CN102421081A - Traffic monitoring method and system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a traffic monitoring method and system. The traffic monitoring method comprises the step of: indicating a PCEF (Policy and Charging enforcement Function) not to accumulate a Monitoring Key into the traffic of an IP-CAN (Internet Protocol-Connectivity Access Network) conversation level when a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) issues the Monitoring Key to the PCEF. By adopting the invention, when an IP-CAN conversation level traffic is monitored, traffic generated by a sponsored third party service is not accumulated, thus freely-used traffic consumption is prevented from being mistakenly accumulated in the traffic of the IP-CAN conversation level. In addition, the traffic monitoring method and system disclosed by the invention can realize independent traffic monitoring for a specific service flow in an IP-CAN conversation so as to meet demands of independent traffic monitoring.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, more specifically, relate to a kind of with quantity monitoring method and system.
Background technology
Third generation partner program (3rd Generation Partnership Project; Abbreviate 3GPP as) strategy be a functional framework that can be applied to multiple access technology with control (Policy and Charging Control the abbreviates PCC as) framework that charges.For example; Be applied to UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; Abbreviate UMTS as) terrestrial radio Access Network (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network; Abbreviate UTRAN as), global system for mobile communications (Global system for Mobile Communication; Abbreviate GSM as)/the GSM data strengthen the grouping system (Evolved PacketSystem abbreviates EPS as) of evolution (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution abbreviates EDGE as) wireless access network, intercommunicated wireless local area network (I-WLAN) and evolution etc.
Fig. 1 is the sketch map of the non-roaming framework of Rel-8PCC of correlation technique, below with reference to Fig. 1 each logical functional entity and interface function thereof in this PCC framework is described:
Application Function (Application Function abbreviates AF as) provides the access point of service application, and the employed Internet resources of these service application need carry out dynamic policy control.When service surface is carried out parameter negotiation; AF passes to strategy and charging regulation function entity (Policyand Charging Rules Function with related service information; Abbreviate PCRF as), if these business information and PCRF's is tactful consistent, then PCRF accepts and should consult; Otherwise the PCRF refusal should be consulted, and in feedback, provided the acceptable service parameter of PCRF simultaneously.Subsequently, AF can return to subscriber equipment (User Equipment abbreviates UE as) with these parameters.Wherein, the interface between AF and the PCRF is a Rx interface.
PCRF is the core of PCC, is responsible for the formulation of strategic decision-making and charging regulation.PCRF provides the network control rule based on business data flow; These network controls comprise monitoring, gate (Gating Control), service quality (Quality of Service the abbreviates QoS as) control of business data flow and based on the charging regulation of data flow etc.PCRF sends to strategy and charging execution function entity (Policy and Charging Enforcement Function with the strategy and the charging regulation of its formulation; Abbreviate PCEF as) carry out; Simultaneously, PCRF need guarantee that also these rules are consistent with user's CAMEL-Subscription-Information.PCRF generates strategy and comprises with the foundation of charging regulation: obtain and professional relevant information from AF; Obtain user policy, billing control and subscription information from user-subscribed database (Subscription Profile Repository abbreviates SPR as); Obtain and carry the information of network of relation from PCEF.
PCEF is used for carrying out strategy and the charging regulation that PCRF formulated at loading end.PCEF monitors business data flow according to the business datum flow filter in the rule that PCRF sent, and then these business data flows are carried out strategy and the charging regulation that PCRF formulated.When carrying was set up, the rule that PCEF sends according to PCRF was carried out the QoS mandate, and carried out gate control according to the execution of AF.According to the charging regulation that PCRF sends, PCEF carries out corresponding business data flow billing operation, and chargeing both can be online charging, also can be offline charging.If online charging, then PCEF needs and Online Charging System (Online Charging System abbreviates OCS as) carry out credit management together.During offline charging, exchange correlation charge information between PCEF and the off-line accounting system (Offline Charging System abbreviates OFCS as).Interface between PCEF and the PCRF is the Gx interface, and the interface between the OCS is the Gy interface, and the interface between the OFCS is the Gz interface.PCEF is usually located in the gateway (Gate-Way abbreviates GW as) of network, like the packet data gateway among GGSN among the GPRS (GGSN) and the I-WLAN (Packet Data Gateway abbreviates PDG as).
