CN106034033A - CATS charging method, and charging-message request sending method and apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a CATS charging method, and a charging-message request sending method and apparatus, and aims at solving the problem that CAT charging management is relatively difficult when the UE side is used to control service flow of a third-party application server (AS) The CATS charging method comprises that when a service bottleneck occurs in a third-party application server (AS) and when an application strategy functional entity CATSF is controlled to receive an interaction request message from the third-party AS, a CATSF strategy is generated according to preconfigured information and the request message; and the CATSF sends the CATSF strategy and configuration information to a terminal UE, so as to cause the UE to control a corresponding application flow according to the CATSF strategy and configuration information, and a charging control message is sent to a packet core network (PCN) by means of a charging interface Sxch with the PCN. Thus, the accuracy of CATSF charging is improved.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of mobile communication, particularly relate to a kind of CATS (Control of Applications
When Third party Servers encounter difficulties, third-party server meets with application during bottleneck
Control) charging method, charging message request sending method and device.
Background technology
At present, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, third generation partner program) exists
Study a kind of third party's traffic bottleneck and do not affect the CATS scene of other application, i.e. when running this application
The performance of third party's service server is not enough to tackle substantial amounts of user when accessing, can be due to congested or server
The access that other are applied by user equipment (UE) or mobile device is affected when machine causes overall network speed to decline.3GPP
Network proposes needs detection or the congested demand of this application of perception to accomplish controlled (same server
On certain application congested do not affect access other application experience) make as far as possible 3GPP network application
Assist third party's service server reduce or avoid invalid service traffics during bottleneck, thus help business service
Device recovers from overload.
On service server, different application meets with the order of severity difference of bottleneck, has plenty of serious failure hard
Failure, this kind of situation no longer has the service traffics of application, has plenty of fail soft soft failure, the most still
Some service traffics can be produced, but the access of user is experienced very poor.3GPP propose network controls and
UE controls two kinds of mentalities of designing, and proposes the demand that the service traffics under this scene to be distinguished charging.
Wherein, the Business Stream of network controls third party AS (Application Server, application server)
Billing architecture and interface are not affected by the design of amount, can continue employing existing in this scene
EPC billing interface in 3GPP, as shown in Figure 1: PCN (Packet Core Network, block core
Net) it is indicated generally at producing the packet domain core network network element of charge information, including: SGSN (Serving GPRS
Support Node, Serving GPRS Support Node), GGSN (Gateway GPRS (General Packet
Radio Service, general packet radio service technology) Support Node, Gateway GPRS Support Node),
S-GW (Serving GateWay, gateway), P-GW (PDN GateWay, PDN (Public Data
Network, public data network) gateway) (PCEF (Policy and Charging Enforcement can be comprised
Function, strategy and charge execution function)) and TDF (Traffic Detection Function, flow
Detection function).These core network elements are based on CTF (Charging trigger function, charging triggering merit
Can), CDF (charging data function, Charging Data Function) charging data function) and CGF
The different of (Charging Gateway Function, Charging Gateway Functionality) dispose combination, respectively such as Fig. 1
Shown structure billing interface, and the core of the design of the service traffics of UE side control third party AS is to work as net
Network perceives the application change of third party AS and is performed control by UE, thus direct eat dishes without rice or wine to reduce invalid
Operational Visit flow, reaches the purpose being thoroughly controlled.But, this design is to existing billing interface
There is considerable influence, cause using existing billing interface to carry out charging, cause CATS accounting management more
Difficulty.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of CATS charging method, charging message request sending method and device, in order to solve
The mode certainly using the service traffics of UE side control third party AS causes CATS accounting management the most difficult
Problem.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, on the one hand, the present invention provides a kind of CATS charging method, including:
The policy functional entity CATSF controlling application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck receives arrival
During the policy request message of self terminal, the information and the request message that are pre-configured with according to operator generate
CATSF strategy；CATSF strategy and configuration information are sent to terminal UE by CATSF, so that UE
According to CATSF strategy and configuration information corresponding application stream is controlled and by with packet-based core networks
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between PCN.
