CN103702306A - Method and equipment for charging user equipment during charging failure of OCS (online charging system) - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention aims to provide a method and equipment for charging user equipment during a charging failure of an OCS (online charging system). The method comprises the following steps: a DCCA (diameter credit control application) client detects whether a first triggering condition for distributing virtual quota information for the user equipment is met; when the first triggering condition is met, the DCCA client distributes corresponding virtual quota information for the user equipment; the CDDA client transmits an offline charging request corresponding to the user equipment to a corresponding OFCS (offline charging system); the OFCS determines offline charging information of the user equipment according to virtual quota using information; the OFCS transmits the offline charging information to the corresponding OCS to enable the OCS to perform charging processing on the user equipment. Compared with the prior art, when an ongoing user session suffers from a system failure, a network element or the DCCA client can continue providing services for the user equipment based on a new failure processing mechanism disclosed by the invention. Once the OCS recovers normal operation, using situations of the user equipment in the failure process of the OCS can be charged.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to a kind of at DCCA, (diameter credit is controlled application, the technology of when Diameter Credit Control Application) client realizes OCS (Online Charging System, Online Charging System) charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging.
Background technology
The failure recovery method of communication system is very important, to provide the service of high availability to user.No matter how system is stablized, and it all may exist failed situation, and therefore, each service provider needs to know when system is made mistakes what can occur, and need to know and how from this failure, to recover.
In LTE (Long Term Evolution) and IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network billing territory, the interface that charging is transferred to based on Diameter is processed the accounting request from network element.Concerning Online Charging System, it adopts diameter credit to control application (Diameter Credit Control Application, DCCA) data and application service service condition are monitored and controlled to Ro interface, when LTE and IMS network element (as DCCA client diameter client) can not be sent to OCS by accounting request, 3GPP standard has provided the flexibility of definite different failure handlings, as stopped service, retry and stopping service or continue service etc.
Because charge system unsuccessfully will greatly affect the experience of user's access service, therefore, for keeping good end-user experience, when Online Charging System is unavailable, service is not liked stopping by most of operators.When this thrashing, most of operators prefer to continue service.But according to the online charging failure handling mechanism by IETF and 3GPP regulation, existing user's session, when experience OCS failure, will be allowed to or continue; Even after this Online Charging System is resumed work, existing online service will no longer be monitored and control by this OCS.
This " continuing (continue) " online charging failure mechanism by IETF and 3GPP regulation, for " always online (always on) " the data connection in LTE/IMS network, have a significant impact, owing to being certainly attached to the IP-CAN session of attachment removal, may remain valid several months.If this user's IP-CAN session has suffered Online Charging System failure, this user's IP-CAN session will no longer be controlled and be monitored by Online Charging System in a very long time.This will all cause very large charging problem to terminal use and mobile operator.From terminal use's angle, this " continuation " long term data session of can't help OCS monitoring will produce very large " huge bill (bill shock) ".From operator's angle, when this terminal use's account balance is too low so that can not pay this expense (as pre-payment situation), should the session of " continuations " long term data may cause profit loss.For addressing this problem, most of operators wish that Online Charging System can continue the service condition of monitor user ' after system is resumed work.Yet based on existing 3GPP and IETF billing mechanism, this is infeasible.Equally, how the undefined OCS Restoration Mechanism of 3GPP and IETF carries out charging for the service condition during this OCS failure, and how this OCS recovers to monitor this ongoing user conversation.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide a kind of for subscriber equipment being carried out the method and apparatus of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method of subscriber equipment being carried out charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure, wherein, the method comprises the following steps:
ADCCA client detects whether meet the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation;
B is when meeting described the first trigger condition, and described DCCA client is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition;
Described in c, DCCA client is to corresponding OFCS (off-line accounting system, Offline Charging System) send the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment, wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment;
Described in d, OFCS is used information according to described virtual quota, determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment;
Described in e, OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, for described OCS, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.
According to a further aspect in the invention, when a kind of OCS of realization charging failure is also provided, subscriber equipment is carried out the DCCA client of charging, wherein, this DCCA client comprises:
Condition checkout gear, for detection of whether meeting the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation;
Allocation of quota device, for when meeting described the first trigger condition, is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition;
Accounting request device, sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment for the OFCS to corresponding, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment.
According to another aspect of the invention, when a kind of OCS of realization charging failure is also provided, subscriber equipment is carried out the OFCS of charging, wherein, this OFCS comprises:
Charging determining device, is obtained from for basis the virtual quota use information corresponding with subscriber equipment that DCCA client sends, and determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment;
Charging dispensing device, for described offline charging information is sent to corresponding OCS, carries out charging processing for described OCS to described subscriber equipment.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, when a kind of OCS of realization charging failure is also provided, subscriber equipment is carried out the OCS of charging, wherein, this OCS comprises:
Acquisition request device, controls request for being obtained from the credit that DCCA client sends, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and comprised that described DCCA client obtains failure reporting to the quota of described OCS request quota;
Reply dispensing device, for controlling request based on described credit, to described DCCA client, return to Credit Control Answer, wherein, described Credit Control Answer is included as the virtual quota information that subscriber equipment distributes;
Billing treatment plant, for the corresponding offline charging information of described subscriber equipment sending according to corresponding OFCS, carries out charging processing to described subscriber equipment.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, when a kind of OCS of realization charging failure is also provided, subscriber equipment is carried out the system of charging, comprise DCCA client described above and OFCS described above.
