KR20130039394A

KR20130039394A - Subscriber data allocation system and method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR20130039394A
Application number: KR1020110103908A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김광수
Original assignee: 삼성에스엔에스 주식회사
Priority date: 2011-10-12
Filing date: 2011-10-12
Publication date: 2013-04-22

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to assign a data call subscriber management and an upper limit of data usage in an SPR server, which is a subscriber management server, so that a large number of subscribers can be charged in a rapid manner so that data service through QoS control can be smoothly operated. To this end, a subscriber station; and a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server that receives a session connection request from the subscriber station and allocates a session to the subscriber station; And a SPR (Subscription Profile Repository) for receiving a session registration request of the subscriber station from the PCRF server, registering a session of the subscriber station, analyzing subscriber station charge information, and assigning data according to the subscriber station charge information to the subscriber station. ) server; Provided is a subscriber data allocation system comprising a.

Description

Subscriber data allocation system and method

A system and method for allocating a data uplink amount to a data plan subscriber according to a time schedule.

Recently, due to the popularization of smartphones, data call usage management functions are increasing due to the diversification and segmentation of charge products for data call users.

The total quota can be subtracted according to the data usage of data call flat rate subscribers and daily subscribers, and the service can be restricted when the balance is exhausted. In case of subscribers of data cap plan, it is necessary to charge the designated data volume on a daily and monthly basis. When charging to the subscriber management server through the customer center, real-time reflection is slow and it is cumbersome in management.

In order to solve the conventional problems of the present invention, data service subscriber management and data upper limit usage is allocated in the SPR server, which is a subscriber management server, so that a large number of subscribers can be recharged quickly and conveniently, so that data service through QoS control can be smoothly performed. It is intended to be operated.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description of the embodiments.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a subscriber station and a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) server that receives a session connection request from the subscriber station and allocates a session to the subscriber station; And a SPR (Subscription Profile Repository) for receiving a session registration request of the subscriber station from the PCRF server, registering a session of the subscriber station, analyzing subscriber station charge information, and assigning data according to the subscriber station charge information to the subscriber station. ) server; Provided is a subscriber data allocation system comprising a.

Here, the SPR server includes a database that stores the charge information of the subscriber station; And a message transmitting / receiving unit which transmits and receives a message and a data allocation message relating to a session with the PCRF server. And a subscriber information analysis unit analyzing rate information of the subscriber station. And a controller for searching the database according to a time schedule and allocating an upper limit of data of the subscriber station with reference to the subscriber information analyzer. As shown in FIG.

Here, the timer may further include a timer.

Here, the SMSC server may further include an SMSC server receiving a data charging request message from the SPR server and transmitting a data charging SMS message to the subscriber station.

The method may further include: registering subscriber plan information in a subscription profile repository (SPR) server; and analyzing the subscriber plan information according to a time schedule; and extracting a list of subscribers to which data is assigned; Allocating an upper limit of data and recording it; And transmitting the allocated data upper limit information to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server. Provided is a subscriber data allocation method comprising a.

Here, the upper limit data amount may be any one or more of an upper limit amount according to time, an upper limit amount according to daily / date, and a monthly upper limit amount.

In this case, when there is a subscriber whose data limit is exceeded according to a plan in the data allocation target subscriber list, transmitting information indicating that the subscriber whose data limit is exceeded needs data charging to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) server; It may be characterized in that it further comprises.

The SMSC server may further include transmitting a data charging SMS to a subscriber whose data upper limit is exceeded.

The present invention stabilizes the service by recording (charging) the monthly upper limit and the daily upper limit in the subscriber profile through the database access at a specific time every month and the fixed amount of semen data specified by the SPR server itself, and simultaneously operating and maintaining the service. And there is an effect that can provide convenience in operation

In addition, the present invention has the effect that both the method by the operator's online command and the automatic execution method through the time schedule.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a subscriber data allocation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an SPR server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a data allocation process in an SPR server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a data allocation process of a subscriber allocation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The first and second or the terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. Also, singular forms may include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a subscriber data allocation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Subscriber data allocation system of the present invention is composed of a subscriber terminal 100, a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) server 200, a Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) server 300.

The subscriber station 100 requests a session connection to the PCRF server 200 and is assigned a session.

The PCRF server 200 receives the data allocation information of the subscriber station from the SPR server and connects the session to the corresponding subscriber station with reference to the SPR server when the session request is requested from the subscriber station.

The Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) server 300 registers and stores the plan information of the subscriber station, inquires / analyzes the plan information of the subscriber station according to a time schedule, extracts a list of subscriber station target data, and extracts the corresponding subscriber station. Record and allocate the upper limit of data.

In this case, the subscriber data allocation system of the present invention may further include an SMSC server 400 for transmitting a data charging message to the subscriber station.

In this case, the SPR server 300 requests the SMSC server 400 to transmit an SMS message indicating that data charging is required to the subscriber terminal when the subscriber terminal has exceeded the upper limit of data according to the registered / stored rate plan. The SMSC server 400 transmits the data charging SMS message to the subscriber terminal.

In summary, the PCRF server 200 is a next-generation QoS and billing control device as a node for establishing a policy charging rule and a QoS related policy.