Bearing binding and event reporting function entity (Bearer Binding and Event ReportingFunction abbreviates BBERF as), its function comprises the checking and the event report of bearing binding, up bearing binding.When UE inserts through E-UTRAN; And when adopting the PMIPv6 agreement between S-GW and the P-GW; BBERF is located in S-GW, and when UE inserted through the non-3GPP connecting system of trusted, BBERF was positioned at the trusted non-3 GPP access network and closes; When UE inserts through trustless non-3GPP connecting system, BBERF is positioned at the packet data gateway (Evolved Packet DataGateway abbreviates ePDG as) of evolution.At this moment, PCEF no longer carries out the bearing binding function.
User-subscribed database (SPR) has been stored and the policy control and the relevant user policy, billing control and subscription information that charges.Interface between SPR and the PCRF is the Sp interface.
Online Charging System (OCS) carries out the control and the management of user credit under the online charging mode with PCEF.
Off-line accounting system (OFCS) is accomplished the billing operation under the offline charging mode with PCEF.
Above PCC framework has been realized UE is packet data network (Packet Data Network of visit through each functional entity; Abbreviate PDN as) policy and charging control of IP connection access network (IP ConnectivityAccess Network the abbreviates IP-CAN as) session of being set up.
In the prior art, PCC supports dynamic consumption Monitoring and Controlling, to realize using total amount to carry out dynamic strategic decision-making based on real-time Internet resources.The consumption monitoring can be applicable to all Business Streams (IP-CAN session-level) of single business data flow, one group of business data flow or an IP-CAN session.If UE has set up a plurality of IP-CAN sessions to certain PDN, then the consumption monitoring also can be applicable to this a plurality of IP-CAN sessions.At present, consumption (usage) refers to user plane data traffic.Usually adopt monitoring key (Monitoring Key) to identify an instance that needs the consumption monitoring; Such as: as PCRF be an IP-CAN session all traffic flow assignment Monitoring Key and corresponding threshold value; So; PCEF will be according to all Business Stream flows of this IP-CAN session of this threshold monitor, and identify the consumption that reports with this Monitoring Key.When PCRF Monitoring Key that has been a Business Stream or one group of business datum flow distribution and corresponding threshold value; PCRF is carried at Monitoring Key in the PCC rule of this business data flow or one group of business data flow correspondence; So; PCEF will have the pairing business data flow flow of PCC rule of identical Monitoring Key according to this threshold monitor, and identify the consumption that reports with this Monitoring Key.A plurality of Monitoring Key instances are monitored in present PCC framework support simultaneously; The consumption that comprises the consumption of monitoring entire I P-CAN session simultaneously and certain concrete business data flow, the Monitoring Key that the consumption of IP-CAN session this moment is corresponding and the Monitoring Key of business data flow are inequality.
Simultaneously, in SPR, can also preserve total safe level of certain certain PDN of user, promptly be directed against total safe level of all Business Streams of an IP-CAN session, also can be called total safe level of the every user of every PDN (PerPDN and UE).Can also preserve some concrete professional total safe level of certain certain PDN of user among the SPR, promptly, also can identify usually with Monitoring Key to total safe level of a business data flow or one group of business data flow.
Be established to as the user (UE can set up one or more IP-CAN sessions with PDN) after the IP-CAN session of certain PDN, SPR is handed down to PCRF with total safe level.When PCRF carried out the consumption Monitoring and Controlling, PCRF subscribed to consumption to PCEF and reports (Usage Report) event trigger.When Monitoring Key be included in issue in the PCC rule after, the PCC rule with identical Monitoring Key is shared this Monitoring Key corresponding threshold (the consumption monitoring is to or one group of business data flow, i.e. business data flow rank).When Monitoring Key was not included in any PCC rule, then all business data flows of IP-CAN session were shared this Monitoring Key corresponding threshold (the consumption monitoring is to the IP-CAN session-level).PCEF monitors that consumption has reached threshold value, IP-CAN session termination, all PCC rules of comprising certain Monitoring Key are all given the correct time on deletion/deexcitation or the PCRF explicit request consumption, and PCEF will consume situation to the consumption of PCRF report relevant Monitoring Key since the last time reports.After PCRF receives that consumption from PCEF reports, PCRF will deduct the volume value that reports from total safe level.If PCEF reports the consumption of certain MonitoringKey and need proceed monitoring, so, PCRF will provide new threshold value to PCEF; If need not to proceed monitoring, PCRF does not provide new threshold value to PCEF.APN (Access Point Name as the user; Abbreviate APN as) last IP-CAN session termination the time; PCRF will preserve remaining total safe level in SPR, comprise total safe level of this PDN or some concrete professional total safe level of this PDN.
At present, the support of PCC framework is called the consumption monitoring that is connected (Sponsored data connectivity) by the patronage data.What is called is connected the consumption consumption that is meant that user institute access service produces by the patronage data, is not to be born by user oneself, but is born by professional provider.At this moment; When the user initiates such Operational Visit; AF is when PCRF provides business information; Also can such professional consumption threshold value of professional provider's sponsored visit (be user can such professional consumption of free access) be provided, in the present invention, support data to connect to be equal to connect business by the patronage data to PCRF.At this moment, the consumption threshold value that PCRF issues according to AF is provided with the consumption threshold value of PCEF monitoring, and when arriving threshold value, PCEF notifies PCRF.
Yet there is following problem in prior art: if the user has the consumption subscription data based on the IP-CAN session level in SPR, what promptly PCRF need be according to SPR is signatory, the accumulative total consumption of all business data flows of indication PCEF monitoring entire I P-CAN session.And this moment, the user has visited certain again by the business of supporting data to connect, and AF will provide the consumption of subsidy to PCRF, and PCRF indication PCEF monitoring this supported data to connect professional consumption.Like this, can cause PCEF to be supported data to connect the professional consumption that produces user capture calculates the consumption the inside in entire I P-CAN session, finally causes the consumption monitoring to produce mistake.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem that the present invention solves provides a kind of with quantity monitoring method and system, when IP-CAN session level consumption is monitored, does not add up the professional consumption consumption that produces of third party of being supported.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the invention provides a kind of quantity monitoring method of using, said method comprises:
Strategy and charging regulation function entity (PCRF) indicate said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into IP connection access network (IP-CAN session) grade other consumption when strategy and charging execution function entity (PCEF) issue monitoring key (Monitoring Key).
In addition, said Monitoring Key comprises:
One or one group of Monitoring Key that business data flow is corresponding of appointment are perhaps connected corresponding Monitoring Key by the patronage data.
In addition, said PCRF indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level through issue independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF.
In addition, said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information.
In addition, said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: supported data to connect indication.
In addition, said PCRF distributes specific Monitoring Key through connecting for said business data flow or by the patronage data, indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
In addition, said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: said PCRF is said sponsor's sign and/or applied business supplier (ASP) sign or the specific charging key (Charging Key) that comprises in professional strategy of formulating and the charging control rule that connected by the patronage data.
The present invention also provides a kind of consumption monitoring system, and said system comprises the independent monitoring indicating member among the PCRF,
Said independent monitoring indicating member is used for when PCEF issues Monitoring Key, indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level.
In addition; Said independent monitoring indicating member is further used for; At the Monitoring Key of one or the one group business data flow correspondence that issues appointment, when perhaps being connected the MonitoringKey of correspondence, indicate said PCEF the consumption of said Monitoring Key not to be added up not go into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level by the patronage data.
In addition, said system also comprises the independent monitoring performance element among the PCEF,
Said independent monitoring indicating member is further used for; Through issuing independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF, perhaps connecting the specific MonitoringKey of distribution, indicate said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level for said business data flow or by the patronage data;
Said independent monitoring performance element is used for according to said independent consumption monitoring indication or said specific Monitoring Key, and or not said Monitoring Key is not corresponding consumption accumulative total is gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
In addition, the said independent consumption monitoring indication that issues of said independent monitoring indicating member comprises:
Connected indication, independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information by the patronage data; Perhaps,
Said PCRF is said by the sponsor's sign and/or ASP sign or the specific charging key that comprise in the strategy of patronage data connection formulation and the charging control rule.
Adopt the present invention; PCRF is when issuing Monitoring Key to PCEF; Indicate said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level, thereby the consumption of having avoided freely using is accumulated in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level by error.In addition, the present invention can also realize the given traffic streams in the IP-CAN session is carried out independent consumption monitoring, to satisfy the demand of independent consumption monitoring.
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Fig. 1 is the sketch map according to the non-roaming framework of Rel-8 PCC of correlation technique;
Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet with quantity monitoring method according to the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the composition sketch map according to the consumption monitoring system of the embodiment of the invention.