Wherein, interaction request message includes: the address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application are congested
State and third party provider mark.
Wherein, CATSF strategy includes at least one information following: the address of third party AS, sub-application mark
Knowledge, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action and third party provide mark.
Wherein, the one during sub-application controls action is divided into following three kinds of actions: control application stream and stop, hanging
Rise or resume operation.
Wherein, the information that operator is pre-configured with, include: whether to carry out third-party application server A S industry
The tactful CATS controlling application during business bottleneck controls, the control mode of CATS and be whether assistance the
Tripartite AS controls traffic bottleneck provides CDR (Charging Data Record, charging data record), when
When assisting third party AS to control traffic bottleneck offer CDR defined in operator configuration information, in transmission
Between metering data request message to after off-line accounting system, the content for the CDR of UE is updated,
And create the flow of cdr logging CATS strategy change of CATS, timestamp, son for third party AS
Application identities and sub-application controls action message.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it is provided that a kind of charging message request sending method, including: eventually
End UE controls the policy functional entity CATSF of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck and sends out
Go out to obtain the request of CATSF strategy；According to receiving CATSF strategy and configuration information to accordingly should
It is controlled with stream；When sub-application controls action changes, between packet-based core networks PCN
Billing interface Sxch charging controlled message send to PCN.
Further aspect according to the present invention, it is provided that a kind of CATS message accounting, including: generation module,
Receive for controlling the policy functional entity CATSF of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck
During from the policy request message of terminal UE, the information and the request message that are pre-configured with according to operator are raw
Become CATSF strategy；First sending module, for believing CATSF strategy and configuration by CATSF
Breath is sent to UE, so that corresponding application stream is controlled by UE according to CATSF strategy and configuration information
Make and by the billing interface Sxch between packet-based core networks PCN, charging is controlled message and send to PCN.
Wherein, interaction request message includes: the address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application are congested
State and third party provider mark.
Wherein, CATSF strategy includes at least one information following: the address of third party AS, sub-application mark
Knowledge, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action and third party provide mark.
Wherein, the one during sub-application controls action is divided into following three kinds of actions: control application stream and stop, hanging
Rise or resume operation.
Wherein, the information that operator is pre-configured with, include: whether to carry out third-party application server A S industry
The tactful CATS controlling application during business bottleneck controls, the control mode of CATS and be whether assistance the
Tripartite AS controls traffic bottleneck provides charging data record CDR；Device also includes: more new module, is used for
When assisting third party AS to control traffic bottleneck offer CDR defined in operator configuration information, sending
Intermediate Charging ICH data request information is to after off-line accounting system, and the content for the CDR of UE is updated,
And create the flow of cdr logging CATS strategy change of CATS, timestamp, son for third party AS
Application identities and sub-application controls action message.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, it is provided that a kind of charging message send-request unit, including: receive
Module, for terminal UE to third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck time control application policing feature
Entity CATSF sends the request obtaining CATSF strategy；Control module, for according to receiving CATSF
Corresponding application stream is controlled by strategy and configuration information；Second sending module, in sub-application control
When braking changes, by the billing interface Sxch between packet-based core networks PCN by charging control
Message sends to PCN.
The present invention has the beneficial effect that:
The invention provides based on end side control terminal and core net between based on CATSF charging
Take interface, send accounting request by this interface to core net when needs charging so that the meter of CATSF
Expense is efficiently managed, and improves the accuracy of CATSF charging.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the existing interface framework schematic diagram of the EPC offline charging of the embodiment of the present invention 1；
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the CATS charging method of the embodiment of the present invention 1；
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the charging message request sending method of the embodiment of the present invention 1；
Fig. 4 is the configuration diagram controlling CATS charging based on UE side of the present embodiment
Fig. 5 is that the message of the Sxch interface for charging that the present invention provides hands over schematic diagram；
Fig. 6 is the structured flowchart of the CATS message accounting of the embodiment of the present invention 5；
Fig. 7 is the structured flowchart of the charging message send-request unit of the embodiment of the present invention 5；
Fig. 8 is the billing interface schematic diagram of the CATS UE side control of the embodiment of the present invention 5.
