JPH02288532A - Packet switching network charging system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a packet switchboard at non-charging terminal equipment to eliminate the need for storage of information of all charging terminal equipments by receiving a charge traffic unit from a packet switchboard accommodated in an opposite terminal equipment by a charge object terminal equipment accommodated packet exchange at a time of revising charging period. CONSTITUTION:A charging traffic unit notice request packet REQ 16 is sent from a charging terminal equipment accommodated packet switchboard 1a to a non-charging terminal equipment accommodating packet switchboard 1b at the time of revising charging period, the packet switchboard 1b sets a charging traffic unit 4b to a charging traffic unit packet CHG 17 and sends the resulting packet to the charging terminal equipment accommodated packet switchboard 1a. The packet switchboard 1a sums up the charging traffic unit of the non-charging terminal equipment 2b and the charging traffic unit 4a of the charging terminal equipment 2a, decides whether or not the time is within a discount time zone and the discount charge or the usual charge are added and the result is stored in an accumulation charge storage area 5. Thus, it is not required to provide information relating to a time difference between the terminal equipment accommodated in its own packet switchboard and a terminal equipment accommodated in other packet switchboard to the storage area of the packet switchboard.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a charging method for a packet-switched network that charges different fees depending on the time of day for communications between terminals with time differences.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in packet switching networks that charge different fees depending on the time for communication between terminals with time differences, at the time of change of charge classification, the packet switching equipment accommodating the other terminal is requested to send the charging rate, and the packet switching equipment accommodating the other terminal charges the charge. I don't see any idea of receiving degrees.

Related technology of this type is 3.6. Basics of X Data Exchange (Revised Edition) edited by the Telecommunications Association.
2. Has maintenance operation functions, etc.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology is based on the communication between terminals with a one-time difference, and the time 4'9 separate rate classification and terminals that are charged (
No consideration has been given to means for matching time zone charge classifications in packet switching equipment that accommodates billing terminals.

For this reason, the packet switching equipment on the side of non-charging terminals needed to have a large amount of information in the storage device of the packet switching equipment in order to obtain the other party's time difference and rate by time zone of all charging terminals that could be connected. .

An object of the present invention is to provide a packet switching network charging system in which the packet switching equipment on the side of these non-charging terminals does not store information for all A-gold terminals in the storage device.

[Means for solving problem 11111] In order to achieve the above objective, the packet switching equipment on the charging terminal side requests the packet switching equipment on the non-charging terminal side to notify the charging frequency at the rate classification change time, and The packet switch on the billing terminal side sends the billing frequency to the packet switch on the billing terminal side, and the packet switch on the billing terminal side also receives the billing frequency of the non-charging terminal and the billing frequency of the billing terminal of its own packet switch. The amount is totaled and charges are added according to the charge classification for the time.

[Effect]

At the rate classification change time, a request is issued from the 7a gold terminal side packet switch to the non-charging terminal side packet switch to notify the charging frequency. As a result, when there is a time difference between the charging terminal side and the non-charging terminal side and charging is performed with different charge classifications depending on the hour, the charge classification change time that determines the charge classification can be determined by the charging frequency notification request of the packet switching equipment on the charging terminal side. This eliminates the need to synchronize the times between packet switches, and for this reason, the storage device of a packet switch stores information about the time difference between terminals accommodated in its own packet switch and terminals accommodated in other packet switches. There's no need to have it.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows packet switching networks 1a, lb and terminals 2a,
A data packet l in a packet switching network consisting of 2b
) 'l' This is an example showing the communication sequence and charging control sequence. 1a and lb are the packet switches, 2a and 2
3a and 3b are the storage devices of the packet switching equipment; 4a and 4b are the areas for storing the [billing frequency in the same time period] in 3a and 3b; is the area for storing the accumulated charges of terminal 2a,
10 is the discount charging time period at night or on holidays, 1
1 is the normal billing time period, 12a and 12b are the data packets I]1'' to be billed, and 13 is the data packet 12a.
Similarly, 14 is the trigger for adding the charging frequency 40 when the terminal 2a receives the data packet 12b, and ]5 is the trigger for adding the charging frequency 40 when the terminal 2b receives the data packet 12b. 16 is the trigger for the side packet switch to request the non-charging terminal side packet switch to notify the charging frequency, 16 is the above-mentioned charging frequency notification request packet, and 17 is
indicates a charging frequency packet sent from the non-charging terminal side packet switch to the charging terminal side packet switch.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the charging control sequence of steps 15, 16, and 17 in FIG.