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Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of monitoring mechanism of consumption; Its core concept is: PCRF is when issuing Monitoring Key, and the consumption of the business data flow that indication PCEF independently monitors needs (as connected the business datum of the professional consumption that produces or other appointments by the patronage data) no longer is accumulated in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level.
Based on above-mentioned thought, the invention provides a kind of quantity monitoring method of using, specifically adopt following technical scheme:
PCRF indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level when issuing Monitoring Key to PCEF.
Wherein, said Monitoring Key comprises:
One or one group of Monitoring Key that business data flow is corresponding of appointment are perhaps connected corresponding Monitoring Key by the patronage data.
Further, said PCRF indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level through issue independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF.
Wherein, said independent consumption monitoring indication can be independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information.
In addition, said independent consumption monitoring indication can also comprise: supported data to connect indication.
In addition, said independent consumption monitoring indication can also comprise: said PCRF is said sponsor's sign and/or applied business supplier (ASP) sign or the specific charging key (Charging Key) that comprises in professional strategy of formulating and the charging control rule that connected by the patronage data.
Further, said PCRF distributes specific Monitoring Key through connecting for said business data flow or by the patronage data, indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
For the ease of setting forth the present invention, below will combine accompanying drawing and specific embodiment that the enforcement of technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart according to the control method of the consumption of the embodiment of the invention, and is as shown in Figure 2, and this flow process specifically describes as follows:
Step S201 sets up in the process of IP-CAN session in the UE request, and the gateway that PCEF is positioned at receives the IP-CAN session and sets up request message, and sets up the PDN sign of carrying the ID and the PDN network of request access in the request message in this IP-CAN session;
Step S202, PCEF sends the IP-CAN session to PCRF and sets up Indication message, and sets up in this IP-CAN session and to carry ID, PDN sign in the Indication message and to be UE IP address allocated (IP Address);
Step S203, PCRF judges also not this user's CAMEL-Subscription-Information according to ID, PCRF sends signatory document request to SPR, and in this signatory document request, carries ID and PDN sign;
Step S204, SPR returns user signing contract information (that is, signatory document is replied) according to ID and PDN sign.The total safe level Totally Allowed Usage1 (TAU1) that comprises this PDN of this user (Per PDN and UE) in the user signing contract information, the i.e. total safe level of IP-CAN session-level;
Step S205, the access information of the user signing contract information that the PCRF basis is returned, network strategy, UE etc. is generated strategy.Wherein the consumption monitoring policy comprises Monitoring Key1 is set; Event trigger is set, and value is Usage_Report and consumption threshold value Usage Threshold1 (UT1) is set.Wherein PCRF is according to the consumption threshold value UT1 and the UT1＜=TAU1 of the TAU1 distributing user that from SPR, obtains;
Here, the consumption monitoring is to be directed against all business data flows of IP-CAN session, and Monitoring Key1 is not included in any PCC rule (the consumption monitoring of this Monitoring Key of PCRF indication PCEF is the IP-CAN session-level).
Step S206, the PCEF mounting strategy comprises the consumption monitoring policy.The gateway that PCEF is positioned at returns IP-CAN session foundation and replys, and in IP-CAN session foundation is replied, carries IP Address;
Behind step S206, UE possibly also can set up other IP-CAN session with this PDN, and this moment, Monitoring Key1 was directed against all business data flows of all IP-CAN sessions of UE and PDN foundation.Be that Monitoring Key1 is to PDN and UE combination (Per PDN and UE).
