EP1665628A1 - Verfahren zur vergebührung eines dienstes in einem paketdate nnetz - Google Patents
Verfahren zur vergebührung eines dienstes in einem paketdate nnetzInfo
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- EP1665628A1 EP1665628A1 EP04763383A EP04763383A EP1665628A1 EP 1665628 A1 EP1665628 A1 EP 1665628A1 EP 04763383 A EP04763383 A EP 04763383A EP 04763383 A EP04763383 A EP 04763383A EP 1665628 A1 EP1665628 A1 EP 1665628A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- the invention relates to a method for charging a service in a packet data network and to a charging system provided for carrying out the method according to the invention.
- a wealth of services are offered in a packet data network, for example the Internet.
- examples of this include the transmission of music and video content or Internet telephony.
- a user is usually granted this access by a so-called internet provider.
- the fee is charged, for example, at a fixed price set for a certain period, such as a monthly "fiat rate", regardless of the actual use of the Internet. It is also conceivable that the billing is made dependent on the actual use. Access has to be paid approximately per minute.
- a user is given access via an access router, a so-called “edge router", in connection with a Service selection system, a so-called “Service Selection Portal”.
- the service selection system is informed of the dial-in process by the access router.
- the service selection system determines which services are available to the user and, for example, transmits an HTML page with a corresponding listing, which also enables the selection of a service.
- the access router is instructed by the service selection system to activate the connection required for using the service.
- Which services should be available in principle is determined by the Internet provider, for example depending on a fee model.
- Various service packages can be offered by the provider at different prices, so that, for example, the mere downloading of Internet pages is cheaper than the use of all possible Internet services.
- the billing is done again as a fiat rate or time-dependent.
- the object of the invention is therefore to specify a method and a device which improves the charging of a service in a packet data network.
- two or more types of billing are assigned to a service. It is therefore conceivable that the download of a video film is charged at a flat rate per film, per amount of data transferred or after the transfer time. It is also conceivable that different transmission rates are offered for this, which are also charged differently. The user therefore has the option of choosing a fee model that suits him.
- the services that can be used by a user are transmitted from a service selection system to a billing system when the user logs on to the packet data network, if these services are linked in the billing system to billing types, the assignment of which to the services stored in the billing system, and if a selection list, which contains the usable services and their types of billing, is generated and transmitted to the user terminal.
- the service selection system determines which services are available to the user. As a result, however, as in the prior art, a list of the services is not transmitted to the user terminal, but rather the services are linked beforehand in the charging system with the charging types, the assignment of which to the services is stored in the charging system. This makes it possible to offer the user a service-related charge.
- a favorable variant of the invention is given by a method wherein the service selection system obtained from Vergebuhrungssystem information, which service has been selected and wherein the service selection system then instructs an access router, the information necessary for the service Verbin ⁇ compounds unlock.
- the addressed information is advantageously stored here so that it can be accessed again at a later point in time, for example for accounting purposes.
- the data relevant for network access is recorded by the access server and forwarded to the charging system if the data obtained therein associated with the selected service or selected by the user Verge ⁇ be linked buhrungsart and when a resulting from the combination Vergebuhrungs- set stored in Vergebuhrungssystem is.
- the data relevant for network access such as access time, duration and used transmission bandwidth, are recorded by the access server.
- Inventions dungsgeriff these data are now forwarded to the Vergebuhrungssystem and there with the Neten the selected service zugeord ⁇ or linked to the user selected Vergebuhrungsart and stored a corresponding Vergebuhrungssatz.
- a service-dependent charge can advantageously be implemented in a simple manner.
- a charging system for charging a service in a packet data network in which this means for assigning at least two types of billing to a service and means for storing data on the use of the service and a type of billing selected by the user, or in which this means for assigning at least one type of billing to several usable by a user Services and means for storing data on the type and use of the service, as well as a type of fee assigned to the service or selected by the user.
- this includes means for receiving the services that can be used by a user from a service selection system, if this includes means for linking these services to types of billing, the assignment of which to the services is stored in the billing system, if this means for generating a selection list which contains services and their types of billing, includes from this link and if this includes means for sending this selection list to the user terminal.
- the charging system is advantageously integrated into an arrangement known from the prior art.
- This includes means for linking available services with predefined billing types, means for generating a selection list which contains services and their billing types, and means for sending this selection list to the user terminal.
