unit 43; Wherein:
(1) network address acquiring unit 41, are used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used; Further, the user applies account be can also obtain and amount information or budget information reserved;
(2) the charging policy determining unit 42, are used for determining the corresponding service charging policy according to the network address information that network address acquiring unit 41 obtains; This charging policy determining unit 42 specifically can comprise:
Storing sub-units 421 is used to store above-mentioned network address information corresponding service expenses standard; Can storage service expenses standard data during specific implementation, product data, order relations data, user data etc.;
(3) Charging Detail Record unit 43, and the service charging policy that is used to utilize charging policy determining unit 42 to determine carries out billing operation to business.This Charging Detail Record unit 43 specifically can comprise: obtain accounts information subelement 431, budget available traffic subelement 432, billing operation subelement;
A, obtain accounts information subelement 431, be used to obtain the user's who uses above-mentioned network address information accounts information; Account information can comprise: user's account balance information;
B, budget available traffic subelement 432 are used for the described service charging policy of determining according to charging policy determining unit 42 and obtain the described accounts information that accounts information subelement 431 obtains, budget user's available traffic; If also have the user applies account to reserve amount information or budget information, then also need to reserve amount information or budget information, above-mentioned service charging policy, above-mentioned accounts information, budget user's available traffic according to the aforementioned application account;
C, billing operation subelement 433 are used for the available traffic determined according to budget available traffic subelement 432 user who uses above-mentioned network address information and commence business are carried out billing operation.This billing operation subelement specifically can comprise as shown in Figure 5:
Obtain and use traffic information subelement 51, the use traffic information when being used to obtain the user and using above-mentioned network address information to commence business; Obtain manner comprises the use traffic information that reception is transmitted by other network equipment;
The subelement 53 of deducting fees is used for according to 52 couples of results that use traffic carrying capacity to charge of computation subunit, and user's account is deducted fees;
Finish charging subelement 54, be used for finishing to charge when the use traffic carrying capacity of using traffic information subelement 51 to obtain equals the available traffic of described budget available traffic subelement 432 budgets, and send the notice of the described business of end before finishing to charge or when finishing to charge described obtaining.
In actual charging process, each unit of above-mentioned message accounting can be arranged on the equipment, or on several equipment, therefore, comprises that the charge system of above-mentioned message accounting has multiple implementation in charging process.
According to above-mentioned message accounting, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of charge system, comprising:
Access server, the network address information that the business that is used for that network is carried out is used sends to the network platform; Can also receive increase that the described network platform sends or the information that reduces the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business, and provide described business for the described network address according to described increase or the information that reduces described available traffic.
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used, and described network address information is passed to online charging equipment; Can also receive increase that online counting equipment sends in real time or the information that reduces described available traffic, and send to described access server in real time;
Described online charging equipment, be used to receive the described network address information that the described network platform is obtained, determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilizing described service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation, online charging equipment can also send the information that increases or reduce described available traffic in real time to the described network platform in charging process.
According to above-mentioned message accounting, the embodiment of the invention also provides another kind of charge system, comprising:
Access server is used for using the network address information of the business that network carries out to send to the network platform; Receive increase that the described network platform sends or the information that reduces the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business, and provide described business for the described network address according to described increase or the information that reduces described available traffic;
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used; Determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilize described service charging policy that this business is chargeed, and charging result is passed to online charging equipment; Can also be according to described user's account information, send the information that increases or reduce the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business in real time to described access server;
Described online charging equipment is used for deducting fees according to the account of described charging result to the user that uses described network address information and commence business.
In embodiments of the present invention, network address information can be IP address information, uniform resource locator (Uniform Resoure Locator, URL) address information, macaddr (the actual address of network, MACaddress) information or the like.That is to say, in the specific implementation, can charge according to the IP address information, or charge, or charge, or charge according to the information of other expression network address according to macaddr information according to the URL address information.