Compared with prior art, the present invention is failure handling and the restoration methods that the high data access availability of LTE and IMS Online Charging System has defined innovation, when ongoing user conversation suffers thrashing, network element or DCCA client can, based on new failure handling mechanism of the present invention, continue as subscriber equipment service is provided.Once this Online Charging System recovers normal work, the subscriber equipment service condition in this OCS failure procedure can be by charging, and the present invention has defined equally new mechanism so that OCS can continue monitor user ' session.
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By reading the detailed description that non-limiting example is done of doing with reference to the following drawings, it is more obvious that other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become:
Fig. 1 illustrate according to one aspect of the invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure;
Fig. 2 illustrate in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure;
Fig. 3 illustrate according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure;
Fig. 4 illustrate according to the present invention another preferred embodiment for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure;
Fig. 5 illustrate according to the present invention another preferred embodiment for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure;
Fig. 6 illustrate according to a further aspect of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the equipment schematic diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.
In accompanying drawing, same or analogous Reference numeral represents same or analogous parts.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 1 illustrate according to the present invention aspect for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.
In step S101, DCCA client detects whether meet the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation.At this, this first trigger condition includes but not limited to: it is overtime from described OCS request quota that this DCCA client is controlled request by credit; This DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication; This DCCA client is to the protocol error of indication operation irregularity.Particularly, this DCCA client is for example by setup times threshold value, this DCCA client sends credit to this OCS and controls request, as Credit Control Request (CCR), with request quota, when this DCCA client in this time threshold does not receive Credit Control Answer from this OCS, as Credit Control Answer, this DCCA client judgement is controlled and is asked to ask quota overtime from described OCS by credit, and judgement meets the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.And for example, when this DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication, as DIAMETER_TOO_BUSY message, or, when the protocol error of this DCCA client to indication operation irregularity, as DIAMETER_UNABLE_TO_DELIVER message, this DCCA client judgement meets the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.At this, described credit is controlled request and is comprised following at least any one:
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled initial request;
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled update request.
At this, this credit is controlled initial request as Credit Control Request (initial), the session establishment request (user session establishment request) sending to subscriber equipment when this DCCA client, this DCCA client sends this credit to this OCS and controls initial request, to ask quota.This credit is controlled update request as Credit Control Request (update), when this subscriber equipment is used up this OCS last time for this subscriber equipment institute's allocated quota or uses up the last virtual quota information of distributing for this subscriber equipment of this DCCA client, DCCA client sends this credit to this OCS and controls update request, to continue to ask quota.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned the first trigger condition is only for for example, and other existing or first trigger conditions that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
In step S102, when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.Particularly, when this DCCA client by credit control request from described OCS request quota overtime or this DCCA client to the busy protocol error of indication or this DCCA client to the protocol error of indicating operation irregularity, this DCCA client is virtual quota information corresponding to this user equipment allocation, as be preset virtual quota information in this DCCA client of this user equipment allocation, or, be the virtual quota information of this DCCA client of this user equipment allocation from OCS.
In step S103, described DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to corresponding OFCS, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment.Particularly, after this DCCA client is virtual quota information corresponding to this user equipment allocation, this subscriber equipment uses this virtual quota information, to continue to use corresponding service, as continue session, the event of carrying out etc., when this subscriber equipment is used up the virtual quota information that this is assigned to, or this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to corresponding OFCS, wherein, this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of this subscriber equipment, so that this OFCS determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment.
In step S104, described OFCS is used information according to described virtual quota, determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment.Particularly, this OFCS is according to the offline charging request that is received from this DCCA client, and the virtual quota that certainly extracts this subscriber equipment in the specific fields of this offline charging request is used information; And then, based on this virtual quota, use information, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information; Or this OFCS is further combined with the charging relevant information of this subscriber equipment, as information such as the quality of the conversation information of this subscriber equipment, Session Time information, session access technologies, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information.
In step S105, described OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, for described OCS, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.Particularly, this OFCS for example, by Gz interface, is sent to corresponding OCS by this offline charging information, as the form with CDR file, be sent to this OCS, for this OCS, described subscriber equipment carried out to charging processing, as for this OCS in the account of this subscriber equipment for it carries out fee deduction treatment etc.
Preferably, this OCS can comprise main OCS (Primary OCS) and redundancy OCS (Secondary OCS).This first trigger condition also comprises that this DCCA client controls request by the first credit, from described main OCS, asks the first quota, and described request the first quota is overtime; This DCCA client can also continue to control request by the second credit, from described redundancy OCS, asks the second quota, and described request the second quota is overtime.Also be, when this DCCA client asks quota all overtime from this main OCS and this redundancy OCS, in the time of cannot obtaining quota from this main OCS and this redundancy OCS, the judgement of DCCA client meets the first trigger condition, and this DCCA client is this user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with this first trigger condition.
Preferably, in step S103, when satisfied the second trigger condition, described DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment; Wherein, described the second trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
-described subscriber equipment is used up described virtual quota information;
-described subscriber equipment stops session;
-described subscriber equipment completes event one time;
-described DCCA client sends credit control to described OCS and stops asking unsuccessfully, and wherein, described credit is controlled the request of termination and comprised the on-line charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment.