- a selection list according to the prior art is therefore advantageously expanded by the billing system according to the invention by a billing type assigned to each service.
- Billing system which comprises means for receiving the data relevant to network access, which comprises means for linking the received data with the billing type assigned to the selected service or with the user-selected billing type, and with means for storing a billing set resulting from the linking ,
- the data relevant for network access such as access time, duration and used transmission bandwidth, are recorded by the access server.
- the billing system according to the invention now includes means for receiving and linking this data with a billing type and means for storing a corresponding billing rate. In this way, a billing system for service-dependent billing can be implemented with comparatively little technical effort.
- the billing system comprises means for receiving user-specific data, if the billing system comprises means for linking the received data with the stored billing rates, if the billing system includes means for generating an invoice from this data and if the billing system includes means for sending this invoice to the user terminal.
- this charging system gives a user access to a current statement of the costs accrued for him. This is therefore no longer tied to billing periods specified by the operator of the packet data network.
- Figure 1 the integration of the billing system VS according to the invention in a packet data network PDN
- Figure 2 the registration of the user in the packet data network PDN
- Figure 3 the procedure for storing the billing data
- Figure 4 the query of the user of his current bill
- FIG. 1 shows the integration of the charging system VS according to the invention in a packet data network PDN.
- the figure includes a user terminal BE, an access router ZR, an access server ZS, a service selection system DAS and the billing system VS.
- the latter includes a selection device AE, an administration device VE and a storage device SE.
- the user terminal BE is connected via the access router ZR to the packet data network PDN, which connects the access router ZR, the access server ZS, the service selection system DAS and the charging system VS and other devices (not shown) to one another. Examples of this are facilities of service providers to which the user desires access.
- FIG. 1 The functioning of the arrangement shown in FIG. 1 is as follows, the connections between the individual devices not being shown in the following FIGS. 2 to 4 for the sake of a better overview, but only the method steps being entered.
- FIG. 2 shows the user's registration in the packet data network PDN.
- a first step 1 the authentication of the user is carried out in the access server. If this is recognized, user-specific information is transmitted in a second step 2 to the service selection system DAS and from there is forwarded together with the services usable for the user in a third step 3 to the selection device AE of the charging system VS.
- the billing types assigned to the services are transmitted from the management device VE to the selection device AE.
- the information obtained in steps 3 and 4 is linked, a selection list is created and this is sent to the user terminal BE in a fifth step 5.
- the selection made by the user is sent back to the selection device AE in a sixth step 6, with the relevant data such as the selected service assigned or a billing method selected by the user is saved.
- the selected service is now transmitted to the service selection system DAS, which finally instructs the access router ZR in an eighth step 8 to activate the connections required for the selected service, as a result of which the user is granted access to the desired service.
- the data relevant for network access are recorded by the access server ZS and forwarded to the management device VE in a first step 1.
- the data obtained are linked to the billing type assigned to the selected service or to the user-selected billing type, and the result is transferred to the storage device SE in a second step 2. If necessary, this data can also be passed on in a suitable format to third parties who need this data for billing, for example.
- the access server ZS is also known as "authorization, authentication and accounting server", or AAA server for short. See also: - RFC 2903, Expenmental, “Generic AAA Architecture", C. de Laat, G. Gross, L. Gommans, J. Vollbrecht, D. Spence, August 2000; RFC 2904, Informational, "AAA Authorization Framework” J. Vollbrecht, P. Calhoun, S. Farrell, L. Gommans, G. Gross, B. de Bruijn, C. de Laat, M. Holdrege, D. Spence, August 2000 ; RFC 2905, Informational, "AAA Authorization Application Exa ples" J. Vollbrecht, P. Calhoun, S. Farrell, L.
- RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
- LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- FIG. 4 finally shows the query of the user of his current bill.
- a corresponding request is made to the administrative facility VE.
- user-specific information is now read out from the access server ZS and transferred to the management device VE in order to also be able to take into account a possibly active connection to the packet data network PDN for the billing.
- the fee data stored in the storage device SE is sent to the management device VE transfer.
- the information obtained from the second and third steps 2 and 3 is linked, an invoice is generated therefrom, and in a fourth step 4 it is transmitted to the user terminal BE and displayed there.
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