Detailed description of the invention
CATS is caused in order to solve the mode of the service traffics that prior art uses UE side to control third party AS
The problem of problem of accounting management more difficulty, the invention provides a kind of CATS charging method, charging disappears
Breath request sending method and device, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment, carried out the present invention the most in detail
Explanation.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein, only in order to explain the present invention, does not limit this
Invention.
CATS Policy Server is the logical block introduced in 3GPP demand, by its letter in the present invention
It is referred to as CATSF (controlling the policing feature of application during third party's AS traffic bottleneck).The present invention proposes
Carrying out relevant pre-configured of CATS on CATSF, its configuration information includes at least one of following information:
Whether carry out CATS control: value yes/no；
CATS control mode: enumeration type, value is that UE side controls or network controls；
It is whether that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be yes/no.
The present invention is based on the one under the service traffics scene (CATS) of UE side control third party AS
New billing architecture, interface and method, to provide the charging method of CATSF, wherein CATSF can be
A network element in core net, it is also possible to be independently of core net and an entity existing.
Embodiment 1
Embodiments provide a kind of CATS charging method, for carrying out charging for CATSF,
The method realizes based on CATSF, and Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the CATS charging method of the embodiment of the present invention 1.
As in figure 2 it is shown, the method comprises the steps:
Step 201: control the policy functional entity of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck
When CATSF receives the policy request message of self terminal, the information being pre-configured with according to operator and institute
State request message and generate CATSF strategy；
Tactful for CATSF and described configuration information is sent to terminal UE by step 202:CATSF, so that
Corresponding application stream is controlled also by described UE according to the tactful and described configuration information of described CATSF
By the billing interface Sxch between packet-based core networks PCN, charging is controlled message to send to PCN.
Concrete above-mentioned steps 201 and 202 can also be carried out by following concrete processing mode:
During third party's AS traffic bottleneck control application policy functional entity CATSF and third party AS with enter
Row information is mutual, obtains interaction request message；
In this step, can be that third party CATSF asks interaction request message to third party AS, it is possible to
To be, AS, when needs use CATSF, actively reports interaction request message to CATSF, and this is mutual
Request message specifically may include that the address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state with
And third party provider mark.
Information and interaction request message that CATSF is pre-configured with according to operator are formulated or update CATSF
Strategy；
Wherein, the information that operator is pre-configured with, include: whether to carry out third-party application server A S industry
The tactful CATS controlling application during business bottleneck controls, the control mode of CATS and be whether assistance the
Tripartite AS controls traffic bottleneck provides charging data record CDR, and CATSF strategy includes following at least one
The information of kind: the address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action
And third party provides mark.
When CATSF strategy occurs to update, sending strategy more new information is to UE；
In this step, as fruit application congestion state changes, the most correspondingly, CATSF strategy also needs
Changing, the application congestion state of indication corresponds to different Congestion Level SPCCs herein, needs UE to application
Stream makes the state corresponding to corresponding control.
According to the policy request message of UE, CATSF strategy and the configuration information of renewal are sent to UE,
So that corresponding application stream is controlled by UE according to CATSF and configuration information, and by with PCN
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between core net；
Wherein, the one during the application controls of UE antithetical phrase is divided into following three kinds of actions: control to apply stream to stop,
Hang up or resume operation, wherein, hanging up the operation controlling to refer to suspend application, but do not terminate the process of application stream.
Stop referring to terminate application and exit application.
