CN101938730A - Method and system for triggering start of billing - Google Patents

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CN101938730A
CN101938730A CN2009100884815A CN200910088481A CN101938730A CN 101938730 A CN101938730 A CN 101938730A CN 2009100884815 A CN2009100884815 A CN 2009100884815A CN 200910088481 A CN200910088481 A CN 200910088481A CN 101938730 A CN101938730 A CN 101938730A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for triggering the start of billing, and the method can trigger the start of billing through an R4 interface when a billing agent and a billing client reside in different AGWs by defining a billing start triggering message or expanding a Bulk Interim Update request message. The invention further discloses a system for triggering the start of billing, which comprises a user agent used for setting the billing start triggering message and sending, and the billing client used for notifying a billing server of starting to bill after receiving the billing start triggering message. The invention further discloses the system for triggering the start of billing, which comprises the user agent used for adding a billing start field in an interim update request message and sending, and the billing client used for notifying the billing server of starting to bill after receiving the interim update request message. The adoption of the method and the system can trigger the start of billing when the billing agent and the billing client reside in the different AGWs.

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The method and system that a kind of triggering begins to charge
Technical field
The present invention relates to global microwave system (WiMAX) field, relate in particular to the method and system that a kind of triggering begins to charge.
Background technology
The WiMAX system generally is made up of three parts: terminal, access business network (ASN, Access Service Network) and be connected business network (CSN, Connect Service Network); Wherein, the structure of ASN comprises one or more base stations (BS) and one or more ASN gateway (AGW as shown in Figure 1, ASN-GW), and BS can be that multi-to-multi is connected with AGW, and promptly a BS can connect a plurality of AGW simultaneously, and an AGW also can connect a plurality of BS simultaneously; BS and AGW are by the R6 interactive interfacing, and be mutual by Interface R4 between each AGW.
Mainly comprise with the relevant logic entity that charges in the WiMAX system: charging proxy (Account Agent), Accounting Client (Account Client) and accounting server (Account Server); Wherein, charging proxy perception user automatically such as lands, withdraws from action, is used for gathering comprising flow, activating charge information such as duration, and the charge information of gathering is reported Accounting Client; Accounting Client is the Delivery Function between charging proxy and the accounting server, is transmitted to accounting server after the charge information encapsulation that is used for charging proxy is reported; Accounting server generates ticket according to the charge information that Accounting Client reports, and generally can take on accounting server by aaa server.
Wherein, charging proxy, Accounting Client generally reside among the AGW.WiMAX network work group (WiMAX NWG) standard is split as some logical functional entities with AGW, charging proxy resides in the data channel functional entity (DPF) that is used for the transmitting user data message, and Accounting Client resides in and is used for the authentication device (Authenticator) that authenticated user inserts legitimacy and authorizes traffic flow parameters.The WiMAXNWG standard also allows to be dispersed on a plurality of AGW at same user's Different Logic functional entity, like this, charging proxy at this user promptly may be located at different AGW respectively with Accounting Client, this means need by Interface R4 between charging proxy and the Accounting Client mutual, trigger and begin to charge, flow processs such as Intermediate Charging ICH, for example: after the initial access of user is finished, along with the base station has taken place to stride for user mobile, stride AGW or stride the switching of ASN etc., after switching is finished, its authentication device has moved on the AGW2, DPF is still on AGW1, and the Intermediate Charging ICH duration is overtime at interval, then need between charging proxy and the Accounting Client to trigger Intermediate Charging ICH alternately by Interface R4, specific as follows:
It is overtime at interval that step a1, charging proxy monitor the Intermediate Charging ICH duration, upgrades (Bulk Interim Update) request message in the middle of Accounting Client sends;
After step b1, Accounting Client receive described Bulk Interim Update request message, in the middle of charging proxy sends, upgrade and reply (Bulk Interim Update Ack) message, confirm to accept this message; And to aaa server transmission Intermediate Charging ICH request (Radius Accounting Request); Wherein, Bulk Interim Update request message and Bulk Interim Update Ack message are the self-defining Interface R4 message of WiMAX NWG;
After step c1, accounting server receive described Radius Accounting Request, send Intermediate Charging ICH to Accounting Client and reply (Radius Accounting Response) message, finish this Intermediate Charging ICH and trigger flow process.
But when user's authentication device is arranged on the different AGW with DPF, be Accounting Client with charging proxy on different AGW, the user be assigned in the IP address or for the user again sub-distribution during the IP address, at present, also not mutual by Interface R4 between charging proxy and the Accounting Client, trigger the method that begins to charge.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the method and system that provide a kind of triggering to begin to charge are provided main purpose of the present invention, can trigger to begin to charge when charging proxy and Accounting Client reside at different AGW.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that
The method that a kind of triggering begins to charge, this method comprises:
Charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client; Described beginning charging triggering message is Interface R4 message;
Accounting Client receives beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
Further, described charging proxy monitor station address be allocated successfully into:
Charging proxy monitors data channel functional entity station address is transmitted to terminal, thinks that promptly station address is allocated successfully.
