KR20010028890A - Billing Collect System in Radio Communication System - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for collecting billing data in a mobile communication system is provided to apply a variable format of presently used circuit-based and IP-based packet data, only with the correction of a database value for mutually different formats of billing data collected from switches, without the suspension of process and the change of application. CONSTITUTION: Billing data collectors(22,23) collect the information of generated billing data and information data of NEs(Network Elements,20,21). A billing data formatter(24), or an RS(Reference Scheduler), configured in a single block converts the billing data having optional code types into an identical code type. In the billing data formatter(24), the first module confirms a database repository(25) storing the billing data information and the information of the NEs(20,21), to search whether converted information exits. The second module overall manages a database table of the billing data collected by the first module. The third module guides a file of the collected billing data to the database table, by being interlinked with the billing data formatter(24). The fourth module allocates the information of the billing data and the information of the NEs(20,21) in a memory, to perform general management for the information.

Description

Billing Collect System in Radio Communication System

According to the present invention, different formats of billing data collected from a plurality of exchanges in a billing system can be modified using all of the circuit-base or IP base packet data currently used by modifying a value without interrupting a process or modifying an application. A billing processing system in a mobile communication system is applicable.

In general, the charging data collection method currently used in the circuit based switch in the mobile communication system is to compensate for the large transportation cost and processing time of collecting the charging data by using a conventional magnetic tape, It uses a centralized billing center polling method (CAMA Poling), which automatically and automatically transmits the data online reliably and quickly through a billing data transmission line connected to a centralized automatic message accounting center.

1 is a view for explaining the structure of a conventional billing data processing system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a charging record processing system operating in a circuit based switch network of a conventional mobile communication system includes a switch A (10) and a switch B (11) which are network components. Software control of billing data collection blocks A, C (12, 13) (Collector A, B), each of which collects a plurality of billing data generated in real time at a plurality of exchanges, and the format of each billing data collected. Is composed of billing data format conversion blocks A and B (Formatter A, B) 14 and 15, respectively, which are converted into a standard format by means of proportional to N billing data generated from a plurality of circuit based switches. It is implemented with N charging data format conversion blocks (Formatters 14, 15).

The billing data formatters 14 and 15 are created as call detail records (hereinafter referred to as CDRs) of a data structure of a predetermined form, and newly transformed currency detail data ( Each time a CDR) form is created, a new application is added to a billing system that includes a standard currency detail (CDR) format 16.

In the conventional billing data processing system, billing data collection blocks A and B (12 and 13) for collecting billing data separately written for each circuit based switch included in different network elements 10 and 11. There are charging data format conversion blocks A, B (14, 15), Binary Coded Decimal (abbreviated as BCD), Binary Code, and ASCII Code (ASCII). It converts the billing data format transformed into a format for use in a subsystem including the standard currency detail data format (CDR) 16.

However, the conventional billing data processing system has the following problems.

In the related art, since N charging data format conversion blocks are required for every N exchange systems provided in a plurality of network components, overlapping processes exceed the processing allowance of system resources, causing a system overload.

In addition, in order to process new billing data transmitted in real time, a new billing data formatter block must be created to process each billing data, and the running process is stopped each time the billing data being processed is edited. There is a problem in that a loss of downtime occurs in a system that needs to deal with real-time billing because the application must be restarted after the application is modified again.

In addition, the data recording format of the IP-based packet data reference charging method is not applicable, and there is a need to reconfigure all currently operating systems.

According to the present invention, a variable format of all of the circuit-base or IP base packet data currently used in the billing system by modifying database values in different formats of billing data collected from a plurality of exchanges without interrupting the process or modifying the application is provided. It is to provide a billing processing system in a mobile communication system so that a format can be applied.

As described above, the present invention provides a billing collection system including a respective communication device for generating a plurality of billing data each having an arbitrary code form, wherein the information of each generated billing data and the information data of the respective communication device are used. Each data collection block to collect; It consists of a single block, comprising a charging data format conversion block for converting all of the charging data having an arbitrary code form into the same code form.

Advantageously, the charging data format conversion block comprises: a first module for identifying whether there is converted information by checking a database area storing the charging data information and information of the communication device; A second module for comprehensively managing a database table of the charging data collected by the second module; A third module cooperating with the charging data format conversion block to guide the collected charging data file to the database table to be processed; And a fourth module which allocates the information of the billing data and the information of the communication device to a memory area and manages the overall management of the information.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 is a diagram for explaining the structure of a conventional billing data processing system.

2 is a view for explaining a billing processing method using a billing data processing system according to the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining the detailed configuration of a reference scheduler according to the present invention.

20: network component (exchange) 21: network component assigned with IP

22, 23: billing data collection block 24: billing data format conversion block

25: database storage area 26, 27: billing processing system A, B

31: Reference Controller 32: Reference Guide

33: memory manager 34: check module area

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a view for explaining a billing processing method using a billing data processing system according to the present invention.

2, the billing data collection system according to the present invention is a network component (NE) 20, 21, billing data collection blocks (22, 23), billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 ), And a database storage area 25.

The network components 20 and 21 are used by users of all network equipment, including a circuit-based switch system 20 or a network equipment 21 which is assigned a basic IP address to perform data transmission by mutual protocol. Network element that can impose

In addition, the billing data collector blocks 22 and 23 perform a function of collecting billing data generated in real time from each network element according to each network element 20 or 21.