PCN is receiving after the CATSF charging control message of UE, and sending Intermediate Charging ICH data please
Message is asked to arrive off-line accounting system.
Wherein, PCN has successfully received the CATS charging control message from UE can be individually to serve
The charging message that the session of CATS is relevant or unrelated, it is also possible to be that the charging change caused due to CATS disappears
Breath.Further, when PCN has successfully received after the CATS charging change message of UE, send middle
Metering data request message is to off-line accounting system, and CATS charging change message is group application controls action
Change, sub-application controls action be hang up, recover or at the end of produce charging message.
In this step, when assisting third party AS to control traffic bottleneck offer defined in operator configuration information
During CDR, after transmission Intermediate Charging ICH data request information to off-line accounting system, for the CDR of UE
Content be updated, and create the cdr logging CATS strategy change of CATS for third party AS
Flow, timestamp, sub-application identities and sub-application controls action message.
Relative to above-mentioned CATS charging method, the present embodiment additionally provides a kind of charging message request sender
Method, the method can realize in terminal, for after receiving the more New Policy of CATSF, to accordingly
Application stream is controlled and initiates accounting request.
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the charging message request sending method of the embodiment of the present invention 1, as it is shown on figure 3,
The method comprises the steps:
Step 301:UE receives after the policy update message of CATSF, sends acquisition to CATSF
Update the request of CATSF strategy；
Step 302: according to the CATSF from CATSF received more New Policy and configuration information pair
Corresponding application stream is controlled, and when sub-application controls action changes, by with PCN core
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between net.
Embodiment 2
Present embodiments providing one uses UE side control son application hang-up and provide CDR for third party AS
Flow process and method.
Wherein, the configuration information that operator pre-sets on CATSF is: whether carry out CATS control:
Value is yes；
CATS control mode: enumeration type, value is that UE side controls；
It is whether that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be yes；
Fig. 4 is the configuration diagram controlling CATS charging based on UE side of the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 4,
The method comprises the steps:
Step 1: third party AS and CATSF interaction request, CATSF assists to control to access third party AS
The message of some application and response, mutual request message comprises at least one of following information: third party
AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, third party provider identifies.
Step 2:CATSF is according to preconfigured information and the interaction request message that receives from step 1: (such as: son
Application congestion state: Congestion Level SPCC is higher) to formulate or update CATS strategy, this sub-application controls action is:
Hang up.
Step 3:CATSF, according to configuration information, then sends CATSF policy update when strategy occurs to update
Notification message is to UE.
Step 4:UE receives the notification message of step 3 with regard to a strategy acquisition request message to CATSF,
Configuration information on the strategy of CATSF return renewal and CATSF is to UE, containing following information in strategy
At least one: third party AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls move
Make (hang-up) and third party provider mark；Configuration information comprises: whether carries out CATS control, takes
Value is, CATS control mode, enumeration type, and value is that UE side controls, if for assisting third party AS
It is yes for control traffic bottleneck going out CDR: value.
Step 5:UE combines configuration information to corresponding son application according to the up-to-date strategy obtained in step 4
Stream is made hang-up and is processed；And on Sxch billing interface, sending the control message for charging, i.e. CATS counts
Taking change request message, this message contains the policy information of the configuration information relevant to charging and renewal, including:
Third party AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action (hang-up),
Tripartite provider identifies, whether carries out CATS control: value is, CATS control mode: enumeration type,
Whether value is that UE side controls and is that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be yes,
Interacting message for the Sxch interface of charging refers to Fig. 5；
Step 6:PCN has successfully received after the CATS charging change request message of UE, and transmission comprises
The Intermediate Charging ICH data request information of the information from UE of step 5 is to off-line accounting system.PCN is
The content of the CDR of UE makees the increase that correspondence updates.Owing to the present embodiment is configured with as assisting third party AS
Control traffic bottleneck and go out the cdr logging plan that CDR, PCN also can be correlated with for third party AS establishment CATS
Slightly change the information such as relevant flow, timestamp, sub-application identities, sub-application controls action.
Embodiment 3
The present embodiment provides and uses UE side to control sub-application recovery, is not required to provide CDR into third party AS
Flow process and method as follows:
Operator's preconfigured information on CATSF is: whether carry out CATS control: value is yes；
CATS control mode: enumeration type, value is that UE side controls；
It is whether that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be no；
The method specifically includes following steps:
Step 1: third party AS and CATSF interaction request, CATSF assists to control to access third party AS
The message of some application and response, mutual request message comprises at least one of following information: third party
AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, third party provider identifies.
Step 2:CATSF according to operator's pre-configure information and the interaction request message that receives from step 1,
This information includes: sub-application congestion state: Congestion Level SPCC recovers normal, formulates or update CATS strategy:
This sub-application controls action is for recovering.
Step 3:CATSF, according to configuration information, just sends CATSF policy update when strategy occurs to update
Notification message is to UE.
Step 4:UE receives the notification message of step 3 with regard to a strategy acquisition request message to CATSF,
Configuration information on the strategy of CATSF return renewal and CATSF is to UE, containing following information in strategy
At least one: third party AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls move
Make (recovery) and third party provider mark；Configuration information comprises: whether carry out CATS control: take
Value is, CATS control mode: enumeration type, and value is that UE side controls, if for assisting third party AS
It is no for control traffic bottleneck going out CDR: value.
Step 5:UE combines configuration information according to the up-to-date strategy obtained in step 4 and makees this sub-application stream
Recovery processes；And on Sxch billing interface, sending the control message for charging: CATS charging change please
Message is asked to contain the policy information of the configuration information relevant to charging and renewal: third party AS address, son should
By mark, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action (recovery), third party provider mark, it is
The no CATS of carrying out control: value is, CATS control mode: enumeration type, value are that UE side controls
And be whether that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be no, for the Sxch of charging
The interacting message of interface refers to Fig. 5；
Step 6:PCN has successfully received after the CATS charging change request message of UE, and transmission comprises
The Intermediate Charging ICH data request information of the information from UE of step 5 is to off-line accounting system.PCN is
The content of the CDR of UE makees the increase that correspondence updates.Owing to the present embodiment is configured with as assisting third party AS
The value controlling traffic bottleneck offer CDR is no, and PCN will not create CATS for third party AS and be correlated with
CDR.
Embodiment 4
Present embodiments provide employing UE side and control son application hang-up, and transmission is complete between UE and PCN
The flow process of charging message of CATS and method.
Operator's preconfigured information on CATSF is: whether carry out CATS control: value is；
CATS control mode: enumeration type, value is that UE side controls；
It is whether that to assist third party AS control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR: value be yes；
The method comprises the steps:
Step 1: third party AS and CATSF interaction request CATSF assists to control to access third party AS
The message of some application and response, mutual request message comprises at least one of following information: third party
AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state and third party provider mark.
Step 2:CATSF should according to preconfigured information and the son from the interaction request message that step 1 receives
With congestion state, e.g., Congestion Level SPCC is higher, formulates or updates CATS strategy, this sub-application controls action
For: hang up.
Step 3:CATSF, according to configuration information, just sends CATSF policy update when strategy occurs to update
Notification message is to UE.
Step 4:UE receives the notification message of step 3 with regard to a strategy acquisition request message to CATSF,
Configuration information on the strategy of CATSF return renewal and CATSF is to UE, containing following information in strategy
At least one: third party AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls move
Make (hang-up) and third party provider mark；Configuration information comprises: whether carry out CATS control: take
Value is, CATS control mode: enumeration type, and value is that UE side controls, if for assisting third party AS
It is yes for control traffic bottleneck going out CDR: value.
