KR100277097B1 - The method to apply accounting in ct2 system - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a billing information dualization system and method in a distributed CT-2 system. In the system of the present invention, a base station and a base station management apparatus having data of each day, month, and year for each call type in order to store call statistics according to each call type for each call generated by the terminal and the terminal. It includes a centralized billing center that collects billing data information and subscriber management systems that are linked to each other for roaming and linking between operators for the optical territory.

Description

Billing information dualization system and method in distributed Citi2 system {THE METHOD TO APPLY ACCOUNTING IN CT2 SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a billing information dualization system and method in a distributed Citi2 system. In particular, the present invention relates to a base station billing field for supporting individual billing by standard billing and sub-management systems to dual billing data to provide billing information in a distributed CT2 system having advanced functions and services.

Since the conventional CT2 base station has a call distance of about 200 meters, it requires a large number of base stations to provide a smooth service, and requires the investment of several small investors to solve the investment ratio of the operator for the base station. In addition, since the billing in CT-2 uses a centralized billing method in the form of unified billing, there is no way to provide separate billing information according to the stake ratio of the base station of the small investor.

In addition, even when providing a partial call function in the two-line small channel public base station instead of a base station used as a home base, there is a problem in that a separate charging method is not provided for the incoming function.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention aims to support individual billing by dualizing billing data and standard billing and wealth management system to the main billing center.

Still other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a CT2 network configuration

2 is a method for providing call statistics for each base station

3 is a charging statistics providing method

4 is a process chart for call statistics for each base station;

5 is a process diagram for providing billing statistics;

6 is a processing diagram for updating call statistics data;

7 is a base station monthly call statistics

8 is a base station storage area diagram for charging statistics;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: centralized charging center 110: subscriber management system

120: base station management device 130: base station

140: terminal 200: additional device

210: terminal 220: secondary base station management device

One preferred embodiment of the billing information dualization system in the distributed Citi 2 system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A terminal for receiving and sending data;

A base station having data for each call type for day, month, and year for storing call statistics according to each call type for each call generated by the terminal;

A base station management device for receiving the charging statistics for each base station from the system and updating the charging statistics for each base station;

Subscriber management system interworked with each other for roaming and interworking between operators in a wide area; And

It includes a centralized charging center that collects billing data information.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the base station prepares call statistics.

Preferably, the base station provides statistics and billing data to a stake holder through a device connected to or connected to the base station.

Base station monthly call statistics are

Total call attempts;

City effective calls;

Long distance effective calls;

International valid calls;

Emergency effective calls;

Toll free calls;

Local call usage time in seconds;

Long distance use time in seconds;

International currency usage time in seconds;

Local currency cumulative time in seconds;

Total time for long distance calls in seconds;

Cumulative international currency time in seconds; And

It is preferable to include the maintenance and management code which is the number of communication between a base station and a management apparatus,

To check call statistics data

Applying a separate protocol to the air interface through the terminal device;

Through a device with LEDs, LCDs;

It is desirable to utilize a terminal to manipulate data by applying a network protocol to the base station by using a type capable of directly manipulating data at the base station or a secondary base station management apparatus.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a preferred embodiment of the charging information dualization method in a distributed Citi 2 system,

In the billing information dualization system in a distributed Citi2 system,

Call statistics creation process;

Updating call statistics; And

Include charging statistics.

In the present invention, the call statistics preparation process,

Generating a call signal;

Checking whether the terminal is registered by referring to the registered terminal list;

Converting the registered terminal into a separate subscriber account;

Storing the converted information in a call information storage area;

Updating private call statistics;

Storing in an unregistered terminal surface call storage area; And

Preferably, updating the public call statistics;

The call statistics update process,

Ending the subscriber call;

Checking whether the call type is billing call;

If it is not billed call, reflecting the non billed call traffic statistics;

If the bill is a bill, checking if the day boundary of the date has changed;

Updating daily cumulative information by adding additional data to the daily storage area if one boundary has not changed;

If the daily boundary has changed, examining whether the monthly boundary has changed;

Checking if the oldest month data is empty if the month boundary has not changed;

Initializing the oldest month area if it is not empty;

Storing the monthly statistics by adding up the daily statistics of the corresponding month to the empty or initialized month area;

If the monthly boundary has changed, examining whether two years have changed;

If two years have passed, deleting statistics older than two years and creating an aggregate of new year areas; And

If less than two years have passed, it is preferable to include the steps of summing monthly statistics and storing them in the previous year's statistics.