For ease of understanding to the embodiment of the invention, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, be example to charge according to the IP address information, the specific implementation of the embodiment of the invention is described in detail.In the process of realize chargeing, specifically can but the implementation that adopts following arbitrary Application Example to provide is provided.(following proposal is that the IP address information is an example with network address information all)
Implementation one
In the scheme one, provide corresponding a kind of charge system, as shown in Figure 6, specifically can comprise: access server, the network platform (AAA shown in Figure 6), online charging equipment (OCS shown in Figure 6);
Wherein,
1, access server is used for the request network platform is passed to the network platform to the information of subscription authentication and the IP address information of user's use; Available traffic information when receiving user that the network platform sends and using the IP address information to commence business, and provide professional for the user according to available traffic information; Further, if receive the subscriber authorisation change message that the network platform sends in real time, then basis authorized user message after changing provides professional for the user, for example, the notice access server that receives network platform transmission increases or reduces the subscriber authorisation change message of user's available traffic, and then access server basis available traffic after changing provides business for the user; Use traffic carrying capacity when the user uses statistics user in the professional process to use the IP address information to make to commence business; User's use traffic information is passed to the network platform, and receive the response of the network platform;
2, the network platform, the request network platform that is used to receive the access server transmission is finished the authentication to the user to the IP address information that the information and the user of subscription authentication commences business and use; Use traffic information when the user who receives the access server transmission uses the IP address information to commence business, and above-mentioned IP address information and user's use traffic information passed to online charging equipment; If receive the subscriber authorisation change message that the line counting equipment sends in real time, then this message sent to described access server in real time; This network platform comprises the network address acquiring unit 41 in the above-mentioned message accounting, and network address acquiring unit also can be described as the IP address acquisition unit when obtaining the IP address information;
3, online charging equipment is used for and network platform information interaction, receives the IP address information that the network platform is transmitted, the user's that inquiry use IP address information is commenced business accounts information, and definite IP address information corresponding service charging policy; The user's that the use IP address information of reception network platform transmission is commenced business use traffic information charges to using traffic carrying capacity according to service charging policy, and user's account is deducted fees, settles accounts; Further, in charging process, online charging equipment can also send subscriber authorisation change message in real time to the described network platform, is used to change user's current authorization message, for example increases or reduce the information of user's available traffic; This online charging equipment comprises charging policy determining unit 42 and the Charging Detail Record unit 43 in the above-mentioned message accounting.
In the above-mentioned charge system, access server is connected with each client device, can be connected with the network platform by far-end dial-in customer service for checking credentials agreement (Radius) at network side; The network platform can be passed through the credit control protocol, and (Diameter Credit Control DCC) is connected with online charging equipment, thereby realizes the user who uses the IP address information to commence business is chargeed.Radius message is divided two kinds, and a kind of is authentication message, and a kind of is charging message, and these two kinds of message are initiated by access server, and wherein, charging message is divided into beginning charging message, Intermediate Charging ICH message, charging end again.In the ADSL service billing flow process shown in Figure 7, the access server and the network platform promptly adopt Radius message to carry out information interaction, below in conjunction with Fig. 7 corresponding charging flow are described in detail:
Step 4, after online charging equipment is received the beginning rate control request message that comprises described IP address information, according to the order relations data of self storing, the service tariff normal data that comprises packaged service expenses standard data and benchmark service expenses standard data, user data, inquire about described user's accounts information, and check the packaged service that whether has described IP address information correspondence, if there is the packaged service of described IP address information correspondence, be IP address information corresponding service charging policy then with the packaged service expenses standard, if there is not the packaged service of described IP address information correspondence, be described IP address information corresponding service charging policy then with the benchmark service expenses standard; Calculate described user's available traffic then according to described accounts information and definite IP address information corresponding service charging policy; If described beginning rate control request message comprises that also described user applies account reserves amount information or budget information, then can to reserve amount information or budget information according to the application account be that described user's account reserves the available traffic of calculating described user after certain expense to online charging equipment;