Step 5:UE combines configuration information according to the up-to-date strategy obtained in step 4 and makees this sub-application stream
Hang-up processes；And send on Sxch billing interface for the control message of charging: CATS charging event or
The CATS charging start request message that session is relevant contains the strategy of the configuration information relevant to charging and renewal
Information: third party AS address, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action (are hung
Rise) and third party provider mark, whether carry out CATS control: value is, CATS control mode:
Enumeration type, value is whether UE side controls and be to assist third party AS to control traffic bottleneck to go out CDR:
Value is yes, and the interacting message for the Sxch interface of charging refers to Fig. 5；
Step 6:PCN has successfully received after the CATS charging request message of UE, sends and comprises step
The metering data request message of the information from UE of 5 is to off-line accounting system.PCN is that CATS produces
Individually CDR.Owing to the present embodiment is configured with as assisting third party AS control traffic bottleneck offer CDR:
Value is yes, and PCN is that the CATS single CDR of generation can be used for creating cdr logging for third party AS
The information such as flow, timestamp, sub-application identities and the sub-application controls action that CATS is relevant are to the
Tripartite's AS charging.
Embodiment 5
The present invention provides a kind of CATS message accounting, and this device is used for realizing CATS charging method, Fig. 6
Being the structured flowchart of the CATS message accounting of the embodiment of the present invention 5, as shown in Figure 6, this device 50 wraps
Include following ingredient:
Generation module 51, for controlling the tactful merit of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck
When energy entity CATSF receives the policy request message from terminal UE, it is pre-configured with according to operator
Information and request message generate CATSF strategy；
First sending module 52, for being sent to CATSF strategy and configuration information by CATSF
UE, so that corresponding application stream is controlled and passes through according to CATSF strategy and configuration information by UE
And charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between packet-based core networks PCN.Wherein,
Interaction request message includes: the address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state and
Tripartite provider identifies.
Wherein, CATSF strategy includes at least one information following: the address of third party AS, sub-application mark
Knowledge, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action and third party provide mark.
Wherein, the one during sub-application controls action is divided into following three kinds of actions: control application stream and stop, hanging
Rise or resume operation.
Wherein, the information that operator is pre-configured with, include: whether to carry out third-party application server A S industry
The tactful CATS controlling application during business bottleneck controls, the control mode of CATS and be whether assistance the
Tripartite AS controls traffic bottleneck provides charging data record CDR；Based on this, said apparatus 50 also includes:
More new module, for assisting third party AS to control traffic bottleneck offer defined in operator configuration information
During CDR, after transmission Intermediate Charging ICH data request information to off-line accounting system, for the CDR of UE
Content be updated, and create the cdr logging CATS strategy change of CATS for third party AS
Flow, timestamp, sub-application identities and sub-application controls action message.
The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of charging message send-request unit, and this device is used for realizing charging
Message request dispensing device, Fig. 7 is the structural frames of the charging message send-request unit of the embodiment of the present invention 5
Figure, as it is shown in fig. 7, this device 60 includes following ingredient:
Receiver module 61, for receiving after the policy update message of CATSF by UE, to CATSF
Send and obtain the request updating CATSF strategy；
Control module 62, for according to the CATSF from CATSF more New Policy and the configuration received
Corresponding application stream is controlled by information；
4th sending module 63, for when sub-application controls action changes, by with PCN core
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between net.
The present invention proposes a kind of new meter under third party's AS traffic bottleneck UE side controls the scene of application
Take framework, interface and method.And propose and between UE and PCN, increase the interface for charging: Sxch newly,
The message that mutual CATS charging is relevant on Sxch interface, can be specifically individually to serve CATS
Complete charging message, it is also possible to be the request of CATS charging change message and response, increase newly for charging simultaneously
Interface can consider that extending existing S2c interface becomes S2ch interface, it is also possible to be to serve CATS
New interfaces Scats.
The present invention proposes AMC (the Accounting Metrics Collection charging degree of UE On-premise CTF
Amount gathers) module, the ADF of PCN On-premise CTF.PCN and the billing interface of offline charging gateway
Consistent with the interface of prior art, as shown in Figure 8.