The charging statistics providing process,

Examining whether an immediate cumulative request of a second operator has been received;

If there is no immediate request for accumulation, checking whether the accounting statistics are updated by regular access;

Requesting an update from the base station management apparatus when there is an immediate cumulative request;

Requesting an update from the subscriber management system;

Requesting an update from the centralized charging center;

Receiving corresponding base station information in the subscriber management system;

Receiving corresponding base station information in the base station management apparatus; And

Receiving a request for updating the charging statistics by the periodic access or receiving the corresponding base station information, it is preferable to include the step of updating the charging statistics information of the base station.

In the following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the billing information dualization system and method in the distributed Citi2 system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be sufficiently implemented by the above-described technical spirit of the present invention without these detailed items.

In addition, the connection between the well-known base station and the mobile station is not described in detail in order not to obscure the present invention, and the same term is used in English initials or Korean language for convenience of explanation and understanding.

Referring to the configuration of the present invention with reference to the centralized CT2 network configuration in terms of the charging process of Figure 1,

The base station 130 and the host device include a base station management device 120 and a subscriber management system 110. The base station management apparatus 120 is connected to at least two base stations, and serves as a connection medium connected by wire for connection of general call processing. EH according to the present invention serves as a pass for receiving statistical data of the call from the base station 130. To this end, when the base station management apparatus 120 receives the update signal from the base station 130, the base station management apparatus 120 transfers the signal to the upper level, and transmits a signal corresponding to the base station 130 to the base station 130 again. In addition, it detects a failure of the base station 130, and generates a signal for maintenance, and informs the generated signal to the maintenance system (not shown). In general, since the number of subscribers to be accommodated in the subscriber management system is limited, interworking between subscriber management systems is required for roaming and interworking between operators in the wide area. In addition, since the call is completed using a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) network, the billing data is transmitted to the centralized billing center 100 for a consolidated billing notice.

The base station according to the present invention has data storage by day, month, and year for each call type in order to store call (call) statistics for each call generated by the terminal accessing the base station according to each call type.

The base station 130 also has a function of creating call statistics, the base station 130 through the charging data processing path from the configuration above the base station management device 120 to the subscriber management system 110 and the centralized charging center 100 You will be provided with individual billing statistics. Therefore, the equity holder checks the statistics and billing data through a device that can be connected or connected to the base station 130.

▶ Method for Providing Billing Information

The type of billing information provided by the base station 130 depends on the type of contract between the operator and the individual operator, but is usually as follows.

-If the service provider installs in the individual operator's office to expand the call area, it is not necessary to apply the individual fee settlement function of the individual operator. However, in order to secure the installation place of the service provider and expand the callable area, the self-employed business owners who provided the installation place may be provided with a subscription fee, an exemption of the registration fee, or a partial discount on the usage fee.

-When the service provider and the individual operator jointly invest, the billing data is processed by the service provider using the existing billing processing method, and the individual operator transmits the call statistics of the base station in order to obtain the revenue information for the base station. Get it. Instead of receiving the billing data used, it provides information on the total number of monthly call attempts by the subscriber, the number of effective calls, the total number of calls and the sum of call times according to local, intercity, and international calls.

-When an individual operator divides a portion of a call area of a service provider and invests in a base station, and wants to manage base station billing information as a whole, billing is performed in a base station management device and a billing center using a conventional method. In addition to the linkage with the base station management device, by adopting a method for transmitting a separate call detailed information to provide the billing detailed information to the small individual operators.

▶ Call Statistics

Call statistics are statistics created by the base station. In order to store the monthly information in the base station is configured as shown in the base station monthly call statistics of FIG. On the basis of the time when each call ends and the call detail information is stored, the total number of call attempts in the area corresponding to the current month is increased, and the number of valid calls according to the call type and the usage time are recorded. In the Usage time area, the effective talk time is recorded in seconds. The cumulative time item provides a continuous cumulative time for the effective charging of the base station in seconds. The cumulative number for the maintenance call is an area for recording the number of times of communication between the base station and the management apparatus.