Step 5, online charging equipment sends to the network platform by beginning rate control request response messages (Credit ControlAnswerI nitial, CCA Initial) with described user's available traffic information;
After step 6, the network platform are received described user's available traffic information, will comprise that the authentication response message of described user's available traffic information sends to access server;
After step 7, access server are received the message of the available traffic information that comprises described user, send the beginning charging request message to the network platform, the request network platform begins using the service billing of described IP address information;
Step 8, after the network platform is received described beginning charging request message, set up described user's session information record, send the beginning charging request message and respond to access server, expression receives the beginning charging message, can begin the service-user that uses described IP address information is chargeed;
After step 10, the network platform are received described Intermediate Charging ICH message, record Call Detail Record (CDR);
Step 11, behind described user's winding-up (also can be that available traffic uses up), access server sends to the network platform with the use traffic information that statistics obtains by the charging end;
Step 12, after the network platform is received described charging end, by finishing rate control request message (CCR Final) the use traffic information that statistics obtains is sent to online charging equipment, request online charging equipment charges to this employed traffic carrying capacity;
Step 14, online charging equipment send and finish rate control request response messages (CCA Final) to the network platform, confirm this charging normal termination;
Further, if the mode winding-up that uses up with available traffic, then online charging equipment can be before finishing to charge or send the described business of end when finishing to charge be notified to the network side business platform.The network side business platform can be notified the user winding-up by access server.Certainly, access server notifies the user to finish the information of described business in the time of also can or using up available traffic before the user uses up available traffic after described step 6 is obtained available traffic.
In the above-mentioned processing procedure, network platform storage products data, order relations data, user data (comprising user's username and password etc.), online charging device storage product data, order relations data, tariff data (for example user's account data, comprise the service tariff normal data of packaged service expenses standard data and benchmark service expenses standard data).Wherein, the network platform is identical with the order relations data with the product data of online charging equipment.The schematic diagram that the tariff data that Fig. 8 provides for embodiment of the invention scheme one changes.As seen from Figure 8, realized chargeing by the network platform and compare with in the prior art tariff data being stored in the network platform (AAA), scheme is that tariff data has been transferred in the online charging equipment first, is realized chargeing, deducting fees, settle accounts by online charging equipment.
Further, the embodiment of the invention can also be on RADIUS message basis authorize a change message COA (Change-of-Authorization) and disconnect connection message DM (DisconnectMessages) of structuring user's, these two message all can initiatively be initiated by the network platform or online charging equipment, finish the change of authorized user message with the notice access server.
After structure COA message on the RADIUS message basis, online charging equipment can pass through COA message real time down subscriber authorisation modification information in charging process, the network platform sends it to access server after receiving COA message in real time, and access server receives the authorization message (comprise increase or reduce available traffic) current according to COA attribute modification user after the COA message.But therefore can in the process that the user uses the IP address information to commence business, prolong or reduce the use amount of business at any time according to user's remaining sum, thereby reach the purpose of by cycle reservation user's remaining sum, dynamically reserving user's remaining sum by COA message.Be that online charging equipment is when dividing the real time billing in cycle or budget available traffic or reserving remaining sum, give the network platform by COA message with available traffic information real time down, by the available traffic of the network platform by COA message real-time informing access server user.Access server is according to the available traffic of real-time informing, but the service time of the use amount of increase or minimizing business, prolongation or shortening business, and when the available traffic of real-time informing was 0, access server is winding-up immediately.
After increasing DM message on the existing RADIUS message basis, the network platform is given access server if need winding-up can issue DM message in the process that the user uses the IP address information to commence business, and access server is received after the DM message winding-up immediately.By DM message, online charging equipment and business platform be winding-up initiatively.In the embodiment of the invention, the mode of winding-up has: available traffic is initiatively winding-up, online charging equipment winding-up, an access server winding-up initiatively initiatively of 0 o'clock winding-up, user.