For example, when this subscriber equipment is used up the virtual quota information that this DCCA client is distributed, this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of this subscriber equipment, so that this OFCS determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment based on this virtual quota use information, as CDR file etc.; This OFCS is further sent to corresponding OCS by this offline charging information, and this OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.Preferably, when this subscriber equipment is used up this virtual quota information, but the session of this subscriber equipment is when not yet stop, and this DCCA client continues, to this OCS request quota, if this OCS has recovered charging work, to return to corresponding quota information to this DCCA client; If this OCS not yet resumes work, this DCCA client is overtime from this OCS request quota, and this DCCA client continues to the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.This virtual quota information is the virtual quota information for extracting the CCA message of returning from this OCS before virtual quota information preset in this DCCA client or this DCCA client for example.At this, this subscriber equipment is often used up the virtual quota information once distributed, this DCCA client can send the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, and this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information that this this time of subscriber equipment is used.
And for example, when this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this DCCA client is determined the virtual quota use information that this subscriber equipment uses during this session, or, determine that this subscriber equipment is being dispensed to the virtual quota of using in the last virtual quota information of this subscriber equipment and is using information when stopping session; And then, this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of this subscriber equipment, so that this OFCS determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment based on this virtual quota use information, as CDR file etc.At this; event a such as purchase events of once surfing the Net, a ring tone downloading event etc.; those skilled in the art will be understood that at this only for giving an example; other existing or events that may occur are from now on as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
For another example, when this DCCA client stops asking unsuccessfully to the control of described OCS transmission credit, this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS, wherein, described credit is controlled and is stopped asking to comprise the on-line charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment.As supposed, before subscriber equipment, use OCS institute allocated quota normal, when this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this DCCA client sends credit to this OCS and controls the request of termination, as CCR (termination) message, this request comprises the on-line charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment; Yet now this OCS cannot normally work, this OCS cannot respond this DCCA client, and this DCCA client sends credit control and stops asking unsuccessfully, and this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned the second trigger condition is only for for example, and other existing or second trigger conditions that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
More preferably, when described the second trigger condition comprises described subscriber equipment, use up described virtual quota information, wherein, described DCCA client is from described OCS request quota; If described OCS recovers charging work, described OCS returns to it for the quota information of described user equipment allocation to described DCCA client.
Particularly, at subscriber equipment, use up this DCCA client for after the virtual quota information of its distribution, this subscriber equipment for example by this event report to this DCCA client; This DCCA client is based on this, continues to send credit to this OCS and controls request, as sent credit, controls initial request (credit control request initial), thinks that this subscriber equipment asks corresponding quota information to this OCS; After this OCS recovers charging work, it can control request based on this credit, in conjunction with account balance information corresponding to this subscriber equipment, for this user equipment allocation quota information, and at Credit Control Answer, as credit, control and initially reply in (credit control answer initial), this quota information is back to this DCCA client, for this DCCA client, further offer this subscriber equipment and use.
Preferably, described virtual quota information comprises following at least any one:
The preset virtual quota information of-described DCCA client;
-described DCCA client is from the virtual quota information of described OCS.
Particularly, this virtual quota information can be virtual quota information preset in this DCCA client, virtual quota information as preset in operator's rule based on predetermined in this DCCA client etc.This virtual quota information can be also that this DCCA client is from the virtual quota information of this OCS, if this DCCA client is at the normal Credit Control Answer that OCS returned obtaining, as the virtual quota information of being extracted in CCA message.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned virtual quota information is only for giving an example, and other virtual quota information existing or that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, are contained in this at this.
Preferably, when this virtual quota information comprises that described DCCA client is from the virtual quota information of described OCS, when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client sends credit to described OCS and controls request, wherein, described credit is controlled request and is comprised that quota obtains failure reporting; Described DCCA client is obtained described OCS and is controlled based on described credit the Credit Control Answer that request is returned, and wherein, described Credit Control Answer comprises described virtual quota information; Described DCCA client is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.
Particularly, when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client sends credit to described OCS and controls request, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and comprised that quota obtains failure reporting, and this report can inform that this DCCA client of this OCS obtains quota failure; After this OCS resumes work, this OCS obtains this credit and controls request, and certainly in the specific fields of this request, extract this quota and obtain failure reporting, and based on this report, to this DCCA client, return to Credit Control Answer, this Credit Control Answer comprises the virtual quota information that this OCS distributes; Subsequently, this DCCA client is obtained this OCS and is controlled based on this credit the Credit Control Answer that request is returned, in the specific fields of replying from this, extract the virtual quota information that this OCS distributes, for this DCCA client, in next time, when this OCS works unsuccessfully, use this virtual quota information.
Preferably, when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client, in conjunction with the priority of described virtual quota information, is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.Particularly, this virtual quota information has certain priority, and as the priority of system intialization, the priority of virtual quota information that setting is received from OCS as system is all the time higher than the preset virtual quota information of this DCCA client; This DCCA client is in conjunction with the priority of this virtual quota information, for this user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with this first trigger condition, as both having there is preset virtual quota information when this DCCA client, when this OCS receives virtual quota information, this DCCA client covers preset virtual quota information in (override) this DCCA client by the virtual quota information that is received from this OCS all the time again.