However, since the base station cannot provide the estimated amount of statistics, it can be operated to be received and provided by the management apparatus.

The operation of providing the call statistics data generated by the base station to the investor in the present invention will be described with reference to the call statistics providing configuration diagram for each base station of FIG. The base station 130 applies a separate protocol to the air interface to the terminal 140 to provide a call service with the terminal 140, and has a relatively low cost with a separate LED (Light Emitting Diode) or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The additional device 200 may be used to display the status, and the terminal 210 may be used to directly manipulate data at the base station. In addition, the base station 130 provides the base station 130 by applying a network protocol to the base station 130 using the secondary base station management apparatus 220 to provide a function to manipulate the data.

Referring to FIG. 4, a processing procedure performed by the base station to store call statistics will be described.

First, when an outgoing signal is generated 300, if the terminal is registered 310 with reference to the registered terminal list, the signal is converted into a separate subscriber account (340). Data for the call is stored 350 in the call information storage area, and the private call statistics list is updated 360. On the other hand, if the terminal subscriber 310 is not registered after the originating signal 300 is stored in the call storage area 320 and updates the public call statistics (330).

A process for updating call call statistics in the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart for updating call statistics data in FIG. 6.

When the subscriber call by the terminal is terminated (500), if the call type is non-billing call 510 is reflected in the non-billing call traffic statistics (515), and if the call type is billing call, the date is checked (520) by not changing the daily boundary. If not, the total daily data is updated by adding additional data to the daily storage area (525). On the other hand, if the day boundary changes, it is checked whether the month change line 530 is reached, and if there is a month change, the oldest month data is vacated (570). If there is an empty area as a result of the search, it is recorded as monthly statistics (590). If there is no empty area, the oldest month area is initialized (580), and then all daily statistics of the corresponding month are added together and recorded as monthly statistics. (590).

The monthly cumulative totals are then reflected in the annual statistics for cumulative calculation. The yearly statistics record data for two years or less, and the data that has passed two years (540) is not recorded in the base station. Data that is two years old is deleted (550) and acts as a data storage area for the new year (560).

The charging statistics providing operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the charging statistics providing configuration of FIG.

The call data generated from the base station 130 is transmitted to the upper system to calculate the charge amount for each base station in the centralized charging center 100. In addition, the cumulative charging data is further provided to the base station 130 in the reverse order. A method of querying billing data at the base station 130 may be inquired at a billing information display terminal selected by a subscriber, and the form of billing data provided is shown in FIG. 8.

The procedure of retaining the charging statistics in the base station of the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart for providing the charging statistics of FIG.

The base station 130 should be in operation (400), and if there is an immediate cumulative request (410) of the second operator, request update (430) to the base station management device 120, which is the upper system, and base station management device (120) ) Requests 440 an update back to subscriber management system 110. Accordingly, the subscriber management system 110 transmits the update request 450 to the centralized charging center 100. Accordingly, the centralized charging center 100 calculates data of the base station or reads the stored data and provides updated data to the base station through the subscriber management system 460 and the base station management device 470. The secondary base station management apparatus 220 receives the charging statistics 420 for each base station from the upper system by the periodic access process and updates the charging statistics for each base station (480). The base station storage area diagram for the charging statistics is shown in FIG. 8.

In the above description, the present invention has been described and limited by way of example with reference to the drawings. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. will be.

Accordingly, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific forms referred to in the specification, but rather that the invention is defined by all modifications, equivalents and equivalents within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood to include substitutes.

According to the present invention operating as described above, it is possible to provide usage fee information for each base station for two or more operators, and to expand the business area of small operators by supporting separate billing forms, and to provide call statistics and billing. With the support of statistics, individual base station investments can be given to individuals, multiple deployments of CT2 systems with a small cell radius can be expanded, extending coverage and providing private functions for public base stations.