Fig. 9 is that the embodiment of the invention increases COA message on standard Radius message basis and DM message is carried out information interaction, realizes the flow chart of ADSL service billing.Among Fig. 9, the network platform can be AAA or DSL (number loop technology) backstage or other network equipments, GSU (Granted ServiceUnit) represents operable service unit amount, RC (Result Code) ecbatic code, the service unit amount that USU (Used-Service-Unit) expression has been used, CC-Time then represents the time that asked, that distribute or that use.Different with flow process shown in Figure 7 is: among Fig. 9: in the step 2, the network platform (AAA) can directly issue authentication response message to after the subscription authentication, and the available traffic that needn't ask online charging equipment budget user again.After the beginning of chargeing, in the step 9, the network platform can be reserved the available traffic of amount of money correspondence by COA message real-time informing access server user account, thereby realizes dynamically reserving the purpose of user's remaining sum.In charging process, the network platform and online charging equipment can carry out information interaction in step 11 and the step 13, real-time update available traffic and other business datum.In the step 15, the network platform can be by COA message the available traffic real-time informing access server of online charging equipment in each metering period budget, and access server prolongs or reduce user's available traffic at any time according to the aforementioned available traffic of receiving.In whole charging flow, online charging equipment can with network platform real-time information interaction to upgrade the business datum in the network platform, the available traffic that comprises the user, the network platform can repeatedly be passed through the current available traffic of COA message real-time informing access server user.
According to foregoing, in realizing charging process, repeatedly information interaction be can pass through between the network platform and online charging equipment, the network platform and the access server, the change of authorized user message, business datum and the winding-up that real-time update comprises available traffic realized.
Implementation two
Scheme two is with the different of scheme one: in the scheme two, the traffic carrying capacity of using is chargeed according to IP address information corresponding service charging policy by the network platform, the account who uses the user that the IP address information commences business is deducted fees then realize by online charging equipment; Different with scheme two is, the network platform in the scheme one only is used for to subscription authentication, to business control and to the triggering of service billing, and by online charging equipment realize to business charge, user account deducts fees.In scheme two, product data, order relations data, user data (comprising user's username and password etc.), user's account data, comprise that the service tariff normal data of packaged service expenses standard data and benchmark service expenses standard data all is stored in the network platform, online charging device storage user's account data.
A kind of Online Charging System that scheme two provides comprises: access server, the network platform, online charging equipment, wherein:
Access server is used for the request network platform is passed to the network platform to the information of subscription authentication and the IP address information of user's use; Available traffic information when the user that the reception network platform sends uses the IP address information to commence business, and provide professional for the user according to available traffic information, further, if receive the subscriber authorisation change message that the network platform sends in real time, then basis authorized user message after changing provides professional for the user, for example, the network platform is by authorize a change increase of message informing access server or minimizing user's available traffic, and then access server basis available traffic after changing provides professional for the user; , the use traffic carrying capacity when the statistics user uses the IP address information to commence business; User's use traffic information is passed to the network platform, and receive the response of the network platform;
The network platform, the request network platform that is used to receive the access server transmission is finished the authentication to the user to the information of subscription authentication and the IP address information of user's use; The accounts information of inquiring user is determined IP address information corresponding service charging policy; Receive user's use traffic information, and user's use traffic carrying capacity is chargeed, and charging result is passed to online charging equipment according to IP address information corresponding service charging policy; Further, the network platform can also be according to user's account information, send subscriber authorisation change message in real time to access server, be used to change the current authorization message of user, for example notify the access server increase or reduce the user available traffic when using network address information to commence business; This network platform can comprise with lower unit:
(1) network address acquiring unit 41, with the network address acquiring unit 41 in the scheme one, can be used to obtain the IP address information;
(2) the charging policy determining unit 42, with the charging policy determining unit 42 in the scheme one;
(3) Charging Detail Record unit 43, but do not comprise the subelement 53 of deducting fees;
Online charging equipment is used to receive the result that the use traffic carrying capacity to the user of network platform transmission is chargeed, and deducts fees according to the account of charging result to the user; This Online Charging System comprises the subelement 53 of deducting fees.