Preferably, the mode that described OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information comprises following at least any one:
-described OFCS is regularly sent to described OCS by described offline charging information;
-when described subscriber equipment stops session, described OFCS is sent to described OCS by the corresponding one or more offline charging information of described session;
-charging that described OFCS sends according to described OCS recovers report, and described offline charging information is sent to described OCS.
Particularly, this OFCS, after determining the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment, can regularly be sent to this OCS by this offline charging information.For example, this DCCA client is after subscriber equipment is used up corresponding virtual quota information at every turn, offline charging request is sent to this OFCS, this OFCS is at every turn when receiving this offline charging request, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information, and then, after determining offline charging information, this offline charging information is sent to this OCS.
And for example, when this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this OFCS comprehensively determines the offline charging information that in this session or an event, this subscriber equipment uses, then this session or the corresponding one or more offline charging information of event are sent to described OCS.As supposed, DCCA client is that the session 1 of subscriber equipment has distributed virtual quota information altogether three times, when front twice this subscriber equipment used up the virtual quota information of distribution, this DCCA client is sent to this OFCS by offline charging request, this OFCS is at every turn when receiving this offline charging request, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information, and storage is for follow-up use; In last virtual quota information, this subscriber equipment is not yet used up this virtual quota information and has been stopped session, this OFCS is according to the offline charging request receiving, this subscriber equipment of storing before combination is again about the offline charging information of this session, the comprehensive offline charging information of determining that in this session, this subscriber equipment uses, and be once sent to corresponding OCS, for this OCS, carry out charging processing for this subscriber equipment.
For another example,, after this OCS recovers normal work, this OCS can send charging to this OFCS and recover report, to report that this OCS has recovered normal work; The charging that this OFCS sends according to this OCS recovers report, and the determined offline charging information about this subscriber equipment of this OFCS is sent to this OCS.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode that above-mentioned OFCS is sent to OCS by offline charging information is only for example; the mode that other OFCS existing or that may occur are from now on sent to offline charging information OCS is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
Preferably, this OFCS is used information according to being received from the virtual quota that this DCCA client sends, and in conjunction with the charging relevant information of described subscriber equipment, determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment; Wherein, described charging relevant information comprises following at least any one:
The quality of the conversation information of-described subscriber equipment;
The Session Time information of-described subscriber equipment;
The session access technology of-described subscriber equipment.
Particularly, this OFCS basis is received from the virtual quota use information that this DCCA client sends, and in conjunction with charging relevant informations such as the quality of the conversation information of this subscriber equipment, Session Time information, session access technologies, determine the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment, and be sent to corresponding OCS and based on this, carry out charging processing for this subscriber equipment for this OCS.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned charging relevant information is only for giving an example, and other charging relevant informations existing or that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, are contained in this at this.
Preferably, described offline charging request also comprises the roaming position information of described subscriber equipment, wherein, in step S104, described OFCS is used information according to described virtual quota, and in conjunction with described roaming position information, determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment; In step S105, described OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, and wherein, described offline charging information comprises described roaming position information, for described OCS, in conjunction with the corresponding rate information of described roaming position information, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.
Particularly, because this subscriber equipment is movably, it may be positioned at different roaming positions, and therefore, this DCCA client is sent to the roaming position information that can also comprise this subscriber equipment in the offline charging request of this OFCS; This OFCS is used information according to this virtual quota, and in conjunction with the roaming position information of this subscriber equipment extracting in the specific fields of this offline charging request, determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment; Subsequently, this OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by this offline charging information, and wherein, this offline charging information also comprises this roaming position information; Then, this OCS obtains this offline charging information, and based on this offline charging information, in conjunction with the corresponding rate information of this roaming position information, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.
Fig. 2 illustrate in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.This illustrates the method for when DCCA client realizes at subscriber equipment session establishment OCS in period charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging.
Referring to Fig. 2,1) subscriber equipment is initially set up session;
2) DCCA client sends credit to main OCS and controls initial request (credit control request initial), and to ask quota, but this main OCS charging failure now, that is, this main OCS fails normal work;
3) this DCCA client sends credit and controls initial request (credit control request initial) to redundancy OCS, to ask quota, but also failure of now charging of this redundancy OCS, that is, this redundancy OCS also fails normally to work;
4) this DCCA client will be carried out credit and control failure handling (credit control failure handling, CCFH), to continue this session;
5) this DCCA client is the virtual quota of this user equipment allocation, so that this subscriber equipment continues this session;
6) this main OCS recovers charging work afterwards;
7) the virtual quota information of this DCCA client is used up, and this DCCA client sends offline charging request to corresponding OFCS, to generate the offline charging information based on this OCS charging failure, as CDR file;
8) this DCCA client will continue to send credit control initial request (credit control request initial) to this main OCS, to ask quota;
9) this main OCS has now recovered charging work, and it is this user equipment allocation quota information based on user account remaining sum, and is back to this DCCA client in (credit control answer initial) initially replied in credit control;
10) this OFCS sends offline charging information to this main OCS, so that this main OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.
Fig. 3 illustrate according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.This illustrates the method for when DCCA client realizes in subscriber equipment session OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging, and at this, this main OCS does not support conversation failure redundant.