Step S207, PCEF carry out the consumption monitoring policy, and all business data flows of this PDN of user capture (through one or more IP-CAN sessions) are carried out consumption monitoring (promptly carrying out the consumption monitoring of IP-CAN session-level).In this process, PCEF may carry out alternately with PCRF, reports the volume value of consumption and the consumption threshold value that please look for novelty;
Step S208; IP-CAN session (comprising one or more IP-CAN sessions) and third-party applied business supplier (Application ServiceProvider that UE sets up through step S201-step S207; Abbreviate ASP as) server connect and requested service, the decision of ASP server provides by the connection of patronage data for this user.The ASP server provides dynamically by patronage data link information to AF; Comprise the user profile (like IP Address) that the sponsor identifies, ASP identifies, sign is supported in the information; By patronage professional IP stream information and safe level threshold value A llowed Usage Threshold (AUT), wherein said AF is arranged in the PDN network that UE sets up the IP-CAN session;
Step S209; AF provides by patronage data link information to PCRF; Comprise the user profile (like IP Address) that the sponsor identifies, ASP identifies, sign is supported in the information, supported professional IP stream information and safe level threshold value A llowed Usage Threshold (AUT);
Step S210 after the PCRF preservation information, returns acknowledge message;
Step S211, PCRF are according to the information that obtains from AF, and signatory grade of network strategy and user carried out strategic decision-making, and it is tactful to formulate PCC;
The PCRF decision is formulated the consumption monitoring policy to being carried out the consumption monitoring by patronage data connection business, comprises Monitoring Key2 being set and consumption threshold value Usage Threshold2 (UT2), wherein UT2＜=AUT being set.PCRF is included in Monitoring Key2 in the corresponding PCC rule of this business data flow; Indication PCEF in the consumption monitoring policy that issues, also comprises simultaneously independent consumption monitoring and indicates (be specially in the present embodiment by the patronage data and connect indication), so that need deduct from other consumption of entire I P-CAN level for the consumption consumption of Monitoring Key2 correspondence.
In practical application; PCRF can first judges visit be connected the consumption monitoring whether the IP-CAN session of being passed through has carried out the IP-CAN session-level by the patronage data; If; Then PCRF carries independent consumption monitoring indication when issuing Monitoring Key2, otherwise, can carry independent consumption monitoring indication.
Step S212, PCRF is regular to the PCC that PCEF issues formulation, comprises Monitoring Key2 in the PCC rule, and PCRF also provides corresponding consumption threshold value UT2 of Monitoring Key2 and independent consumption monitoring indication;
Step S213 behind the PCEF mounting strategy, returns acknowledge message to PCRF;
Step S214, PCEF carry out the consumption monitoring and the business data flow rank of IP-CAN session-level this moment simultaneously.Because receive independent consumption monitoring indication, so the corresponding consumption consumption of Monitoring Key2, Monitoring Key1 will be in the consumption of accumulative total consumption;
Independent consumption monitoring indication in the foregoing description can have multiple realization:
(1) explicit independent consumption monitoring indication is like independent indicating bit or identification information;
(2) corresponding to professional by the connection of patronage data, independent consumption monitoring indication can also be one and supported data to connect indication;
(3) because PCRF may comprise that in the PCC rule that issues to PCEF the sponsor identifies and/or the ASP sign is used for chargeing; Therefore; Can stipulate that PCRF must comprise sponsor's sign and/or ASP sign in the PCC rule that issues, or specific charging key (charging Key); Thereby; When PCEF received the PCC rule that contains sponsor sign and/or ASP sign or specific charging key, just can judge the Monitoring Key that is included in this PCC rule needed independent consumption monitoring, and the consumption monitoring of IP-CAN session-level no longer adds up the consumption consumption of this Monitoring Key correspondence.
In addition, in other embodiment of the present invention, PCRF also can indicate PCEF to carry out independent consumption monitoring according to following mode:
Make an appointment one or one group of Monitoring Key of PCEF and PCRF is used for independent consumption monitoring; When PCRF need support data connection or specific Business Stream to carry out the consumption monitoring to quilt, supported data connection or specific this type of traffic flow assignment Monitoring Key; PCEF is during according to said specific Monitoring Key, and just can judge this Monitoring Key needs independent consumption monitoring.
Through above-mentioned flow process; When PCEF receives some or one group of relevant MonitoringKey of business data flow; And this Monitoring Key is indicated needs independent consumption monitoring; Then the consumption of IP-CAN session-level monitoring will no longer add up the corresponding consumption consumption of this Monitoring Key, and avoiding should be that the calculating of the free consumption mistake of using is in other consumption consumption of IP-CAN level.
In addition, the present invention also not only is applied to supported data to connect scene.When the consumption of PCRF decision IP-CAN session-level was monitored the consumption consumption that does not add up some or one group of business data flow, PCRF just indicated some or one group of corresponding Monitoring Key of business data flow needs independent consumption monitoring.
In addition; A kind of consumption monitoring system also is provided in the embodiment of the invention; As shown in Figure 3; This system mainly comprises the independent monitoring indicating member among the PCRF, and this independently is monitored indicating member and is used for when PCEF issues Monitoring Key, indicates said PCEF the consumption of said Monitoring Key totally not to be gone in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level.