In the scheme two, the business that the user uses the IP address information to carry out is chargeed according to IP address information corresponding service charging policy by the network platform, online charging equipment is realized user's account is deducted fees.In realizing charging process, can pass through repeatedly information interaction between the network platform and online charging equipment, the network platform and the access server, realize the change of authorized user message, business datum and the winding-up that real-time update comprises available traffic.Implementation procedure no longer repeats at this.
Implementation three
Scheme three is with the different of such scheme: in the scheme three, by the network platform business that the user uses the IP address information to carry out is chargeed, and user's account is deducted fees.
When the charge system specific implementation that scheme three provides is chargeed, can comprise: access server, the network platform; Wherein:
Access server is used for the request network platform is passed to the network platform to the information of subscription authentication and the IP address information of user's use; Available traffic information when the user that the reception network platform sends uses the IP address information to commence business, and provide professional for the user according to available traffic information, further, if receive the subscriber authorisation change message that the network platform sends in real time, then need basis authorized user message after changing to provide professional for the user, for example, the notice access server that receives network platform transmission increases or reduces the subscriber authorisation change message of user's available traffic, and then access server basis available traffic after changing provides business for the user; Use traffic carrying capacity when the statistics user uses the IP address information to commence business; User's use traffic information is passed to the network platform, and receive the response of the network platform;
The network platform, the request that is used to receive the access server transmission is finished the authentication to the user to the information of subscription authentication and the IP address information of user's use; The accounts information of inquiring user is determined IP address information corresponding service charging policy; Receive user's use traffic information, and user's use traffic carrying capacity is chargeed, and user's account is deducted fees according to IP address information corresponding service charging policy; Further, the network platform can also send subscriber authorisation change message to access server in real time according to user's account information, is used to change the current authorization message of user, the information of the available traffic when for example, increase or minimizing user use network address information to commence business; This network platform can comprise with lower unit:
Network address acquiring unit 41 with the network address acquiring unit 41 in the scheme one, can be used to obtain the IP address information;
Charging policy determining unit 42 is with the charging policy determining unit 42 in the scheme one;
Charging Detail Record unit 43 is with the Charging Detail Record unit in the scheme one 43.
Said system can be passed through repeatedly information interaction between the network platform and the access server in realizing the process of chargeing, realize the change of authorized user message, business datum and the winding-up that real-time update comprises available traffic.Implementation procedure no longer repeats at this.
In like manner, can realize that also the above-mentioned business of using the IP address information to carry out to the user charges by the network platform in the online charging equipment alternative scheme three that comprises network address acquiring unit 41, charging policy determining unit 42, Charging Detail Record unit 43, and user's account is deducted fees.Implementation procedure no longer repeats at this.
Figure 10 is the networking that provides of the embodiment of the invention and operation flow chart, will be example with Figure 10 below, and the practical application of the embodiment of the invention is elaborated.
Among Figure 10, on online charging equipment (OCS), set up IP number segment table (can provide IP address division table), the corresponding relation of IP section and rate is set, generate the order relations data by telecommunication department.As shown in the table, be numbered 105 set meal expenses standard in the IP of XX university section 202.112.1.1-202.113.255.255 execution, promptly by per hour 0.5 yuan of charging; Carry out per hour 1 yuan of Freight Basis at the IP in XX hotel section 101.3.0.0-101.3.1.255, and carry out per hour 2 yuan Freight Basis in other numbers section.
