KR20070080262A - Method for tariff of accounting in communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A charging tariff method in a communication system is provided to facilitate constructing and managing tariff information and differentially perform packet-based charging according to charging characteristics. When a call start signal is received(211), a call processor(201) generates tariff information(213). A charging processor(203) checks a previously generated TF(Tariff Pattern) of a day to confirm whether the TF is changed(215). When the TF is changed, the charging processor(203) transmits a TF change message to the call processor(201)(217). The call processor(201) generates new charging information according to the TF change message(219). When a call termination signal is received(211), the call processor(201) generates charging data by using charging information generated according to the TF change message(223). The call processor(201) transmits the generated charging data to the charging processor(203)(225). The charging processor(203) collects the charging data and transmits the collected data to a charging center(227).

Description

Billing rate method in telecommunications systems {METHOD FOR TARIFF OF ACCOUNTING IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for performing packet based charging in a charging processor according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for performing charging according to a rate pattern of packet based charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a charging method of a communication system, and more particularly, to a method for performing packet-based charging according to charging characteristics in a packet switched network of the communication system.

Recently, as a communication system enables high-capacity data transmission at a high speed, a large-capacity data communication such as video data has become possible in the conventional voice-oriented communication. Therefore, the voice and data communication amount is increasing.

As described above, as the amount of voice and data communication increases, the use of communication facilities supporting the communication service also increases. Accordingly, operators managing the communication facility perform functions such as identification of outgoing subscriber, incoming / outgoing relay connection, control information transmission, call tone transmission, and call status display in order to support optimal communication service. In addition, it is possible to provide additional services in connection with the application server.

Operators managing the communication facility request the users for the fee for providing the service while supporting the above functions in order to support the optimal communication service.

In the conventional charging method, charging based on time of a circuit switched (CS) system was performed. That is, time-based billing is performed using Advice Of Charge (AOC) service information such as charging zone, service type, call time and location information. In addition, in the case of a packet switched (PS) system, charging is performed by applying the time-based charging method.

However, the time-based billing method is difficult to build and test the rate system because the AOC service information is included and there are many management data and commands. In addition, the packet-based billing method has to perform billing according to the rate characteristics of each subscriber, but there is a problem that a high load is applied to all the subscribers using the time-based billing method collectively.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for performing packet based charging in a packet switched network of a communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for performing packet-based charging by using a charging characteristic and a charging calendar in a packet switching network of a communication system.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for performing packet based charging according to a changed rate pattern in a packet switched network of a communication system.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, an operation method of a charging processor for performing charging according to a charging characteristic in a packet switched network of a communication system, the rate for performing packet-based charging Checking a characteristic and a charging calendar; generating a rate pattern using the identified rate characteristic and a rate calendar; and if the rate pattern changes according to the generated rate pattern, the rate pattern It characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting the change of the call processing processor.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for performing charging according to a charging characteristic in a packet switching network of a communication system, wherein the call processing processor charges according to a predetermined rate pattern when a call start signal is received. Generating information, the charging processor generating the rate pattern information, and each time the rate pattern information is changed, transmitting a signal informing the change of the rate pattern to the call processing processor; When the rate pattern change signal is received, the processor generates charging information according to the changed rate pattern, and when the call processing is terminated, the call processing processor uses the charging information generated according to the rate pattern to charge data. After generating, characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting to the charging processor.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, a description will be given of a technique for performing packet based charging using a charging characteristic and a charging calendar in a packet switched network of a communication system. In this case, the rate characteristic is a characteristic for performing packet-based charging so as to perform packet-based charging by setting different charging rates according to time, transmission speed, and packet transmission amount. In the following description, the time rate characteristic is described as an example. In addition, the rate calendar represents the billing rate according to the day of the week, date.

1 illustrates a procedure for performing packet based charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, in step 101, the charging processor checks a predetermined rate characteristic (eg, time characteristic) in order to perform packet based charging for a specific user.

After confirming the rate characteristic, the charging processor proceeds to step 103 and checks the rate calendar according to the rate characteristic as shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1 below shows a predetermined rate calendar.

DC CC 0 One 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP One TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP 2 TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP

In this case, the vertical axis represents information for classifying rate characteristics for each date as a date class (DC). For example, 0 represents weekdays, 1 represents Saturday, and 2 represents public holidays. The horizontal axis represents a rate characteristic (CC: Charging Characteristic), and is used to indicate a change in a rate pattern (TP: Tariff Pattern) according to the identified rate characteristic.

That is, the rate pattern divided according to the DC and CC has a different value depending on the user or operator. Therefore, in the process of performing the packet charging, it is used to recognize the rate pattern according to the rate characteristic to perform the packet charging. In addition, the rate calendar can be changed as needed by the operator.

After checking the rate characteristic and the rate calendar, the charging processor proceeds to step 105 and generates rate patterns for one day according to the rate characteristic and the rate calendar to store rate information that is changed.