Claims (9)

In the Citi-2 (CT-2) system for distributed charging by base station, A terminal for forming a call through a base station and transmitting data for an account to the base station when the call is formed; Whenever the terminal accesses, each call type has a table for cumulative storage by dividing the data according to each call type by day, month, and year, and can be connected to the secondary base station management device, and from the secondary base station management device. If there is an immediate cumulative request and forwards it to the upper level and receives the result and accumulates in the table and provides it back to the secondary base station management device, It is connected to at least two base stations, and manages the connected base station language and status, and when receiving a signal requesting the immediate accumulation from the connected base station transmits the immediate cumulative request signal to a higher billing statistics system and receives the result A base station management device for transmitting the immediate accumulation request signal to the generated base station; Roaming and interworking between the operators for the wide area, and when receiving the cumulative request signal from the base station management device immediately transfers it to the central billing system, and receives the response data to the base station management device, and; A charging information dualization system in a distributed Citi2 system comprising a centralized charging center that collects and stores charging data information and immediately transmits corresponding data to a subscriber management system upon receipt of a cumulative request signal. The method of claim 1, wherein the base station, Billing information dualization system in a distributed Citi2 system that stores call statistics on the details of each call in a table. The billing information dualization system of claim 1, wherein the base station provides statistics and billing data to a stake holder through a device connected to or connected to the base station. The method of claim 2, wherein the base station monthly call statistics Total call attempts; City effective calls; Long distance effective calls; International valid calls; Emergency effective calls; Toll free calls; Local call usage time in seconds; Long distance use time in seconds; International currency usage time in seconds; Local currency cumulative time in seconds; Total time for long distance calls in seconds; Cumulative international currency time in seconds; And A billing information dualization system in a distributed Citi 2 system including a maintenance and management call which is the number of times of communication between a base station and a management device. The method of claim 2, The base station apparatus further includes a device having an LED and an LCD to check call statistics data, and at the same time, a network protocol is applied to the base station by using a form or a secondary base station management apparatus that can directly manipulate data at the base station. A billing information dualization system in a distributed Citi 2 system that utilizes terminals to manipulate data. A method for dualizing charging information for each base station in a distributed Citi-2 (CT-2) system and providing the charging information, A call statistics preparation process of selecting and updating an area to store information about a call according to whether or not an account is stored for each call whenever a call of the Citi-2 terminal is attempted; When the subscriber call is terminated, the call statistic updating process is performed to classify the call according to the billing type, determine the year, month, and day storage area for storing the divided data to store new data and update existing data; , Decentralized Citi 2 including a charging statistic process of delivering a request to accumulate immediately if there is a cumulative request through the secondary base station management device connected to the base station, and accumulates and stores the transfer result in the table and provides it. Method of dualizing billing information in the system. The method of claim 6, wherein the call statistics preparation process, Generating a call signal; Checking whether the terminal is registered by referring to the registered terminal list; Converting the registered terminal into a separate subscriber account; Storing the converted information in a call information storage area; Updating private call statistics; Storing in an unregistered terminal surface call storage area; And Updating billing statistics in a distributed Citi2 system. The method of claim 6, wherein the updating call statistics, Ending the subscriber call; Examining whether the call type is a billing call; If not billing call, reflecting on non-billing call traffic statistics; If it is a billing call, examining whether the day boundary of the date has changed; Updating daily cumulative information by adding additional data to the daily storage area if one boundary has not changed; If the daily boundary has changed, examining whether the monthly boundary has changed; Checking if the oldest month data is empty if the month boundary has not changed; Initializing the oldest month area if it is not empty; Storing the monthly statistics by adding up the daily statistics of the corresponding month to the empty or initialized month area; If the monthly boundary has changed, examining whether two years have changed; If two years have passed, deleting statistics older than two years and creating an aggregate of new year areas; And If not more than two years, billing information dualization method in a distributed Citi 2 system comprising the step of summing the monthly statistics and storing in the previous year statistics. The method of claim 6, wherein the charging statistics providing process, Investigating whether an aggregate request has been immediately received from the second base station management apparatus; Investigating whether billing statistics are renewed by regular access if there is no immediate request for accumulation. Requesting an update from the base station management device if there is an immediate cumulative request; Requesting an update from the subscriber management system; Requesting an update from the centralized charging center; Receiving the base station information in the subscriber management system; Receiving corresponding base station information in the base station management apparatus; And updating the charging statistics information of the base station when receiving the request for updating the charging statistics by the periodic access or receiving the corresponding base station information.

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