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| 202.112.1.1—202.113.255.255 | The big student number section of XX | 105 set meals (0.5 yuan/hour) |
| 101.3.0.0-101.3.1.255 | The |
1 yuan/hour |
| Other | 2 yuan/hour |
When realizing such scheme, the embodiment of the invention can increase broadband message (BroadBand-Information) in credit control protocol (DCC), this broadband message carry comprise Internet user IP address information property value to information (AVP, Attribute Value Pairs), for example UserIP can be used to point out user's IP address information.In other words, the network platform can as the CCR message in the above-mentioned scheme one, pass to described online charging equipment with described IP address information by the message of carrying described IP address information that increases in credit control protocol DCC.
When carrying out network operation according to networking shown in Figure 10, operator can issue card of surfing Internet, and card of surfing Internet can have polytype, such as prepaid card, VIP card etc.When the user uses the card of surfing Internet online, after the IP address information that the network platform (AAA shown in Figure 10) was used when obtaining the user and commencing business, can be by the message of carrying the IP address information that in credit control protocol DCC, increases, the IP address information is submitted to online charging equipment (OCS shown in Figure 10), after online charging equipment is received the IP address information, according to the order relations data of self storing, judge that corresponding with the IP address information is which kind of set meal or expenses standard: for example, if the above-mentioned IP address belongs to the IP section of using the XX campus be numbered 105 set meal, then charge according to the expenses standard that is numbered 105 set meal, if the above-mentioned IP address belongs to the IP section in the XX hotel that carries out 1 yuan of/hour expenses standard, then charge according to 1 yuan/hour expenses standard, if the above-mentioned IP address neither belongs to the XX campus and also do not belong to the XX hotel, then charge according to benchmark service expenses standard or other standards of deducting fees.Use the above-mentioned IP address information to commence business in the process the user, the network platform passes to online charging equipment with the traffic information that the user uses in real time, online charging equipment charges according to the traffic carrying capacity that the user uses, to the card of surfing Internet real-time deduction of above-mentioned user's use.Certainly, also can realize billing operation, no longer repeat at this according to other scheme of the embodiment of the invention.
In above-mentioned operation process, further, if user's advanced charge is about to use up or use up, online charging equipment can send to the network platform with user balance information, the network platform is promptly notified user balance information and when expense uses up, is stopped to provide business service for the user.
Certainly, the embodiment of the invention can also be chargeed according to other network address information, and for example URL address information etc. realizes that the process of chargeing is identical with the principle of chargeing according to the IP address information, no longer repeats at this.
In sum, the embodiment of the invention compared with prior art, because the embodiment of the invention can be carried out different expenses standards according to different network address information, therefore, can divide network address section, make the corresponding different expenses standard in the different network addresss, for example the IP section is divided, make the corresponding different expenses standard in different IP addresses, thereby increased charging method, make charging more flexible, satisfy, realized the requirement of chargeing according to the different application scene according to the commercial value of the data volume of busy section of town and the requirement that correlation time, section was chargeed thereof, and owing to utilized the regulating action of charge to the using system resource, thereby solve balanced, reasonable using system problem of resource.
The above; only for the preferable embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and anyly is familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; the variation that can expect easily or replacement all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claim.
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1, a kind of charging method is characterized in that, comprising:
Obtain the network address information of the business use of carrying out in the network;
Determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilize described service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation.
2, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described step of carrying out billing operation comprises:
Obtain the accounts information that uses the user that described network address information commences business, and carry out described billing operation according to described accounts information and described network address information corresponding service charging policy.
3, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described definite described network address information corresponding service charging policy comprises:
The described network address information corresponding service expenses standard that sets in advance of inquiry, and be described service charging policy with the described service tariff standard that inquires.
4, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described step of carrying out billing operation according to described accounts information and described network address information corresponding service charging policy comprises:
According to the accounts information of described network address information corresponding service charging policy with the user who uses described network address information to commence business, the described user's of budget available traffic;
According to described available traffic the described user who uses described network address information to commence business is carried out billing operation.