Referring to Fig. 3,1) subscriber equipment is initially set up session;
2) DCCA client sends credit to main OCS and controls initial request (credit controlrequest initial), to ask quota;
3) this main OCS assesses this accounting request, and is this user equipment allocation quota, in (credit control answer initial) initially replied in credit control, returns to this quota information to this DCCA client;
4) this DCCA client accesses with permission session for this subscriber equipment provides service;
5) this DCCA client, by the allocated quotas of returning based on main OCS, is monitored the Quota Usage of this subscriber equipment;
6) this main OCS charging failure in this conversation procedure, that is, this main OCS fails normally to work;
7) when using up in the allocated quotas of this DCCA client, this DCCA client sends credit and controls update request (credit control answer update) to this main OCS, to report this allocated quotas service condition, and ask new quota to continue this session for this subscriber equipment to this main OCS;
8) due to this main OCS charging failure now, this DCCA client will be carried out credit and control failure handling, and for example, because this main OCS (does not support failed redundant, the information of this main OCS cannot be synchronized to this redundancy OCS), this DCCA client will can not send credit control and update request to this redundancy OCS, and this DCCA client will be for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation be to continue this session;
9) this main OCS recovers charging work afterwards;
10) the virtual quota information of this DCCA client is used up, and this DCCA client sends offline charging request to corresponding OFCS, to generate the offline charging information based on this OCS charging failure, as CDR file;
11) this DCCA client will continue to send credit control initial request (credit control request initial) to this main OCS, to ask quota;
12) because this main OCS has now recovered charging work, it is this user equipment allocation quota information based on user account remaining sum, and is back to this DCCA client in (credit control answer initial) initially replied in credit control;
13) this OFCS sends offline charging information to this main OCS, so that this main OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.
Fig. 4 illustrate according to the present invention another preferred embodiment for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.This illustrates the method for when DCCA client realizes in subscriber equipment session OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging, and at this, this main OCS supports conversation failure redundant.
Referring to Fig. 4,1) subscriber equipment is initially set up session;
2) DCCA client sends credit to main OCS and controls initial request (credit control request initial), to ask quota;
3) this main OCS assesses this accounting request, and is this user equipment allocation quota, in (credit control answer initial) initially replied in credit control, returns to this quota information to this DCCA client;
4) this DCCA client accesses with permission session for this subscriber equipment provides service;
5) this main OCS synchronous context information is to this redundancy OCS;
6) this DCCA client, by the allocated quotas of returning based on this main OCS, is monitored the Quota Usage of this subscriber equipment;
7) this main OCS charging failure in this conversation procedure, that is, this main OCS fails normally to work;
8) when using up in the allocated quotas of this DCCA client, this DCCA client sends credit and controls update request (credit control answer update) to this main OCS, to report this allocated quotas service condition, and ask new quota to continue this session for this subscriber equipment to this main OCS;
9) due to this main OCS charging failure now, this DCCA client will be carried out credit and control failure handling, and in the case, this main OCS supports failed redundant, and this DCCA client updates request to this redundancy OCS by the control of transmissions credit;
10) this redundancy OCS charging is normal, and it will be for this user equipment allocation quota so that this subscriber equipment continues this session;
11) this DCCA client, by the allocated quotas of returning based on this redundancy OCS, is monitored the Quota Usage of this subscriber equipment;
12) this redundancy OCS charging failure afterwards, that is, this redundancy OCS fails normal work;
13), when using up in the allocated quotas of this DCCA client, this DCCA client cannot send credit and control the redundancy OCS that updates request to this charging failure;
14) this DCCA client will be carried out credit and control failure handling, in this case, this main OCS supports conversation failure redundant, and this DCCA client is controlled transmission credit to update request to this main OCS, but due to this main OCS still charging failure, this request fails;
15) because now main OCS and redundancy OCS all fail normal work, this DCCA client will continue this session for this subscriber equipment for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation;
16) this main OCS recovers charging work afterwards;
17), when the virtual quota information of this DCCA client is used up, this DCCA client sends offline charging request to corresponding OFCS, to generate the offline charging information based on this OCS charging failure, as CDR file;
18) this DCCA client will continue to send credit control initial request (credit control request initial) to this main OCS, to ask quota;
19) because this main OCS has now recovered charging work, it is this user equipment allocation quota information based on user account remaining sum, and is back to this DCCA client in (credit control answer initial) initially replied in credit control;
20) this DCCA client, by the allocated quotas of returning based on this main OCS, is monitored the Quota Usage of this subscriber equipment;
21) this OFCS sends offline charging information to main OCS, so that this main OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.
Fig. 5 illustrate according to the present invention another preferred embodiment for subscriber equipment being carried out the method flow diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.This illustrates in DCCA client and realizes the method for when subscriber equipment stops session OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging, and at this, this main OCS supports conversation failure redundant.
Referring to Fig. 5,1) during subscriber equipment session is carried out;
2) based on some reason, this main OCS charging failure;
3) subsequently, terminal use determines to stop this session;
4) this DCCA client sends credit and controls the request of stopping (credit control request termination) to this main OCS, to report the Quota Usage of this subscriber equipment, due to this main OCS charging failure now, this DCCA client will be carried out credit and control failure handling, in the case, because this main OCS supports failed redundant, this DCCA client will send credit and control the request of termination to this redundancy OCS;
5), due to now charging of this redundancy OCS also failure, this DCCA client fails and sends credit control termination request to this redundancy OCS;
6) this DCCA client sends offline charging request to corresponding OFCS, to generate the offline charging information based on this OCS charging failure, as CDR file;
7) this main OCS recovers charging work afterwards;
8) this OFCS sends offline charging information to OCS, so that this main OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.