Further, described notice accounting server begins to charge and comprises:
Accounting Client sends the beginning charging request message;
Accounting server returns the beginning accounting answer, finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process.
The method that the present invention also provides a kind of triggering to begin to charge, this method comprises:
Charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, and adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information;
Accounting Client is determined that the middle update inquiry information that receives carries and is begun the field of chargeing, and return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
The system that the present invention also provides a kind of triggering to begin to charge, this system comprises: charging proxy and Accounting Client; Wherein,
Charging proxy when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, is provided with beginning charging triggering information and sending to Accounting Client;
Accounting Client is used to receive described beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
Further, described charging proxy comprises: monitoring modular and trigger module; Wherein,
Monitoring modular when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indicating, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client.
The system that the present invention also provides a kind of triggering to begin to charge, this system comprises: charging proxy and Accounting Client; Wherein,
Charging proxy when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information;
Accounting Client is used to determine that the middle update inquiry information that receives carries begins the field of chargeing, and return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
Further, described charging proxy comprises: monitoring modular and trigger module; Wherein,
Monitoring modular when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indication, adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information.
The method and system that triggering provided by the present invention begins to charge are by definition beginning charging triggering message or expand Bulk Interim Update request message, can be when charging proxy and Accounting Client reside at different AGW, begin to charge by the Interface R4 triggering, with the flexibility and the extensibility of increase system charging.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of ASN;
Fig. 2 is the realization flow figure that the embodiment of the invention one triggers the beginning charging method;
Fig. 3 is the realization flow figure that the embodiment of the invention two triggers the beginning charging method;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation that the embodiment of the invention three triggers the beginning charge system;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation that the embodiment of the invention three triggers the beginning charge system.
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The realization flow of the employing embodiment of the invention one triggering beginning charging method may further comprise the steps as shown in Figure 2:
Step 201: charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client, begins to charge with the notice Accounting Client; Described beginning charging triggering message is Interface R4 message.
Here, charging proxy resides on the different AGW with Accounting Client, charging proxy and Accounting Client no longer can use the device interior interactive interfacing, and need by its Interface R4 between the resident AGW mutual, therefore, need be by belonging to the beginning charging triggering message of Interface R4 message, the notice Accounting Client begins to charge.
Wherein, charging proxy monitors station address and is allocated successfully and is specially:
Charging proxy monitors DPF station address is transmitted to terminal, thinks that promptly station address is allocated successfully.
Step 202: the beginning charging triggering message that Accounting Client identification receives, return beginning charging triggering response message.
Step 203: Accounting Client notice accounting server begins to charge, and finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process.
Wherein, Accounting Client notice accounting server begins to charge and is specially:
Accounting Client sends the beginning charging request message;
Accounting server returns the beginning accounting answer, finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process; Wherein, interactive messages between Accounting Client and the accounting server can be the message of remote customer dialing authentication (Radius) protocol definition or the message of Diameter definition, and Diameter is the upgraded version of Radius.
When charging proxy resided at different AGW with Accounting Client, the realization flow of the employing embodiment of the invention two triggering beginning charging methods may further comprise the steps as shown in Figure 3:
Step 301: charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, in Bulk Interim Update request message, add and begin the field of chargeing, begin to charge with indication, and send this and carry the field Bulk Interim Update request message that begins to charge to Accounting Client.
Wherein, charging proxy monitors station address and is allocated successfully and is specially:
Charging proxy monitors data channel functional entity DPF station address is transmitted to terminal, thinks that promptly station address is allocated successfully.
Step 302: Accounting Client is determined whether the middle update inquiry information that receives carries and is begun the field of chargeing, if carry, thinks to trigger to begin to charge that then execution in step 303; If do not carry, think the triggering Intermediate Charging ICH, execution in step 304.
Step 303: return Bulk Interim UpdateAck message, and notify accounting server to begin to charge, finish this and begin the charging triggering flow process.
Step 304: return Bulk Interim Update Ack message, and ask accounting server to begin Intermediate Charging ICH, finish this Intermediate Charging ICH and trigger flow process.
The system that the embodiment of the invention three triggerings begin to charge comprises: charging proxy 41 and Accounting Client 42 as shown in Figure 4; Wherein,
Charging proxy 41 when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, is provided with beginning charging triggering information and sending to Accounting Client;
Accounting Client 42 is used to receive described beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
Wherein, described charging proxy 41 comprises: monitoring modular 411 and trigger module 412; Wherein,
Monitoring modular 411 when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module 412 is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indicating, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client.
Wherein, charging proxy 41 resides on the AGW 11, resides on the AGW 12 with Accounting Client 42.