5, method according to claim 4 is characterized in that, according to described available traffic the step that the described user who uses described network address information to commence business carries out billing operation is specifically comprised:
Use traffic information when obtaining described user and using described network address information to commence business;
Use traffic carrying capacity when described user uses described network address information to commence business is then chargeed to the described use traffic carrying capacity of obtaining according to described service charging policy, and described user's account is deducted fees during less than described available traffic;
When the use traffic carrying capacity when described user uses described network address information to commence business equals described available traffic, finish described business, and finish to charge.
6, a kind of message accounting is characterized in that, comprising:
Network address acquiring unit is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used;
The charging policy determining unit is used for determining the corresponding service charging policy according to the network address information that described network address acquiring unit obtains;
Charging Detail Record unit, the service charging policy that is used to utilize described charging policy determining unit to determine carries out billing operation to described business.
7, message accounting according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described charging policy determining unit comprises:
Storing sub-units is used to store described network address information corresponding service expenses standard;
The inquiry subelement is used for inquiring about the described network address information corresponding service expenses standard of storing sub-units, and is described service charging policy with the described service tariff standard that inquires.
8, message accounting according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described Charging Detail Record unit comprises:
Obtain the accounts information subelement, be used to obtain the user's who uses described network address information accounts information;
Budget available traffic subelement is used for the described service charging policy of determining according to described charging policy determining unit and obtains the described accounts information that the accounts information unit obtains, the described user's of budget available traffic;
The billing operation subelement is used for according to the available traffic that described budget available traffic subelement is determined the described user who uses described network address information to commence business being carried out billing operation.
9, message accounting according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described billing operation subelement specifically comprises:
Obtain and use the traffic information subelement, the use traffic information when being used to obtain described user and using described network address information to commence business;
Computation subunit, be used for obtaining when using described use traffic carrying capacity that the traffic information subelement obtains less than the described available traffic of described budget available traffic subelement budget described, the described service charging policy of determining according to described charging policy determining unit charges to described use traffic carrying capacity, and charging result is sent to the described subelement of deducting fees;
The subelement of deducting fees is used for the result that described use traffic carrying capacity chargeed according to described computation subunit, and described user's account is deducted fees;
Finish the charging subelement, be used for when obtaining the described use traffic carrying capacity of using the traffic information subelement to obtain and equaling the described available traffic of described budget available traffic subelement budget, finishing to charge described.
10, a kind of network platform is characterized in that, comprises each described message accounting of claim 6 to 9.
11, a kind of charge system is characterized in that, comprising:
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used, and described network address information is sent to online charging equipment;
Described online charging equipment is used to receive the described network address information that the described network platform is obtained, and determines described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilizes described service charging policy that this business is carried out billing operation.
12, charge system according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described system also comprises:
Access server, the network address information that the business that is used for that network is carried out is used sends to the network platform; Receive increase that the described network platform sends in real time or the information that reduces the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business, and provide described business for the described network address according to described increase or the information that reduces described available traffic.
13, charge system according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described online charging equipment sends the information that increases or reduce described available traffic in real time to the described network platform, and increase that the described network platform will be received or the information that reduces described available traffic send to described access server in real time.
14, a kind of charge system is characterized in that, comprising:
The network platform is used for obtaining the network address information that business that network carries out is used; Determine described network address information corresponding service charging policy, and utilize described service charging policy that this business is chargeed, and charging result is sent to online charging equipment;
Online charging equipment is used for deducting fees according to the account of described charging result to the user that uses described network address information and commence business.
15, charge system according to claim 15 is characterized in that, described system also comprises:
Access server is used for using the network address information of the business that network carries out to send to the network platform; Receive increase that the described network platform sends in real time or the information that reduces the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business, and provide described business for the described network address according to described increase or the information that reduces described available traffic.
16, charge system according to claim 16, it is characterized in that, the described network platform is according to described user's account information, sends the information that increases or reduce the available traffic when using described network address information to commence business in real time to described access server.
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