Fig. 6 illustrate according to a further aspect of the present invention for subscriber equipment being carried out the equipment schematic diagram of charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure.Wherein, this DCCA client comprises condition checkout gear 601, allocation of quota device 602 and accounting request device 603; This OFCS comprises charging determining device 604 and charging dispensing device 605; This OCS comprises acquisition request device 606, replys dispensing device 607 and billing treatment plant 608.
Condition checkout gear 601 in this DCCA client detects whether meet the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation.At this, this first trigger condition includes but not limited to: it is overtime from described OCS request quota that this DCCA client is controlled request by credit; This DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication; This DCCA client is to the protocol error of indication operation irregularity.Particularly, condition checkout gear 601 in this DCCA client is for example by setup times threshold value, this DCCA client sends credit to this OCS and controls request, as Credit Control Request (CCR), with request quota, when this DCCA client in this time threshold does not receive Credit Control Answer from this OCS, as Credit Control Answer, 601 judgements of the condition checkout gear in this DCCA client are controlled and are asked to ask quota overtime from described OCS by credit, and judgement meets the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.And for example, when this DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication, as DIAMETER_TOO_BUSY message, or, when the protocol error of this DCCA client to indication operation irregularity, as DIAMETER_UNABLE_TO_DELIVER message, 601 judgements of the condition checkout gear in this DCCA client meet the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.At this, described credit is controlled request and is comprised following at least any one:
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled initial request;
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled update request.
At this, this credit is controlled initial request as Credit Control Request (initial), the session establishment request (user session establishment request) sending to subscriber equipment when this DCCA client, this DCCA client sends this credit to this OCS and controls initial request, to ask quota.This credit is controlled update request as Credit Control Request (update), when this subscriber equipment is used up this OCS last time for this subscriber equipment institute's allocated quota or uses up the last virtual quota information of distributing for this subscriber equipment of this DCCA client, DCCA client sends this credit to this OCS and controls update request, to continue to ask quota.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned the first trigger condition is only for for example, and other existing or first trigger conditions that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
Allocation of quota device 602 in this DCCA client, when meeting described the first trigger condition, is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.Particularly, when this DCCA client by credit control request from described OCS request quota overtime or this DCCA client to the busy protocol error of indication or this DCCA client to the protocol error of indicating operation irregularity, allocation of quota device 602 in this DCCA client is virtual quota information corresponding to this user equipment allocation, as be preset virtual quota information in this DCCA client of this user equipment allocation, or, be the virtual quota information of this DCCA client of this user equipment allocation from OCS.
Preferably, described the first trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
It is overtime from described OCS request quota that-described DCCA client is controlled request by credit;
-described DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication;
-described DCCA client is to the protocol error of indication operation irregularity;
Wherein, described credit is controlled and is asked to comprise following at least any one:
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled initial request;
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled update request.
Preferably, described accounting request device 603, when meeting the second trigger condition, sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment;
Wherein, described the second trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
-described subscriber equipment is used up described virtual quota information;
-described subscriber equipment stops session;
-described subscriber equipment completes event one time;
-described DCCA client sends credit control to described OCS and stops asking unsuccessfully, and wherein, described credit is controlled the request of termination and comprised the on-line charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment.
For example, when this subscriber equipment is used up the virtual quota information that this DCCA client is distributed, accounting request device 603 in this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of this subscriber equipment, so that this OFCS determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment based on this virtual quota use information, as CDR file etc.; This OFCS is further sent to corresponding OCS by this offline charging information, and this OCS carries out charging processing based on this offline charging information for this subscriber equipment.Preferably, when this subscriber equipment is used up this virtual quota information, but the session of this subscriber equipment is when not yet stop, and this DCCA client continues, to this OCS request quota, if this OCS has recovered charging work, to return to corresponding quota information to this DCCA client; If this OCS not yet resumes work, this DCCA client is overtime from this OCS request quota, and this DCCA client continues to the virtual quota information of this user equipment allocation.This virtual quota information is the virtual quota information for extracting the CCA message of returning from this OCS before virtual quota information preset in this DCCA client or this DCCA client for example.At this, this subscriber equipment is often used up the virtual quota information once distributed, this DCCA client can send the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, and this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information that this this time of subscriber equipment is used.
And for example, when this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this DCCA client is determined the virtual quota use information that this subscriber equipment uses during this session, or, determine that this subscriber equipment is being dispensed to the virtual quota of using in the last virtual quota information of this subscriber equipment and is using information when stopping session; And then, accounting request device 603 in this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment to this OFCS, this offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of this subscriber equipment, so that this OFCS determines the offline charging information of this subscriber equipment based on this virtual quota use information, as CDR file etc.At this; event a such as purchase events of once surfing the Net, a ring tone downloading event etc.; those skilled in the art will be understood that at this only for giving an example; other existing or events that may occur are from now on as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
For another example, when this DCCA client stops asking unsuccessfully to the control of described OCS transmission credit, accounting request device 603 in this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS, wherein, described credit is controlled and is stopped asking to comprise the on-line charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment.As supposed, before subscriber equipment, use OCS institute allocated quota normal, when this subscriber equipment stops session or completes event one time, this DCCA client sends credit to this OCS and controls the request of termination, as CCR (termination) message, this request comprises the on-line charging request corresponding with this subscriber equipment; Yet, now this OCS cannot normally work, this OCS cannot respond this DCCA client, and this DCCA client sends credit control and stops asking unsuccessfully, and the accounting request device 603 in this DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned the second trigger condition is only for for example, and other existing or second trigger conditions that may occur from now on, as applicable to the present invention, also should be included in protection range of the present invention, and with way of reference, be contained in this at this.