The system that the embodiment of the invention four triggerings begin to charge comprises: charging proxy 51 and Accounting Client 52 as shown in Figure 5; Wherein,
Charging proxy 51 when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, adds the field and sending of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information;
Accounting Client 52 is used to determine that the middle update inquiry information that receives carries begins the field of chargeing, and return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
Wherein, described charging proxy 51 comprises: monitoring modular 511 and trigger module 512; Wherein,
Monitoring modular 511 when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module 512 is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indication, adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information.
Wherein, charging proxy 51 resides on the AGW 21, resides on the AGW 22 with Accounting Client 52.
Below with the full-time authentication device function of AGW1, the full-time DPF function of AGW2, be that Accounting Client is when residing in AGW1, charging proxy and residing in AGW2 and go up, for user's distributing IP address and adopt method and system of the present invention to trigger the realization flow that begins to charge to be example, to specify method and system of the present invention:
Step a2, terminal insert the WiMAX network, and AGW1 carries out access authentication and authorization-related services stream parameter;
Step b2, AGW1 notice AGW2 sets up data channel, and described related service stream parameter is sent AGW2; AGW2 sets up data channel according to the related service stream parameter that receives;
Step c2, the data channel of terminal by having set up, dynamic host allocation protocol (DHCP) the server-assignment IP address of request network side;
Steps d 2, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server are terminal distribution IP address, and institute's IP address allocated is sent to AGW2;
Step e2, AGW2 are transmitted to terminal with described IP address by data channel, simultaneously, the charging proxy that resides in AGW2 monitors the operation of IP address, thinks that station address is allocated successfully, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to the Accounting Client that resides in AGW1;
Here, step e2 can also for: AGW2 is transmitted to terminal with described IP address by data channel, simultaneously, the charging proxy that resides in AGW2 monitors the operation of IP address, think that station address is allocated successfully, after in Bulk Interim Update request message, adding the field that begins to charge, this Bulk Interim Update request message is sent to the Accounting Client that resides in AGW1;
Step f2, the Accounting Client that resides in AGW1 receive beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and send the beginning charging request message to accounting server; Accounting server returns the beginning accounting answer, finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process.
Here, step f2 can also receive the Bulk Interim Update request message that carries the field that begins to charge for: the Accounting Client that resides in AGW1, return Bulk Interim Update Ack message, and send the beginning charging request message to accounting server; Accounting server returns the beginning accounting answer, finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process.
Method and system of the present invention also are applicable to be that a user distributes under the situation of a plurality of IP address, be specially: be that a user is when distributing a plurality of IP address, first IP address is distributed when initial the access, remaining IP address is generally after the user inserts the WiMAX network, need launching certain specific distributes when professional, for example, enterprise's private network is given user's distributing IP address when inserting the private network of certain enterprise, and when distributing remaining IP address, because the user moves, switching has taken place, make charging proxy and Accounting Client reside at different AGW, after being allocated successfully, then need to adopt method and system of the present invention to trigger and begin to charge.
The above is preferred embodiment of the present invention only, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the method that triggering begins to charge is characterized in that, this method comprises:
Charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client; Described beginning charging triggering message is Interface R4 message;
Accounting Client receives beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
2. the method that triggering according to claim 1 begins to charge is characterized in that, described charging proxy monitor station address be allocated successfully into:
Charging proxy monitors data channel functional entity station address is transmitted to terminal, thinks that promptly station address is allocated successfully.
3. the method that triggering according to claim 1 begins to charge is characterized in that, described notice accounting server begins to charge and comprises:
Accounting Client sends the beginning charging request message;
Accounting server returns the beginning accounting answer, finishes this and begins the charging triggering flow process.
4. the method that triggering begins to charge is characterized in that, this method comprises:
Charging proxy monitors station address when being allocated successfully, and adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information;
Accounting Client is determined that the middle update inquiry information that receives carries and is begun the field of chargeing, and return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
5. the system that triggering begins to charge is characterized in that, this system comprises: charging proxy and Accounting Client; Wherein,
Charging proxy when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, is provided with beginning charging triggering information and sending to Accounting Client;
Accounting Client is used to receive described beginning charging triggering message, return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
6. the system that triggering according to claim 5 begins to charge is characterized in that, described charging proxy comprises: monitoring modular and trigger module; Wherein,
Monitoring modular when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indicating, and beginning charging triggering information and sending is set to Accounting Client.
7. the system that triggering begins to charge is characterized in that, this system comprises: charging proxy and Accounting Client; Wherein,
Charging proxy when being used to monitor station address and being allocated successfully, adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information;
Accounting Client is used to determine that the middle update inquiry information that receives carries begins the field of chargeing, and return beginning charging triggering response message, and the notice accounting server begins to charge.
8. the system that triggering according to claim 7 begins to charge is characterized in that, described charging proxy comprises: monitoring modular and trigger module; Wherein,
Monitoring modular when being used to monitor data channel functional entity station address being transmitted to terminal, sends station address and is allocated successfully and indicates to trigger module;
Trigger module is used to receive described station address and is allocated successfully when indication, adds the field and be sent to Accounting Client of beginning to charge in middle update inquiry information.
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