Although being example purpose, having been disclosed for the preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will
It is also possible for recognizing various improvement, increasing and replace, therefore, on the scope of the present invention should be not limited to
State embodiment.
Claims (12)
1. a CATS charging method, it is characterised in that including:
The policy functional entity CATSF controlling application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck receives
During the policy request message of arrival self terminal, the information being pre-configured with according to operator and described request message
Generate CATSF strategy；
Tactful for CATSF and described configuration information is sent to terminal UE by CATSF, so that described UE root
According to the tactful and described configuration information of described CATSF corresponding application stream is controlled and by with packet
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between core net PCN.
2. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that described interaction request message includes:
The address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state and third party provider mark.
3. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that described CATSF strategy include with down to
Few a kind of information:
The address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action and
Third party provides mark.
4. method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that described sub-application controls action be divided into
One in lower three kinds of actions:
Control application stream to stop, hanging up or resume operation.
5. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that the information that described operator is pre-configured with,
Including:
The tactful CATS controlling application when whether carrying out third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck controls,
The control mode of CATS and whether be to assist third party AS to control traffic bottleneck to provide metering data note
Record CDR, provides CDR when assisting third party AS to control traffic bottleneck defined in described operator configuration information
Time, after transmission Intermediate Charging ICH data request information to off-line accounting system, in the CDR of UE
Appearance is updated, and for third party AS create CATS cdr logging CATS strategy change flow,
Timestamp, sub-application identities and sub-application controls action message.
6. a charging message request sending method, it is characterised in that including:
Terminal UE controls the policy functional entity of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck
CATSF sends the request obtaining CATSF strategy；
According to receiving CATSF strategy and configuration information, corresponding application stream is controlled；
When sub-application controls action changes, by the billing interface between packet-based core networks PCN
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by Sxch.
7. a CATS message accounting, it is characterised in that including:
Generation module, for controlling the policing feature of application when third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck
When entity CATSF receives the policy request message from terminal UE, the letter being pre-configured with according to operator
Breath and described request message generate CATSF strategy；
First sending module, for being sent to tactful for CATSF and described configuration information by CATSF
UE, so that corresponding application is flow to by described UE according to the tactful and described configuration information of described CATSF
Row controls and by the billing interface Sxch between packet-based core networks PCN, charging is controlled message to send extremely
PCN。
8. device as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that described interaction request message includes:
The address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state and third party provider mark.
9. device as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that described CATSF strategy include with down to
Few a kind of information:
The address of third party AS, sub-application identities, sub-application congestion state, sub-application controls action and
Third party provides mark.
10. device as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that described sub-application controls action be divided into
One in lower three kinds of actions:
Control application stream to stop, hanging up or resume operation.
11. devices as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that the information that described operator is pre-configured with,
Including:
The tactful CATS controlling application when whether carrying out third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck controls,
The control mode of CATS and whether be to assist third party AS to control traffic bottleneck to provide metering data note
Record CDR；
Described device also includes: more new module, for when assisting the 3rd defined in described operator configuration information
When side AS controls traffic bottleneck offer CDR, sending Intermediate Charging ICH data request information to offline charging
After system, the content for the CDR of UE is updated, and creates CATS's for third party AS
The flow of cdr logging CATS strategy change, timestamp, sub-application identities and sub-application controls action letter
Breath.
12. 1 kinds of charging message send-request units, it is characterised in that including:
Receiver module, for terminal UE to third-party application server A S traffic bottleneck time control application
Policy functional entity CATSF sends the request obtaining CATSF strategy；
Control module, for according to receiving, CATSF is tactful and corresponding application is flow to by configuration information
Row controls；
Second sending module, for when sub-application controls action changes, by with packet-based core networks
Charging is controlled message and sends to PCN by the billing interface Sxch between PCN.
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