In operation 107, the charging processor determines whether it is time to change the charging rate pattern according to the stored rate change information.

If the charging rate pattern change time is reached, the charging processor proceeds to step 109 and transmits information indicating that the charging rate pattern is changed to a call processing processor so that the call processing processor classifies the charging information according to the rate pattern change information. To create it. For example, a message having a structure as shown in Table 2 below is transmitted to transmit change information of a charging rate pattern.

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 One One CC15 CC14 CC13 CC12 CC11 CC10 CC09 CC08 2 CC07 CC06 CC05 CC04 CC03 CC02 CC01 CC00

In this case, the message including the rate change information includes rate characteristic change information including 1 bit each of the entire section of the rate characteristic for each date of the rate calendar. In other words, when the rate pattern is changed according to the rate pattern for one day determined in step 105, the bit of the corresponding rate characteristic is changed and transmitted. For example, when the rate patterns of the 0th and 15th rate patterns change in the rate calendar, CC00 and CC15 are set to 1 in Table 2, and the remaining bits are set to 0 and transmitted.

The wireless communication system then terminates this algorithm.

As described above, the rate calendar stores rate pattern information according to rate characteristics. The rate calendar and the rate pattern are each composed of two. That is, when the charge rate policy is changed, such as a temporary holiday, two rate calendars and rate patterns are configured to apply different rate policies when performing packet-based charging.

In addition, the rate calendar may copy the data of the rate pattern and the rate calendar in operation to the rate pattern and the rate calendar which are not operated.

2 illustrates a procedure for performing charging according to the rate of packet-based charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, when a call start signal is received (step 211), the call processing processor 201 of the wireless communication system generates rate information to perform packet based charging according to a predetermined rate characteristic (213). step).

Thereafter, the charging processor 203 checks the rate pattern for one day, which is generated in advance, to check whether the rate pattern is changed (step 215). If the rate pattern is changed, the charging processor 203 transmits a rate pattern change message as shown in Table 2 to the call processing processor 201 informing the section information on which the rate pattern is changed (step 217). .

When the rate pattern change message is received, the call processing processor 201 generates new charging information according to the rate pattern change message (step 219). In this case, when the rate pattern change message is received, the call processing processor 201 separately generates charging information before receiving the message and charging information after receiving the message.

Thereafter, when the call termination signal is received (step 221), the call processing processor 201 generates charging data using the charging information generated according to the rate pattern change message (step 223).

The call processing processor 201 that generates the charging data transmits the generated charging data to the charging processor 203 (step 225).

The charging processor 203 collects the charging data received from the call processing processor 201 and transmits the charging data to the charging center 205 (step 327).

The charging center 205 performs packet based charging using the received charging data using the same rate calendar as the charging processor 203.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, by performing a packet-based charging by generating a different rate pattern on the rate characteristic in the wireless communication system, by deleting the data related to the Advice of Charge (AOC) to reduce the possibility of data errors due to complex data and commands, the function is simple This makes it easier to build and manage rate information. In addition, there is an advantage that the packet-based charging can be performed differentially according to the rate characteristics.

Claims (10)

A method of operating a charging processor for performing charging according to a charging characteristic in a packet switching network of a communication system, Identifying rate characteristics and a charging calendar for packet-based charging; Generating a rate pattern using the identified rate characteristics and the rate calendar; And when the rate pattern is changed according to the generated rate pattern, transmitting the change of the rate pattern to a call processing processor. The method of claim 1, The rate characteristic may include at least one of time, transmission rate, and packet transmission amount. The method of claim 1, And the rate pattern and the rate calendar are two and are changed according to the charging rate policy. The method of claim 1, And when the rate pattern is changed, section information on which the rate pattern is changed in the rate calendar is transmitted to the call processing processor. Claims [1] A method for performing charging according to a charging characteristic in a packet switched network of a communication system, The call processing processor generates a charging information according to a predetermined rate pattern when a call start signal is received, A charging processor generating the rate pattern information and transmitting a signal informing the change of the rate pattern to the call processing processor whenever the rate pattern information is changed; The call processing processor, when the rate pattern change signal is received, separately generating charging information according to the changed rate pattern; And when the call signal is terminated, generating charge data by using charge information generated by dividing according to the rate pattern and transmitting the charge data to the charge processor. The method of claim 5, The rate pattern is determined according to the rate characteristic and a charging calendar (Charging Calendar). The method of claim 6, The rate characteristic may include at least one of time, transmission rate, and packet transmission amount. The method of claim 5, And when the rate pattern is changed, the charging processor transmits section information on which the rate pattern is changed in the rate calendar to the call processing processor. The method of claim 5, The charging processor, when the charging data is received, collecting the received charging data and transmits to the charging center, And when the charging data is collected from the charging processor, performing the packet-based charging using the charging data. The method of claim 5, The call processing processor, And when the rate pattern change signal is received, separately generating charging information before receiving the rate pattern change signal and charging information after receiving the rate pattern change signal.

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