This OFCS comprises charging determining device 604 and charging dispensing device 605.
Charging determining device 604 bases in this OFCS are obtained from the virtual quota use information corresponding with subscriber equipment that DCCA client sends, and determine the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment.Particularly, the charging determining device 604 in this OFCS is according to the offline charging request that is received from this DCCA client, and the virtual quota that certainly extracts this subscriber equipment in the specific fields of this offline charging request is used information; And then, based on this virtual quota, use information, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information; Or the charging determining device 604 in this OFCS is further combined with the charging relevant information of this subscriber equipment, as information such as the quality of the conversation information of this subscriber equipment, Session Time information, session access technologies, for this subscriber equipment is determined offline charging information.
Charging dispensing device 605 in this OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, for described OCS, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.Particularly, charging dispensing device 605 in this OFCS is for example by Gz interface, this offline charging information is sent to corresponding OCS, as the form with CDR file, be sent to this OCS, for this OCS, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing, as for this OCS in the account of this subscriber equipment for it carries out fee deduction treatment etc.
This OCS comprises acquisition request device 606, replys dispensing device 607 and billing treatment plant 608.
Acquisition request device 606 in this OCS is obtained from the credit that DCCA client sends and controls request, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and comprised that described DCCA client obtains failure reporting to the quota of described OCS request quota.Particularly, when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client sends credit to described OCS and controls request, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and comprised that quota obtains failure reporting, and this report can inform that this DCCA client of this OCS obtains quota failure; After this OCS resumes work, the acquisition request device 606 in this OCS obtains this credit and controls request, certainly in the specific fields of this request, extracts this quota and obtains failure reporting.
The dispensing device 607 of replying in this OCS is controlled request based on described credit, to described DCCA client, returns to Credit Control Answer, and wherein, described Credit Control Answer is included as the virtual quota information that subscriber equipment distributes.Particularly, after this OCS resumes work, acquisition request device 606 in this OCS obtains this credit and controls request, in the specific fields of this request, extract this quota and obtain failure reporting, in this OCS, reply dispensing device 607 based on this report, to this DCCA client, return to Credit Control Answer, this Credit Control Answer comprises the virtual quota information that this OCS distributes.
The corresponding offline charging information of described subscriber equipment that billing treatment plant 608 in this OCS sends according to corresponding OFCS, carries out charging processing to described subscriber equipment.
It should be noted that the present invention can be implemented in the assembly of software and/or software and hardware, for example, can adopt application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC), general object computer or any other similar hardware device to realize.In one embodiment, software program of the present invention can carry out to realize step mentioned above or function by processor.Similarly, software program of the present invention (comprising relevant data structure) can be stored in computer readable recording medium storing program for performing, for example, and RAM memory, magnetic or CD-ROM driver or floppy disc and similar devices.In addition, steps more of the present invention or function can adopt hardware to realize, for example, thereby as coordinate the circuit of carrying out each step or function with processor.
In addition, a part of the present invention can be applied to computer program, and for example computer program instructions, when it is carried out by computer, by the operation of this computer, can call or provide the method according to this invention and/or technical scheme.And call the program command of method of the present invention, may be stored in fixing or movably in recording medium, and/or be transmitted by the data flow in broadcast or other signal bearing medias, and/or be stored in according in the working storage of the computer equipment of described program command operation.At this, comprise according to one embodiment of present invention a device, this device comprises for storing the memory of computer program instructions and for the processor of execution of program instructions, wherein, when this computer program instructions is carried out by this processor, trigger this device and move based on aforementioned according to the method for a plurality of embodiment of the present invention and/or technical scheme.
To those skilled in the art, obviously the invention is not restricted to the details of above-mentioned one exemplary embodiment, and in the situation that not deviating from spirit of the present invention or essential characteristic, can realize the present invention with other concrete form.Therefore, no matter from which point, all should regard embodiment as exemplary, and be nonrestrictive, scope of the present invention is limited by claims rather than above-mentioned explanation, is therefore intended to be included in the present invention dropping on the implication that is equal to important document of claim and all changes in scope.Any Reference numeral in claim should be considered as limiting related claim.In addition, obviously other unit or step do not got rid of in " comprising " word, and odd number is not got rid of plural number.A plurality of unit of stating in device claim or device also can be realized by software or hardware by a unit or device.The first, the second word such as grade is used for representing title, and does not represent any specific order.
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1. subscriber equipment is carried out a method for charging when DCCA client realizes OCS charging failure, wherein, the method comprises the following steps:
ADCCA client detects whether meet the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation;
B is when meeting described the first trigger condition, and described DCCA client is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition;
Described in c, DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to corresponding OFCS, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment;
Described in d, OFCS is used information according to described virtual quota, determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment;
Described in e, OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, for described OCS, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein, described the first trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
It is overtime from described OCS request quota that-described DCCA client is controlled request by credit;
-described DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication;
-described DCCA client is to the protocol error of indication operation irregularity;
Wherein, described credit is controlled and is asked to comprise following at least any one:
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled initial request;
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled update request.