Wherein, Independent monitoring indicating member indicates PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level at the Monitoring Key of one or the one group business data flow correspondence that issues appointment, when perhaps being connected the Monitoring Key of correspondence by the patronage data.
Further, this system also comprises the independent monitoring performance element among the PCEF,
Independent monitoring indicating member is used for; Through issuing independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF, perhaps connecting the specific Monitoring Key of distribution for said business data flow or by the patronage data, indication PCEF does not go into the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Said independent monitoring performance element is used for, and according to said independent consumption monitoring indication or said specific Monitoring Key, that said Monitoring Key is not corresponding consumption accumulative total is gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
Further, the said independent consumption monitoring indication that issues of said independent monitoring indicating member comprises:
Connected indication, independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information by the patronage data; Perhaps,
Said PCRF is said by the sponsor's sign and/or ASP sign or the specific charging key that comprise in the strategy of patronage data connection formulation and the charging control rule.
More than be merely preferred case study on implementation of the present invention; Be not limited to the present invention; The present invention also can have other various embodiments; Under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof, those of ordinary skill in the art can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the present invention.
Obviously, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that above-mentioned each module of the present invention or each step can realize with the general calculation device; They can concentrate on the single calculation element; Perhaps be distributed on the network that a plurality of calculation element forms, alternatively, they can be realized with the executable program code of calculation element; Thereby; Can they be stored in the storage device and carry out, and in some cases, can carry out step shown or that describe with the order that is different from here by calculation element; Perhaps they are made into each integrated circuit modules respectively, perhaps a plurality of modules in them or step are made into the single integrated circuit module and realize.Like this, the present invention is not restricted to any specific hardware and software combination.
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1. use quantity monitoring method for one kind, it is characterized in that, said method comprises:
Strategy and charging regulation function entity (PCRF) indicate said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into IP connection access network (IP-CAN session) grade other consumption when strategy and charging execution function entity (PCEF) issue monitoring key (Monitoring Key).
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, said Monitoring Key comprises:
One or one group of Monitoring Key that business data flow is corresponding of appointment are perhaps connected corresponding Monitoring Key by the patronage data.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that,
Said PCRF indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level through issue independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF.
4. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that,
Said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information.
5. like claim 3 or 4 described methods, it is characterized in that,
Said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: supported data to connect indication.
6. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that,
Said PCRF distributes specific Monitoring Key through connecting for said business data flow or by the patronage data, indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
7. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that,
Said independent consumption monitoring indication comprises: said PCRF is said sponsor's sign and/or applied business supplier (ASP) sign or the specific charging key (Charging Key) that comprises in professional strategy of formulating and the charging control rule that connected by the patronage data.
8. a consumption monitoring system is characterized in that, said system comprises the independent monitoring indicating member among the PCRF,
Said independent monitoring indicating member is used for when PCEF issues Monitoring Key, indicates said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone in the consumption of IP-CAN session-level.
9. system as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that,
Said independent monitoring indicating member is further used for; At the Monitoring Key of one or the one group business data flow correspondence that issues appointment, when perhaps being connected the Monitoring Key of correspondence, indicate said PCEF the consumption of said Monitoring Key not to be added up not go into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level by the patronage data.
10. like claim 8 or 9 described systems, it is characterized in that said system also comprises the independent monitoring performance element among the PCEF,
Said independent monitoring indicating member is further used for; Through issuing independent consumption monitoring indication to said PCEF, perhaps connecting the specific MonitoringKey of distribution, indicate said PCEF the consumption accumulative total of said Monitoring Key not to be gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level for said business data flow or by the patronage data;
Said independent monitoring performance element is used for according to said independent consumption monitoring indication or said specific Monitoring Key, and or not said Monitoring Key is not corresponding consumption accumulative total is gone into the consumption of IP-CAN session-level;
Wherein, said specific Monitoring Key is meant one or more Monitoring Key that said PCRF and said PCEF make an appointment.
11. system as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that,
The said independent consumption monitoring indication that said independent monitoring indicating member issues comprises:
Connected indication, independent consumption monitoring indicating bit or identification information by the patronage data; Perhaps,
Said PCRF is said by the sponsor's sign and/or ASP sign or the specific charging key that comprise in the strategy of patronage data connection formulation and the charging control rule.
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