That is, the data required for the billing processing generated in the network components 20 and 21 by the mutual protocol with the subsystem is transmitted to the billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 or the billing processing result through the billing processing system. The data received from the subsystem is transmitted to each network component (20, 21) to perform the function of mutual transmission in the predefined protocol.

The billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 is used by N system components 20 to process billing data generated in real time in a plurality of network elements 20 and 21 by a conventional system. Unlike N charging data format conversion block (FM) 24 has been generated in proportion to 21) being generated, it refers to charging data transmitted from each network component 20, 21 to reduce the load on the system. General management is performed using a single billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 using a reference scheduler.

Accordingly, the billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 stores mixed raw billing data collected in various types of formats such as binary code, binary code (BCD), and ASCII code (ASCII). It is controlled by software for use in billing system, converts to the same format of the same position and size, and transmits them to each other.

In addition, when there is a call detail data (CDR) information or updated information in the network components (20, 21), the mutual data transfer function to store the billing data information in the database storage area 25, or to retrieve the stored information. Do this.

Therefore, the billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 converts the collected data into standard currency detail (CDR) format (26) or sends it to another billing processing system assigned a default IP address. Processing (27) is carried out in packet format.

In this billing data format conversion block FM, a reference exists for processing each billing data.

As shown in FIG. 2, the reference corresponds to a database table for managing or processing a plurality of billing data, and each variable reference type (for example, A type reference, B type reference ... N type). Reference) In order to facilitate the multi-processing of billing data, a plurality of billing data can be processed by grouping reference types for similar billing data among various billing data.

Although not shown in the figure, the present invention includes an element called a System Resource Manager (hereinafter, abbreviated as SRM) that handles the overall configuration of the above-described billing processing system.

The system resource manager (SRM) creates a new reference or edits a reference to prevent the occurrence of a module causing an overload of the system due to data congestion during multi-processing of billing data through a network. You can expand or collapse to handle the entire system efficiently.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a reference scheduler according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the reference scheduler may be referred to as a reference controller (hereinafter referred to as RC) 31, a reference guide (hereinafter referred to as RG) 32, and a memory manager (hereinafter referred to as MM). 33) and a check module storage area (hereinafter referred to as RCM) 34 to perform interworking operations with each other.

The reference controller (RC) 31 performs a function of creating or deleting a data structure in a memory for each network element.

The reference controller (RC) 31 performs a function of creating, editing, and deleting a reference with information collected by the check module storage area (RCM) 34 (S31). If a new network component is added, A reference of the corresponding format is identified through a memory manager (MM) 33 and then assigned to memory.

In addition, the reference expires and the reference is deleted and returned to the memory manager (MM) 33 which performs a function of managing memory allocation and system resources (S33). However, if only a small amount of data content is required to be edited, only the corresponding value is edited. If the size is increased, the operation is performed after requesting confirmation from the memory manager 33.

Reference guide (RG) 32 is a module that specifies the reference of the currency detail data (CDR) to be processed by the billing data format conversion block (FM).

The reference guide (RG) 32 guides the input file to an appropriate reference type when requesting processing of the file input in the charging data format conversion block FM. If a proper reference type does not exist, a check is requested to the check module storage area (RCM) 34 (S34), and a generation request is made to the reference controller (RC) 31 (S32).

The check module storage area (RCM) 34 is a module that periodically checks the database storage area 25.

In the database repository 25, the application start point, end point, modification flag, and data structure (data size, data type) information must be registered. Compares the values of modification flag and executes lower functions when converted. Since the check module storage area (RCM) 34 checks the database storage area 25, it is performed every time the processing of the file transmitted from the billing data collection block is completed, so modifications are required during operation. In this case, the system can be modified without interruption of the system.

According to the present invention mentioned above has the following effects.

According to the present invention, a billing data format conversion block (FM) 24 using a reference scheduler is used as a billing data format conversion block for performing overlapping operations for N exchange systems provided in a plurality of network components. By carrying out general management, sufficient system resources can be secured, thereby preventing overloading of the system.

In addition, when modifying the type of new billing data transmitted in real time, the billing data format conversion block variably adjusts the database value for a specific billing data without having to stop the running process every time the billing data is modified. In addition to the exchange system, it is possible to process billing data in real time without reconfiguring a variable network component that transmits packet data through an inter-protocol using an assigned IP address. It works.

Claims (3)

A billing collection system comprising a respective communication device for generating a plurality of billing data each having an arbitrary code form, A respective data collection block for collecting information on each generated billing data and information data of each communication device; And a charging data format conversion block configured to convert the charging data having an arbitrary code form into the same code form in a single block. The method of claim 1, wherein the charging data format conversion block, A first module identifying a database area storing the charging data information and the information of the communication device and searching for the existence of the converted information; A second module for comprehensively managing a database table of the charging data collected by the second module; A third module cooperating with the charging data format conversion block to guide the collected charging data file to the database table to be processed; And a fourth module for allocating the information of the billing data and the information of the communication device to a memory area and performing a collective management of the information. . The billing data format conversion block of claim 1, wherein when the billing data format conversion is needed, the billing data format conversion block variably modifies the database value and processes the billing data in real time while operating the communication device. Billing data collection system in a mobile communication system, characterized in that.