3. method according to claim 2, wherein, described OCS comprises main OCS and redundancy OCS, wherein, the method also comprises:
-described DCCA client is controlled request by the first credit, from described main OCS, asks the first quota, and described request the first quota is overtime;
-described DCCA client continues to control request by the second credit, from described redundancy OCS, asks the second quota, and described request the second quota is overtime.
4. according to the method in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, described step c comprises:
-when satisfied the second trigger condition, described DCCA client sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment to described OFCS, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment;
Wherein, described the second trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
-described subscriber equipment is used up described virtual quota information;
-described subscriber equipment stops session;
-described subscriber equipment completes event one time;
-described DCCA client sends credit control to described OCS and stops asking unsuccessfully, and wherein, described credit is controlled the request of termination and comprised the on-line charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment.
5. method according to claim 4, wherein, described the second trigger condition comprises that described subscriber equipment uses up described virtual quota information, wherein, the method also comprises:
-described DCCA client is from described OCS request quota;
Described in-Ruo, OCS recovers charging work, and described OCS returns to it for the quota information of described user equipment allocation to described DCCA client.
6. according to the method described in any one in claim 1 to 5, wherein, described virtual quota information comprises following at least any one:
The preset virtual quota information of-described DCCA client;
-described DCCA client is from the virtual quota information of described OCS.
7. method according to claim 6, wherein, described step b comprises:
-when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client, in conjunction with the priority of described virtual quota information, is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.
8. method according to claim 6, wherein, described virtual quota information comprises that described DCCA client is from the virtual quota information of described OCS, wherein, described step b comprises:
-when meeting described the first trigger condition, described DCCA client sends credit to described OCS and controls request, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and is comprised that quota obtains failure reporting;
-described DCCA client is obtained described OCS and is controlled based on described credit the Credit Control Answer that request is returned, and wherein, described Credit Control Answer comprises described virtual quota information;
-described DCCA client is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition.
9. according to the method described in any one in claim 1 to 8, wherein, the mode that described OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information comprises following at least any one:
-described OFCS is regularly sent to described OCS by described offline charging information;
-when described subscriber equipment stops session, described OFCS is sent to described OCS by the corresponding one or more offline charging information of described session;
-charging that described OFCS sends according to described OCS recovers report, and described offline charging information is sent to described OCS.
10. according to the method described in any one in claim 1 to 9, wherein, described offline charging request also comprises the roaming position information of described subscriber equipment, and wherein, described steps d comprises:
-described OFCS is used information according to described virtual quota, and in conjunction with described roaming position information, determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment;
Wherein, described step e comprises:
-described OFCS is sent to corresponding OCS by described offline charging information, wherein, described offline charging information comprises described roaming position information, for described OCS, in conjunction with the corresponding rate information of described roaming position information, described subscriber equipment is carried out to charging processing.
11. 1 kinds of DCCA clients of while realizing OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging, wherein, this DCCA client comprises:
Condition checkout gear, for detection of whether meeting the first trigger condition for the virtual quota information of user equipment allocation;
Allocation of quota device, for when meeting described the first trigger condition, is the described user equipment allocation virtual quota information corresponding with described the first trigger condition;
Accounting request device, sends the offline charging request corresponding with described subscriber equipment for the OFCS to corresponding, and wherein, described offline charging request comprises the virtual quota use information of described subscriber equipment.
12. DCCA clients according to claim 11, wherein, described the first trigger condition comprises following at least any one:
It is overtime from described OCS request quota that-described DCCA client is controlled request by credit;
-described DCCA client is to the busy protocol error of indication;
-described DCCA client is to the protocol error of indication operation irregularity;
Wherein, described credit is controlled and is asked to comprise following at least any one:
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled initial request;
-credit that described DCCA client sends to described OCS is controlled update request.
13. 1 kinds of OFCS that while realizing OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment carried out to charging, wherein, this OFCS comprises:
Charging determining device, is obtained from for basis the virtual quota use information corresponding with subscriber equipment that DCCA client sends, and determines the offline charging information of described subscriber equipment;
Charging dispensing device, for described offline charging information is sent to corresponding OCS, carries out charging processing for described OCS to described subscriber equipment.
14. 1 kinds of OCS that while realizing OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment carried out to charging, wherein, this OCS comprises:
Acquisition request device, controls request for being obtained from the credit that DCCA client sends, and wherein, described credit is controlled request and comprised that described DCCA client obtains failure reporting to the quota of described OCS request quota;
Reply dispensing device, for controlling request based on described credit, to described DCCA client, return to Credit Control Answer, wherein, described Credit Control Answer is included as the virtual quota information that subscriber equipment distributes;
Billing treatment plant, for the corresponding offline charging information of described subscriber equipment sending according to corresponding OFCS, carries out charging processing to described subscriber equipment.
15. 1 kinds of systems of while realizing OCS charging failure, subscriber equipment being carried out to charging, comprise DCCA client and OFCS as claimed in claim 13 as described in claim 11 or 12.
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