In addition, the SPR server 300 is a dedicated subscriber management server that manages the data call subscriber's PCC solution and QoS information, and provides the relevant information to the PCRF and at the same time manages the real-time data usage management.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an SPR server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

SPR server 300 of the present invention is composed of a database (DB; 350), the message transmitting and receiving unit 310, the timer 320, the control unit 330 and the subscriber rate information analysis unit 340.

The database DB 350 registers / stores the plan information of the subscriber station.

The message transmitting and receiving unit 310 transmits and receives a plan information of the subscriber station and a data upper limit information message allocated to the subscriber station with the PCRF server. In addition, the SMSC server 400 may transmit a data charging SMS request message.

The timer 320 provides time information to the controller 330.

The control unit 330 receives time information from the timer 320 and retrieves the plan information of the subscriber station stored in the database 350 according to the time schedule.

The subscriber fee information analysis unit 340 analyzes the plan information of the searched subscriber station according to the time schedule, searches for the subscriber station to which data is allocated, and extracts a list.

Thereafter, the controller 330 allocates the upper limit data amount according to the time according to the subscriber terminal plan, the upper limit data amount according to the day / date, the upper monthly data limit amount, etc., to the subscriber terminal to which the data is allocated.

3 is a diagram illustrating a data allocation process in an SPR server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Step S200 is a step of registering the plan information of the subscriber station in the SPR server. Therefore, the SPR server stores the plan information of the subscriber station. That is, the daily and monthly maximum rate plan information requiring the upper limit data allocation is registered in the database.

In step S210, the subscriber analyzes the plan information of the terminal according to a time schedule in the SPR server. The SPR server searches the database according to the time interval set in the timer, and when the data allocation time is detected through time scheduling, analyzes the plan information of the subscriber station and subscribes to the data uplink plan (listed monthly and daily limit). The data allocation target subscriber list) is extracted (S220), and the corresponding upper limit data amount according to time, upper limit data according to daily / date, and upper limit data amount are allocated to the corresponding subscriber terminal and recorded (S230).

Thereafter, the SPR server transmits data uplink information of the corresponding subscriber station to the PCRF server (S240).

4 is a diagram illustrating a data allocation process of a subscriber allocation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above with reference to FIG. 3, the SPR server analyzes and allocates and stores the subscriber data upper limit (S400) and transmits the data allocation information message of the stored subscriber station to the PCRF server (S401). After that, the PCRF server transmits a response message to the SPR server (S402).

In this case, if there is a subscriber station that needs to recharge the data by consuming data according to the plan in step S400, the SPR server sends a request to the SMSC server to send a message indicating that the data needs to be charged to the subscriber station. To transmit (S403). Then, the SMSC server transmits an SMS message indicating that data charging is required to the corresponding subscriber station (S404).

Thereafter, the subscriber station charges the required amount of data (S405).

In step S403 described above, step S405 is performed when there is a subscriber station requiring data charging.

If the subscriber station intends to use the data, it transmits a data call connection attempt message to the PCRF server (S406).

The PCRF server transmits a session registration request to the SPR server (S407).

The SPR server transmits the session registration and profile to the PCRP server (S408).

Thereafter, the PCRP server connects the session to the corresponding subscriber station and allocates data (S409).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100: subscriber terminal
200: PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) server
300: Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) server
310: message transmission and reception unit
320: timer
330; The control unit
340: message analysis unit
350: Database
400: SMSC Server

Claims

Subscriber station;
A Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server that receives a session connection request from the subscriber station and allocates a session to the subscriber station; And
A subscription profile repository (SPR) for receiving a session registration request of the subscriber station from the PCRF server, registering a session of the subscriber station, analyzing subscriber station fee information, and allocating data according to the subscriber station fee information to the subscriber station. server; Subscriber data allocation system comprising a.

The method of claim 1,
SPR server
A database storing rate information of the subscriber station;
A message transceiving unit which transmits and receives a message and a data allocation message relating to a session with the PCRF server;
A subscriber information analysis unit analyzing rate information of the subscriber station; And
A controller searching the database according to a time schedule and allocating an upper limit of data of the subscriber station by referring to the subscriber information analyzer; Subscriber data allocation system, characterized in that comprises a.

The method of claim 2,
And a timer further comprising a timer.

The method of claim 1,
And a SMSC server for receiving a data charging request message from the SPR server and transmitting a data charging SMS message to the subscriber terminal.

Registering subscriber plan information in a subscription profile repository (SPR) server;
analyzing the subscriber plan information according to a time schedule;
Extracting a data allocation target subscriber list;
Allocating an upper limit of data to the data allocation target subscriber and recording the same; And
Transmitting the allocated data upper limit information to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server; Subscriber data allocation method comprising a.

The method of claim 5,
The upper limit data amount is a subscriber data allocation method, characterized in that any one or more of the upper limit according to time, the upper limit according to the day / date, the monthly upper limit.

The method of claim 5,
If there is a subscriber whose data limit is exceeded according to a plan in the data allocation target subscriber list, transmitting information indicating that the subscriber whose data limit is exceeded needs data charging to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) server; Subscriber data allocation method comprising a.

The method of claim 7, wherein
The SMSC server further comprises the step of transmitting a data charging SMS to the subscriber exceeding the upper limit of data.