In 111i11, a call is made to communicate with the terminal 2aIJ' and the terminal 2b, and the communication fee is charged to the terminal 2Q. In other words, a case will be described in which the terminal 2a is a charging terminal and the terminal 2b is a non-charging terminal. If the terminal 2b is the calling party, or if the receiving party receives the charging terminal redata packet 12 (2) by the incoming charging facility of C:CITT Recommendation Similarly, add the frequency to
When the data packet 12b is sent from the terminal 2b to the terminal 2a, the frequency is added to the iJ gold frequency 4a in the charging terminal accommodating packet switch la. Now, when the charging classification change time arrives in the charging terminal accommodating packet switch la, a charging frequency notification request packet RKQ16 is transmitted to the non-charging terminal accommodating packet switch 1b by trigger 15 (
20), then the charging frequency notification request packet r< g:
The packet switch 1b that received Q16 charges 1 billing frequency 4.
b is set in the charging frequency packet CHG17, and the charging frequency packet CHG17 is transmitted to the charging terminal accommodating packet switch 1a.

(21) The packet switch 1a that has received the charging frequency packet CHG17 adds up the charging frequency of the non-charging terminal 2b and the charging frequency 4a of the charging terminal 2a (22).

Furthermore, it is determined whether it was a 10% discount time period, that is, whether it was IO or 11 (2:3), and if the discount rate time was 4iF, the charge would be added to 5 as a 10% discount rate; For example, the charge will be added to 5 as the normal charge. (24,:25) According to -1-, it is possible to charge different fees depending on the time for communication between terminals with time differences.

(Effect of the invention) According to the present invention, for communication 8 between terminals with a one time difference,
In a packet switching network that charges different fees depending on the time of day, the storage device of the packet switching equipment stores information about the time difference between the terminals accommodated in the local bucket 1 to the switching equipment and all the terminals accommodated in the other buckets 1 to the switching equipment that communicate with these terminals. There is no need to have one, and the storage capacity of the packet switch can be reduced. Furthermore, it is not necessary to strictly match the time differences between packet switches.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing a data packet communication sequence and charging control sequence in a packet switching network according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the charging control sequence in FIG. 1. 1a, lb...Packet switch, 2a, 2b...Terminal, 3a, 3b...Storage device of the packet switch. 4a, 4b... Area for storing billing frequency, 5...
Area for storing accumulated charges, 10... Discount billing time period. 11... Normal billing time 4'('tg 12ag 12
b...Data packet I-, 1:LL4...Charging frequency addition trigger, 15...Charge classification change time, 1...Charging frequency notification request packet, 17...Charging frequency packet,
20...Processing step related to billing frequency notification request, 21
...Processing steps related to billing frequency notification, 22-25.
...Processing steps related to charge addition Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Processing of FSNa Processing of FSNb η1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a packet-switched network, different fees are charged depending on the time for communication between terminals with time differences, so at the time of charge classification change, the packet switch that accommodates the terminal to be charged changes to the packet switch that accommodates the other terminal. The terminal requests the terminal to notify the charging frequency up to that point, adds up the charging frequency sent from the packet switch that accommodates the other terminal and the charging frequency of the terminal to be charged, and adds the charges according to the charge classification at the time. A packet-switched network charging method characterized by: