WO2008043307A1 - Procédé, dispositif et système de taxation commune - Google Patents

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WO2008043307A1
WO2008043307A1 PCT/CN2007/070830 CN2007070830W WO2008043307A1 WO 2008043307 A1 WO2008043307 A1 WO 2008043307A1 CN 2007070830 W CN2007070830 W CN 2007070830W WO 2008043307 A1 WO2008043307 A1 WO 2008043307A1
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Junxian Mo
Weimin Chen
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Hanmei Du
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  • the present invention relates to the field of communication network technologies, and in particular, to a charging method and management, and in particular, to an associated charging method, apparatus, and system. Background technique
  • WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
  • WiMAX is an emerging broadband IP access technology that provides "last mile" broadband connectivity over a wide geographic area.
  • the technology is based on the IEEE 802.16 family.
  • Based on the broadband wireless standard, its network structure is shown in Figure 1.
  • the WiMAX network mainly includes: a mobile user terminal MS (Mobile Station) 101, which is connected to an access service network ASN (Access Service Network) provided by a network access provider NAP (Network Access Provider) through an R1 interface; A plurality of ASNs can be provided, and the ASNs are connected by using an R4 interface; the ASN includes a base station BS (Base Station) 102 and an access service network gateway ASN-GW (ASN Gateway) 103, which are connected by an R6 interface; The R3 interface is connected to a connection service network CSN (Connected Service Network) 104, which is provided by a network service provider (NSP), connected to the MS through an R2 interface, and the CSN is also connected to the network provided by the application service provider ASP.
  • ASN Access Service Network
  • NAP Network Access Provider
  • CSN mainly includes prepaid server PPS (Prepaid Server), authentication, accounting and authorization server AAA Server and other logical entities;
  • NSP has two types: Visit NSP Visited NSP and home NSP Home NSP, only when roaming This distinction, when This is not the case when the user is in the home network;
  • Figure 1 depicts the situation when roaming, so the CSN 104 provided by the Visited NSP is connected to the corresponding ASP Network/Internet 105, which also passes the R5 interface and the Home NSP.
  • the provided CSN 106 is connected, and the CSN provided by the Home NSP is also connected to the corresponding ASP Network/Internet 107.
  • the present invention relates to network quality of service QoS (Quality of WiMAX network)
  • WiMAX Network Working Group NWG Network Group
  • the framework mainly includes: a mobile user terminal MS 201, which is connected to a service flow management entity SFM 203 provided by an access service network ASN 202 through an R1 interface, and the SFM is responsible for establishing a user service flow and allocating the service session.
  • the SFM is connected to the Service Flow Authorization (SFA) through the R6 interface.
  • SFA Service Flow Authorization
  • the SFA is responsible for authorizing the corresponding service flow, and the SFA is also provided by the ASN.
  • the SFA provides the policy functions provided by the R3 interface and the Visited NSP 205.
  • the entity PF 207 is connected. The PF is used to provide a policy decision for a user service session.
  • the PF In the case of roaming, there will be a Visited PF and a Home PF 210; the PF is also connected to the application service function entity AF 206 in the same NSP.
  • the AF When the user terminal directly accesses the AF through the application layer protocol, the AF will notify the PF to actively create a service flow for the user; the Visited PF also connects to the PF provided by the Home NSP 208 through the R5 interface, and the Home PF will also be in the same NSP. AF 209 connection.
  • the present invention also relates to billing for WiMAX networks, and then to the standard billing architecture provided by WiMAX NWG, see Figure 3.
  • the framework mainly includes: a mobile user terminal MS 301, which acts as a user mainly in charging, and which is authenticated, billed, and authorized by the access service network
  • ASN 303/client AAA Proxy/ Client 304 is connected.
  • the AAA client is used to collect all the accounting information and send it to the AAA server for authentication, accounting, and authorization.
  • the AAA Proxy is an intermediate device and is an optional device.
  • the fee packet is processed, and a new accounting message is generated, and then forwarded to the real AAA Server; the network access provider and the visited network service provider NAP + Visited NSP 302, where the NAP is used to provide the ASN,
  • the Visited NSP is used to provide a connection service network;
  • FIG. 3 depicts the charging architecture for roaming, so AAAProxy or AAA Client will The message is sent to the Visited Authentication, Accounting, and Authorization Server Visited AAA Server 306 provided by the connection service network through the R3 interface.
  • the Visited AAA Server is mainly used as the functional entity for accounting information recording, transparent transmission and forwarding during roaming; Visited AAA Server
  • the Home AAA Server is connected to the home authentication, accounting, and authorization server through the R5 interface.
  • the Home AAA Server is the user's local authentication, accounting, and authorization server.
  • the user has the subscription information, including the accounting policy and other information.
  • the charging process is performed thereon, and the Home AAA Server is provided by a connection service network CSN 308 provided by the home network service provider Home NSP 307, which also provides a prepaid server PPS 309 and an authentication, accounting and authorization agent.
  • / Client or hotline device AAA Client/PPC/HLD 311 wherein PPS is mainly used to process online charging of prepaid users, which stores user account information, and performs real-time charging operation on the user after the user goes online.
  • PPC is a prepaid client that mainly applies real-time charging quotas to users, such as applying for quotas to PPS. Analyzing the user to reach the starting value again after the wide application of the quota, then the processing corresponding to the user until the user has insufficient balance, such as forcing the user to remind the user offline insufficient balance or the like;
  • the Home AAA Server is also connected to the Hotline Application Entity HLA (HLA).
  • HLD Hot-lining Device
  • HLA Hot-lining Device
  • the main idea of Hot-lining is to access the packets without permission.
  • the user of the data service provides an operation to effectively solve the problem. If the user has a problem, there is no right to use the data packet service again, and the wireless carrier informs that it is in the Hot-lining state; if the problem is successfully solved, the user's data is The packet service is returned to the normal state; the HLD is an execution device, which is used to notify the user of the Hot-lining state, and the HLA performs some processing on the application layer, such as providing information for notifying the user, and also providing services such as online recharge by the user.
  • WiMAX The WiMAX network is described above with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • WiMAX has a broad market prospect, but WiMAX networks need to be integrated with other networks in many cases to meet the needs of users for multiple networks. Because the WiMAX network and other networks that need to be merged are likely to belong to different operators, there is a need for reconciliation between different operators. Currently, there is no associated charging mechanism for other networks of the WiMAX network. Different operators It is not conducive to accurate reconciliation, which is not conducive to the promotion and development of WiMAX. Summary of the invention The invention provides an associated charging method, device and system, which can perform associated charging for a user when the broadband internet protocol access network and another network are fused.
  • a method for charging association provided by the present invention includes:
  • the broadband internet protocol access Receiving, by the network, the charging association identifier of the user in the second network generated and sent by the second network;
  • the broadband internet protocol access network performs association charging according to the charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol and the charging association identifier of the second network.
  • the second network is an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and the charging association identifier of the second network is generated by a call session control function proxy unit in the IMS network.
  • IMS Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem
  • the charging association identifier of the IMS network is an IMS network charging identifier.
  • the broadband internet protocol access network is an interoperable WiMAX network of a global microwave access system.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is generated by the charging association function entity device ACF in the convergence network of the WiMAX network and the second network;
  • the ACF After receiving the charging association identifier of the second network, the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the charging server of the WiMAX network together with the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network;
  • the charging association function entity device sends the generated charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the ACF by using an authorized network quality of service QoS request message;
  • the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network are sent to the charging server of the WiMAX network as follows:
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the service flow authorization function entity SFA in the WiMAX network in the resource request message; the SFA is in the charging identifier interaction request message or the original
  • the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network are sent to the charging client; the charging client is The charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network are sent to the charging server;
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is sent by the ACF to the second network by using an authorized QoS resource response message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent by using an authorization QoS request message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network are sent to the charging server of the WiMAX network as follows:
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the SFA in the WiMAX network in the resource response message; the SFA carries the charging identifier interaction request message or primitive in the SFA; The charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network are sent to the charging client; the charging client carries the charging association identifier of the second network and the WiMAX network in the charging message The billing association identifier is sent to the billing service to cry.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is sent by the ACF to the second network through a notification message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the ACF by using a charging association identifier request message;
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network and the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the charging server by using a charging association identifier request message;
  • the ACF After receiving the response from the accounting server, the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network by using a charging association identifier response message.
  • the ACF is a policy function entity in a WiMAX network, a policy decision function entity in an IMS network, a policy charging rule entity, or a service flow authorization entity.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is a packet data flow identifier or a service data flow identifier.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is generated by a charging client or a charging server in the WiMAX network; After receiving the charging association identifier of the second network, the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the charging server of the WiMAX network;
  • the charging client sends the saved charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the ACF, and the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the ACF by using an authorized QoS resource request message;
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the charging server of the WiMAX network, which is specifically:
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the SFA in the WiMAX network by using the resource request message;
  • the SFA sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the charging client by using the charging identifier interaction request message or primitive
  • the charging client sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the charging server together with the stored charging association identifier of the saved WiMAX network by using a charging message;
  • the charging client sends the saved charging association identifier of the saved WiMAX network to the ACF.
  • the charging client sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the SFA in the charging identifier interaction response message or primitive; the SFA sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the ACF through the resource response message;
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network through the notification message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the ACF by using an authorized QoS resource request message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the charging server of the WiMAX network, which is specifically:
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the SFA in the WiMAX network by using the resource response message; the SFA sends the charging association identifier of the second network to the charging client by using the charging identifier interaction request message or primitive; The charging client sends the charging association identifier of the second network and the stored charging association identifier of the saved WiMAX network to the charging service crying port through the charging message.
  • the charging client sends the saved charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the ACF as:
  • the charging client sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the SFA in the charging identifier interaction response message or primitive;
  • the SFA sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the ACF through the report message;
  • the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network through the notification message.
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the ACF by using a charging identifier request message; the ACF sends the second network by using a charging association identifier request message.
  • the charging association identifier is directly sent to the charging server;
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is sent by the charging server to the ACF by using a charging association identifier response message; the ACF sends the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network to the second network by using a charging association identifier response message.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is a charging session identifier when the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is generated by the charging client.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is generated by the charging server, the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is a charging multi-session identifier.
  • a charging association function entity device is applied to a charging association network of a broadband internet protocol access network and a second network, and includes:
  • a broadband internet protocol access network message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by the broadband internet protocol access network
  • a second network message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by the second network
  • a billing association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a message sent by the broadband internet protocol access network and a billing association identifier in a message sent by the second network;
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the parsed charging association identifier
  • the charging association identifier sending unit configured to send the charging association identifier of the broadband internet protocol access network to the second network, and the second network
  • the charging association identifier is sent to the broadband internet protocol access network.
  • a charging association function entity device is applied to a charging association network of a broadband internet protocol access network and a second network, and includes:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit is configured to generate, according to the user information, a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol; a second network message receiving unit, configured to receive a message sent by the second network, and a charging association identifier parsing unit, configured to parse the charging association identifier of the user in the second network in the message sent by the second network;
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the generated charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the charging association identifier of the user in the second network;
  • a charging association identifier sending unit configured to send a charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network to the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network, and send the charging association identifier of the user in the second network To the broadband internet protocol access network.
  • a charging client device is applied to a broadband association network access network and a second network of a fee-related convergence network, including:
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message or a primitive sent by a functional entity in a broadband internet protocol access network where the device is located, including a charging association identifier of the user in the network;
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse the received charging message or the charging association identifier in the primitive
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the parsed charging association identifier
  • a charging association identifier sending unit configured to use the parsed user to access the charging association identifier of the broadband internet protocol in the network, and the user is in the second
  • the charging association identifier of the network is sent to the charging server.
  • the charging association identifier sending unit is further configured to generate the charging server. The charging association identifier is sent to the second network.
  • a charging client device is applied to a broadband association network access network and a second network of a fee-related convergence network, including:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit is configured to generate, according to the user information, a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol;
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message or a primitive sent by a functional entity in a broadband internet protocol access network where the device is located, including a charging association identifier of the user in the second network;
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a charging association identifier in the message or the primitive
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the generated charging association identifier and the parsing of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network The obtained subscriber association identifier in the second network
  • a billing association identifier sending unit configured to send the generated billing association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the billing association identifier of the user in the second network obtained by the parsing to the billing server; And sending the generated charging association identifier of the user to the broadband internet protocol access network to the second network.
  • a charging server device which is applied to a broadband association network access network and a second network of a fee-related convergence network, including:
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by a functional entity in the converged network
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a charging association identifier in the message
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to use the parsed user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the charging association identifier of the second network Make an association save
  • the charging unit is configured to put the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network as billing record information into the bill generated by the user.
  • a charging server device which is applied to a broadband association network access network and a second network of a fee-related convergence network, including:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit is configured to generate, according to the user information, a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol;
  • a charging association identifier sending unit configured to send the generated charging association identifier to a functional entity in the convergence network
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by the function entity
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a charging association identifier in the message
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to associate the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the charging association identifier of the second network ;
  • the charging unit is configured to put the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network as billing record information into the bill generated by the user.
  • a charging association system comprising:
  • a charging association identifier generating unit of the broadband internet protocol access network configured to generate a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol
  • a charging association identifier receiving unit of the second network configured to receive a charging association identifier of the user in the second network generated and sent by the second network
  • a charging association identifier association processing unit configured to send the charging association identifier of the broadband internet protocol access network to the second network, and send the charging association identifier of the second network to the broadband internet protocol access network
  • the charging unit of the broadband internet protocol access network is configured to acquire a charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and a charging association identifier of the second network, and access the network according to the broadband internet protocol of the user.
  • the charging association identifier and the charging association identifier of the second network perform association charging.
  • the second network is an IMS network, and the charging association identifier of the second network is generated by a call session control function proxy unit of the IMS network.
  • the broadband internet protocol access network is a WiMAX network
  • the charging association identifier generating unit of the WiMAX network is a charging association function entity unit in the WiMAX network and the second network charging association fusion architecture, and charging in the WiMAX network.
  • each network of the present invention generates a charging association identifier corresponding to the user, and the charging device accessing the network by the broadband internet protocol associates the identifiers, and associates the associated charging association identifiers as charging records.
  • the information is put into the charging bill generated by the user, thereby achieving the purpose of association charging for the same user in different networks; in one embodiment of the present invention, the WiMAX network and the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem are used.
  • the IMS network implements association charging.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a WiMAX network
  • Figure 2 is a QoS framework diagram of a WiMAX network
  • FIG. 3 is a standard charging architecture diagram of the WiMAX network
  • FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of a charging association function entity device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a charging client device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a charging server device of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a system for associated charging provided by the present invention
  • FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of a specific system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a specific method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a specific method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a specific method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 14 is a flow chart of a specific method of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. detailed description
  • FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of a charging association function entity device provided by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the device includes:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network message receiving unit 401 is configured to receive a message sent by the broadband internet protocol access network
  • the message sent by the functional entity accessing the broadband internet protocol access network through the interface of the broadband internet protocol access network some messages are charging messages containing the charging association identifier, and some messages are ordinary service messages;
  • the second network message receiving unit 402 is configured to receive a message sent by the second network
  • the charging association identifier parsing unit 403 is configured to parse the message sent by the broadband internet protocol access network and the message sent by the second network. Fee-related identification;
  • the received message needs to be parsed to obtain the charging association identifier.
  • the charging association identifier holding unit 404 is configured to save the parsed charging association identifier; the parsed charging association identifier may not be directly transmitted, so that the parsed charging association identifier needs to be saved, so as to be needed for transmission. Can be transmitted at the time;
  • the charging association identifier sending unit 405 is configured to send the charging association identifier of the broadband internet protocol access network to the second network, and send the charging association identifier of the second network to the broadband internet protocol. Access to the network.
  • the two networks need to have the charging association identifier of the user in the other network, so that when the bill is generated, it can distinguish which is the intranet charging and the other is the inter-network charging, so that the operator is You can have credentials when you need to reconcile.
  • the two networks need to have the charging association identifier of the user in the other network, so that when the bill is generated, it can distinguish which is the intranet charging and the other is the inter-network charging, so that the operator is You can have credentials when you need to reconcile.
  • the present invention also provides another charging association function entity device, which is different from the device described in FIG. 4 in that: the user's charging association identifier in the broadband internet protocol access network is accessed by the broadband internet protocol in the device.
  • the network charging association identifier generating unit generates, the device includes: a broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit, configured to generate, according to the user information, the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network;
  • the information of each user is unique in the network. Therefore, as long as the user information is placed in the charging association identifier, the charging association identifier is unique in the network, so the charging association identifier can be used as the charging identifier. Use, without affecting the user's billing;
  • a second network message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by the second network
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a charging association identifier of a user in a second network in a message sent by the second network
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the generated charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the charging association identifier of the user in the second network;
  • a charging association identifier sending unit configured to send a charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network to the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network, and send the charging association identifier of the user in the second network To the broadband internet protocol access network.
  • the charging association function entity device generates the charging association identifier according to the state of the network and the environment;
  • FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a charging client device provided by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes:
  • the message receiving unit 501 is configured to receive a message or a primitive sent by a functional entity in a broadband internet protocol access network where the device is located, including a charging association identifier of the user in the network;
  • the message may be sent by the accounting server, or may be sent by other functional entities in the network;
  • the charging association identifier parsing unit 502 is configured to parse the received message or the charging association identifier in the primitive;
  • the charging association identifier holding unit 503 is configured to save the parsed charging association identifier;
  • the charging association identifier sending unit 504 is configured to: the billing association identifier of the parsed user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol and the user
  • the charging association identifier of the second network is sent to the charging server; when the charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol is generated by the charging server, the charging association identifier sending unit is further configured to use the charging server.
  • the generated charging association identifier is sent to the second network;
  • the billing server is configured to enable the billing server to associate the billing association identifiers of the two networks, so that the associated billing association identifier is used as the billing record information in the billing bill generated by the user. If the charging association identifier is generated by the accounting server, the charging association identifier needs to be sent to the second network, so that the second network can also perform associated charging for the user. .
  • the present invention also provides another charging client device, which is different from the device described in FIG. 5 in that: the charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol is accessed by the broadband internet protocol in the device.
  • the charging association identifier generating unit generates, and the device includes:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit is configured to generate, according to the user information, a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol;
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message or a primitive sent by a functional entity in a broadband internet protocol access network where the device is located, including a charging association identifier of the user in the second network;
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse a charging association identifier in the message or the primitive
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to save the generated charging association identifier and the parsing of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network The obtained subscriber association identifier in the second network
  • a billing association identifier sending unit configured to send the generated billing association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the billing association identifier of the user in the second network obtained by the parsing to the billing server; Transmitting, to the generated network, the charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol to the second network;
  • FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a charging server apparatus provided by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus includes:
  • the message receiving unit 601 is configured to receive a message sent by the functional entity in the converged network; the charging server is generally connected to the charging client, so the received message is generally sent by the charging client;
  • the server and the charging association function entity have an interface, and may also receive the charging association identifier sent by the user from the charging association function entity in the second network, if the user accesses the charging association identifier of the network in the broadband internet protocol.
  • Generated by the charging association function entity the message further includes a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol; the functional entity may be selected according to the environment of the network and the needs of the user, and the present invention does not The functional entity is specifically defined by which functional entity;
  • the charging association identifier parsing unit 602 is configured to parse the charging association identifier in the message; the charging client generally sends the charging association identifier that needs to be associated with charging in a message to the charging server, because The charging association identifier is sent by using a message, so the message needs to be parsed to obtain the charging association identifier.
  • the charging association identifier holding unit 603 is configured to associate the parsed user in the broadband internet protocol access network with the charging association identifier of the second network;
  • the association of the charging association identifiers of different networks is performed in order to facilitate the charging of users;
  • the charging unit 604 is configured to put the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network as billing record information into the bill generated by the user;
  • the charging unit charges the charging operation in the user network and the network.
  • the charging association identifier of the corresponding network is included, so that the charging association identifier and the corresponding network can be determined at the time of checkout. The operator reconciles.
  • the present invention also provides another billing server device, which is different from the device described in FIG. 5 in that: the user's charging association identifier in the broadband internet protocol access network is calculated by the device in the broadband internet protocol access network.
  • the fee association identifier generating unit generates, and the device includes:
  • the broadband internet protocol access network charging association identifier generating unit is configured to generate, according to the user information, a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol;
  • a charging association identifier sending unit configured to send the generated charging association identifier to the convergence network Functional entity in ;
  • the charging client device is sent to the charging client device, and then sent by the charging client device to the second network in the converged network through the functional entity in the network; if there is a charging server device and the charging association function entity
  • the interface may be directly sent to the charging association function entity, and then sent to the second network by the charging association function entity;
  • a message receiving unit configured to receive a message sent by the function entity
  • the received message may be from the charging client, where the message includes the charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol and the charging association identifier of the user in the second network; There is an interface, and the message may also be from a charging association function entity. At this time, only the charging association identifier of the user in the second network is included in the message;
  • a charging association identifier parsing unit configured to parse the charging association identifier in the message; the charging association identifier is sent by using a message, so the message needs to be parsed to obtain the charging association identifier;
  • a charging association identifier holding unit configured to associate the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the charging association identifier of the second network
  • the charging unit is configured to put the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and the second network as billing record information into the bill generated by the user.
  • the charging association server may be configured to generate a charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network according to the needs of the network, and the charging association identifier needs to be sent to the second network, so that the second network can also be used for the user.
  • the associated charging is performed, so the charging association identifier needs to be sent to the charging client charging association function entity, and then the charging client or the charging association function entity connects the charging association identifier of the user to the network in the broadband internet protocol. Send to the second network.
  • FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a system for charging association provided by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the system includes:
  • the charging association identifier generating unit 701 of the broadband internet protocol access network is configured to generate a charging association identifier of the user accessing the network in the broadband internet protocol;
  • the charging association identifier is generated according to the user information, and the charging association identifier is generated according to the user information. Because the user information of different users is different, each user generates a corresponding charging association identifier according to the user information, so that The generated charging association identifier is also unique. The accuracy of billing can be guaranteed when billing;
  • the charging association identifier receiving unit 702 of the second network is configured to receive a charging association identifier of the user that is generated and sent by the second network in the second network;
  • the second network generates the charging association identifier of the user in the second network according to the user information, because the associated charging is required for the user, so the generated charging association identifier is sent to the charging associated system;
  • the charging association identifier association processing unit 703 is configured to send the charging association identifier of the broadband internet protocol access network to the second network, and send the charging association identifier of the second network to the broadband internet protocol access network. ;
  • the charging association identifier sending unit sends the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network to the first
  • the second network further sends the charging association identifier of the user in the second network to the broadband internet protocol access network;
  • the charging unit 704 of the broadband internet protocol access network is configured to acquire a charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network and a charging association identifier of the second network, and access the network according to the broadband internet protocol of the user.
  • the charging association identifier and the charging association identifier of the second network are associated with charging;
  • the charging center After receiving the charging association identifier, the charging center associates the charging association identifiers that need to be associated with the charging, so that the users of the broadband internet protocol access network have the charging operation when the second network has a charging operation, and the broadband internet protocol accesses the network.
  • the charging center puts the charging association identifier of the user in the broadband internet protocol access network together with the charging association identifier of the user in the second network as the charging record information into the charging bill generated by the user, thereby
  • the operator of the broadband internet protocol access network may perform reconciliation with the second network according to the charging association identifier of the second network when the reconciliation is needed;
  • the second network also generates a corresponding broadband Internet Protocol access network user billing bill in the second network, and the bill also contains the billing association identifier of the user in the two networks, thereby The accuracy of billing is guaranteed.
  • FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of an embodiment of a charging association system according to the present invention.
  • the two networks in this embodiment are a WiMAX network and an IMS network respectively.
  • the architecture includes: 801, in the charging as a user, after it accesses the authentication process, it sends its own user information to the accounting server Accounting Server, and after the authentication is passed, the user information is carried in the session flow message.
  • the user information is not directly sent to the Accounting Server. It is forwarded to the Accounting Server through the Accounting Client. If the user is roaming, the Visited Accounting Server receives the user information and then sends it to the Home Accounting Server by the Visited Accounting Server.
  • the service flow authorization unit 803 is a functional unit in the WiMAX network access service network, and is used to authorize the service session of the user, and acts as a relay when the charging association identifier is sent between the charging association function entity device ACF and the Accounting Server.
  • the forwarding association identifier sent by the ACF is forwarded to the accounting server, and the charging association identifier sent by the accounting server is forwarded to the ACF.
  • the accounting server 802 is located in the access service network of the WiMAX network, and is a logical function entity for charging the user session, and has the user's subscription information, such as the user's charging policy; the Accounting Server here is the user's
  • the accounting server belongs to the accounting server of the user's home network. When the user is in the roaming state, the user directly interacts with the accounting server. However, there is no user subscription information on the accounting server, and the user session cannot be charged. Therefore, the accounting server is also required to exchange information with the home accounting server, and the home accounting server charges the user session;
  • the accounting client 804 collects the charging information of the user, and sends the collected accounting information to the Accounting Server; the Accounting Client directly faces the user, and the message to be sent to the Accounting Server is generally forwarded through the Accounting Client; It is only possible to forward by the functional entity when there is an interface between the Accounting Server and other functional entities;
  • the charging association function entity 805 is a functional entity added by the technical solution compared to the existing WiMAX-IMS architecture, and has the function of saving and forwarding the IMS charging association identifier, and has The function of generating and saving and forwarding the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network; it can be implemented by a separate physical entity or integrated with existing functional entities in the two networks, such as a service flow authorization entity with a WiMAX network.
  • the SFA is integrated or integrated with the policy function entity PF of the WiMAX network, the policy decision function entity PDF of the IMS network, and the policy charging rule entity PCRF. Therefore, the present invention does not limit the location of the ACF, regardless of whether the ACF is separate.
  • the entity is also integrated with other entities, and as long as the implemented functions are described in the present invention, they should be within the scope of the present invention;
  • the session service control function proxy unit 806 is a functional unit of the IMS network.
  • the charging association identifier of the user in the IMS network is generated according to the user information, and the generated charging is sent.
  • the association identifier, the charging association identifier may be an IMS charging identifier ICID, or may be other identifiers, as long as the user can be uniquely identified in the IMS network and appears in the charging bill, Within the scope of protection of the present invention;
  • Serving-Call Session Control Function 809 having registration, authentication control, and public session control functions;
  • Interrogating the session service control function entity I-CSCF Interrogating-Call Session Control
  • ⁇ 808 is a unified initial entry point of the operator's home IMS network, has a service session service control entity, a S-CSCF routing address information of the called IMS user from the HSS, and a network topology hiding function;
  • SSS Home Subscriber Server 910, which stores all data related to users and servers;
  • the service call session control function entity, the query session service control function entity and the home subscriber server are essential functional entities for implementing association charging in the IMS network, and the session service control function proxy unit receives the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network. After that, it must interact with these three entities, so that the associated charging of users can be realized in the IMS network;
  • Service Flow Management Unit SFM 807 is a functional unit of the WiMAX network used to establish user traffic and allocate radio resources for this service session. This is a functional entity that needs to be used in QoS.
  • the ACF After receiving the IMS charging association identifier and user information sent by the P-CSCF, the ACF generates a charging association identifier of the WiMAX network according to the user information, and then charges the IMS charging association identifier and the WiMAX network.
  • the association identifier is sent to the Accounting Server together;
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network may be a packet data service flow identifier PDFID or a service data flow identifier SDFID; in order to implement the associated charging and perform reconciliation, the user associates the charging association identifier in the WiMAX network. It is also sent to the billing center of the IMS network, and the billing center also needs to perform associated billing for the user;
  • the accounting client when the user accesses the authentication process, the accounting client generates the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network of the user after receiving the user information.
  • the WiMAX meter After the Accounting Client receives the IMS charging association identifier forwarded by the ACF, the WiMAX meter is used.
  • the fee association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier are sent to the Accounting Server together;
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network may be an accounting session identifier Acct-Session ID; in order to implement the associated charging and perform reconciliation, the user is counted in the WiMAX network.
  • the fee association identifier is also sent to the charging center of the IMS network, and the charging center also needs to perform associated charging for the user;
  • the accounting server when the user accesses the authentication process, the accounting server generates the WiMAX associated charging identifier of the user after receiving the user information, and sends the generated WiMAX charging association identifier to the Accounting Client, and receives the ACF forwarding in the Accounting Client.
  • the Accounting Client After the IMS charging association identifier, the Accounting Client sends the WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Server.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network may be the accounting multi-session identifier Acct-Multi-Session ID.
  • the charging association identifier of the user in the WiMAX network is also sent to the charging center of the IMS network, and the charging center also needs to perform associated charging for the user;
  • the ACF after receiving the IMS charging association identifier, the ACF directly sends the IMS charging association identifier and user information to the Accounting Server through the interface between the ACF and the Accounting Server, and the Accounting Server generates the corresponding WiMAX charging association identifier.
  • the charging association identifier of the user on the WiMAX network is also sent to the charging center of the IMS network, and the charging center also needs to perform associated charging for the user.
  • the technical solution for implementing the charging association by using the embodiment is described above, and in this implementation
  • Some functional modules only serve one charging association identifier.
  • the information transmission between the SFA and the Accounting Client is implemented by the service flow management entity SFM.
  • the SFM mainly implements the establishment of the user session and allocates radio resources for the established session. And other functions.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the method provided by the present invention, as shown in FIG.
  • the core idea of the inventive method is:
  • Step 901 Generate a charging association identifier of a user that needs a charging association in a broadband internet protocol access network, and send the charging association identifier to a second network that is fused with a broadband internet protocol access network; Receiving, by the protocol access network, a charging association identifier of the user generated by the second network and sent by the second network;
  • the network that needs to be associated with the accounting can generate the corresponding charging association identifier of the user in the network according to the user information. Because the user information is unique, the generated charging association identifier is in a network. Therefore, the charging association identifier can uniquely identify the corresponding user; the user information can be information that can uniquely identify the user, such as the user identifier NAI; Step 902:
  • the broadband Internet Protocol access network is based on the broadband Internet protocol of the user. Associate the charging with the charging association identifier of the access network and the charging association identifier of the second network;
  • the user information is sent to the network.
  • the network function entity After receiving the user information, the network function entity generates a charging association identifier of the user in the network according to the user information, and then generates The charging association identifier is sent to the charging center of each network. After the charging center receives the charging association identifier, the same user is associated with the charging association identifier of each network, and the associated charging association identifier is used as the charging.
  • the record information is put into the billing CDR generated for the user; therefore, after the user sends the billing action in each network to the billing center, the billing center charges the user according to the billing association identifier, and the user
  • the consumption in each network is recorded in the billing center of the network that needs to be associated with billing, so that it does not belong to different networks.
  • it is convenient to reconcile with the operator of another network according to the charging association identifier of the user in another network.
  • the following describes a specific embodiment of the method of the present invention.
  • the embodiments of the present invention are described by using the WiMAX network and the charging association of the IMS.
  • the solution of the present invention is not applicable to the WiMAX network and the IMS network, and the other network is used.
  • the invention realizes that the charging association is the same as the basic procedure for implementing the charging association between the two networks, and therefore the description is not repeatedly described in this specification.
  • FIG. 10 is a specific flowchart of a first embodiment of the method according to the present invention. This embodiment describes a situation in which a WiMAX charging association identifier is generated by an ACF, and a service session is initiated by the network:
  • Step 1001 A user (UE/MS) accesses an authentication process.
  • the Accounting Server authenticates the user. After the authentication is passed, the user is sent a certificate to pass the authentication.
  • the Accounting Server can be an AAA Server in the WiMAX network. In the invention, only the function of charging is taken; it may also be a separate charging function entity in the WiMAX network;
  • Step 1002 The user interacts with the P-CSCF of the IMS network to process the service request message;
  • the service processing request is through the application layer session signaling.
  • the service processing request includes a service establishment request, a modification update request, and a deletion request, and the service processing request message carries user information.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the service processing request sent by the user, the P-CSCF generates an IMS charging association identifier for the user according to the user information, and the identifier may be an ICID, and interacts with other functional entities of the IMS system network for service processing, when receiving the IMS.
  • the authorized QoS resource request message carrying the IMS charging association identifier is sent to the ACF. In addition, according to the policy, whether the result is fed back to the IMS system after the resource processing is completed. Put in the authorized QoS resource request message;
  • Step 1004 The ACF responds to the P-CSCF with an authorized QoS resource response message.
  • the ACF After receiving the QoS resource request message, the ACF obtains the IMS charging association identifier and saves the information according to whether the message is fed back to the IMS system after the resource processing is completed. If yes, after the resource processing is completed. The result is fed back to the IMS system. If not, the result is not fed back to the IMS system after the resource processing is completed; the corresponding information is generated according to the user information.
  • the WiMAX charging association identifier, the WiMAX charging association identifier may be a packet data service flow identifier PDFID, and the WiMAX charging association identifier is carried in the authorized QoS resource response message; Step 1005, the P-CSCF and the user interaction service processing response message ;
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the authorized QoS resource response message, the P-CSCF saves the WiMAX charging association identifier in the corresponding call detail record CDR, and the CDR is established for each user according to the user information; and passes it to the IMS in the subsequent process.
  • the other network entities of the system then interact with the user to process the service response message, and notify the user of some information, such as the data encoding format used in the session, and the information of the service session establishment process initiated by the network side, that is, the ACF;
  • Step 1006 The ACF sends a resource request message to the SFA.
  • the ACF After receiving the authorization QoS resource request, the ACF determines the network side initiation process according to the policy, and generates a resource request message with a WiMAX charging association identifier and an IMS charging association identifier, where the resource request message may be an RR-Request message. And send it to the service flow authorization function entity SFA;
  • Step 1007 The SFA sends a charging identifier interaction request message to the Accounting Client. After receiving the resource request message, the SFA sends the WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier to the charging identifier interaction request message and sends the message to the Accounting Client, the charging identifier interaction request message is sent through an internal primitive or an external message;
  • Step 1008 The Accounting Client sends a charging identifier interaction response message to the SFA. After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the Accounting Client sends a charging identifier interaction response message to the service flow authorization function entity to notify the SFA charging identifier interaction request message. already received;
  • Step 1009 The accounting client exchanges an accounting message with the Accounting Server. After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client sends an accounting message with the corresponding user's WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Server.
  • the accounting request message may be an Accounting Request message, and the accounting server performs subsequent association processing.
  • the accounting server associates the received charging association identifiers, and bills the charging information with the charging association identifier together, thereby implementing Associated billing between two networks;
  • Step 1010 The SFA sends a resource request message to the service flow management function entity SFM. After receiving the resource request message sent by the ACF, the SFA applies the local policy according to the content of the message, and after successfully applying the local policy, sends a resource request message to the SFM.
  • Step 1011 The SFM sends a resource request message to the user.
  • the SFM After receiving the resource request message sent by the SFA, the SFM determines whether the user is allowed to access according to the content of the message. If the local access is allowed, the SFM sends a resource request message to the user.
  • Step 1012 The user responds to the resource response message to the SFM.
  • the user After receiving the resource request message sent by the SFM, the user responds to the SFM resource response message, where the resource response message may be a DSA-RSP message, a DSC-RSP message, or a DSD-RSP message, and confirms that the service flow is established, modified, or deleted. ;
  • Step 1013 The SFM sends a resource response message to the SFA.
  • the SFM After receiving the resource response message, the SFM responds to the resource response message to the SFA, and the resource response message may be an RR-Response message;
  • Step 1014 The SFA sends a resource response message to the ACF.
  • the SFA After receiving the resource response message, the SFA responds to the resource response message to the ACF;
  • Step 1015 The ACF exchanges a notification message with the P-CSCF.
  • the step is an optional step. After the resource processing is completed, the ACF determines whether to interact with the IMS system according to the results of the steps 1003 and 1004, whether to notify the IMS system after the completion of the subsequent resource process, and notify the IMS system that the functional entity resource processing of the network has been completed. .
  • the embodiment generates a WiMAX charging association identifier by the ACF, and initiates a service session flow by the ACF, thereby implementing charging association between the WiMAX and the IMS network.
  • the sent message is performed. Description, but only some of the messages that can implement the present invention are described above, and other messages can also be used to achieve the object of the invention. Therefore, the present invention does not limit the messages between the entities; and the above steps 1004 and 1006, 1007 And 1010, 1008, and 1009 can be performed simultaneously, and they are numbered for convenience of description, rather than limiting their execution order.
  • FIG. 11 is a specific flowchart of a second embodiment of the method according to the present invention.
  • This embodiment describes a WiMAX charging association identifier generated by an ACF, and a user initiates a service session.
  • Step 1101 User access authentication process ;
  • Step 1102 The user interacts with the P-CSCF to perform a service processing request message;
  • Step 1103 The P-CSCF sends an authorization QoS resource request message to the ACF.
  • the P-CSCF generates an IMS charging association identifier for the user, and interacts with other functional entities of the IMS system network to process the service session. After receiving the service processing response message sent by other entities in the IMS system, the P-CSCF sends an IMS to the charging ACF.
  • the authorization QoS resource request message of the charging association identifier in addition, the information that is returned to the IMS system after the resource processing is completed according to the policy itself is put into the authorized QoS resource request message;
  • Step 1104 The ACF responds to the P-CSCF with an authorized QoS resource response message.
  • the ACF After receiving the QoS resource request, the ACF obtains the IMS charging association identifier and saves it, and then processes the information according to the completed resource in the message and feeds the result back to the IMS system for corresponding processing.
  • the QoS resource response message replying to the P-CSCF the information indicating the process of starting the service resource processing by the client is carried in the message;
  • Step 1105 The P-CSCF interacts with the user to process a response message.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the authorization QoS resource response message, the P-CSCF interacts with the user to process the service response message, and notifies the user of some information, such as the data encoding format used in the session, and instructs the client to initiate information such as the service session process;
  • Step 1106 The user sends a resource request message to the SFM.
  • the user After receiving the service processing response message, the user sends a resource request message to the SFM according to the content of the message, and initiates a process of establishing a service session.
  • the resource request message may be a DSA-REQ message, a DSC-REQ message, or a DSD-REQ message. ;
  • Step 1107 The SFM sends a resource request message to the SFA.
  • the resource request message is sent to the SFA, and the resource request message may be a PD-Request message.
  • Step 1108 The SFA sends a resource request message to the ACF.
  • the resource request message is sent to the ACF.
  • Step 1109 The ACF exchanges a notification message with the P-CSCF.
  • the corresponding WiMAX charging association identifier is generated according to the user information,
  • the ACF notifies the IMS system of the interaction result after the completion of the subsequent resource flow in the steps 1103 and 1104, and the notification message carries the WiMAX charging association identifier;
  • Step 1110 The ACF responds to the resource response message to the SFA.
  • the WiMAX charging association identifier and the previously saved IMS charging association identifier are sent to the SFA in the resource response message, and the resource response message may be a PD-Response message or a policy decision response message.
  • Step 1111 The SFA sends a charging identifier interaction request message to the Accounting Client.
  • the SFA After receiving the resource response message sent by the ACF, the SFA sends the WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Client through the charging identifier interaction request message, and the charging identifier interaction request message passes the internal primitive or the external message. Send
  • Step 1112 The Accounting Client responds to the SFA with a charging identifier interaction response message.
  • the accounting client After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client sends a charging identifier interaction response message to the SFA, and the charging identifier interaction response message is also sent through an internal primitive or an external message.
  • Step 1113 The Accounting Client exchanges accounting messages with the Accounting Server.
  • the accounting client After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client sends an accounting message with the corresponding user's WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Server.
  • the charging message may be an accounting request message, an Accounting Request message.
  • the subsequent association processing is performed by the Accounting Server to complete the association of the WiMAX-IMS charging identifier.
  • the SFA After receiving the resource response message sent by the ACF, the SFA successfully applies the local policy and sends a resource response message to the SFM.
  • Step 1115 The SFM responds to the resource response message to the user.
  • the SFM sends a resource response message to the user that the service session is successfully processed.
  • the embodiment generates a WiMAX charging association identifier by the ACF, and the user initiates a service session flow, thereby implementing charging association between the WiMAX and the IMS network.
  • the sent message is described.
  • the above description only describes some of the messages that can implement the present invention, and other messages can also be used to achieve the object of the invention. Therefore, the present invention does not limit the messages between the entities; and the above steps 1109 and 1110, 1111 And 1114, 1112, and 1113 can be performed simultaneously, and they are numbered for convenience of description, rather than limiting their execution order.
  • FIG. 12 is a specific flowchart of a third embodiment of the method according to the present invention.
  • This embodiment describes a WiMAX charging association identifier generated by an Accounting Client or an Accounting Server, and the network initiates a service session:
  • Step 1201 A user accesses an authentication process.
  • the accounting server generates a WiMAX charging association identifier, and the charging association identifier may be an accounting multi-session identifier Acct-Multi-Session ID, which is transmitted to the Accounting Client during the interaction with the Accounting Client, and the Accounting Client saves The WiMAX charging association identifier; or the Accounting Client generates and stores a WiMAX charging association identifier, where the charging identifier may be an accounting session identifier Acct-Session ID;
  • Step 1202 The user performs a service processing request message interaction with the P-CSCF.
  • the user interacts with the P-CSCF to process the request message, and carries the user information in the service processing request message;
  • Step 1203 The P-CSCF sends an authorization QoS resource request message to the ACF.
  • the P-CSCF generates an IMS charging association identifier for the user, and interacts with other functional entities of the IMS system network to process the service session. After receiving the service processing response message sent by other entities in the IMS system, the P-CSCF sends the IMS charging to the ACF.
  • the authorized QoS resource request message of the associated identifier in addition, according to the policy of the original, the information of the service flow processing is fed back to the IMS system and the information is put into the authorized QoS resource request message; the result of the service flow processing must be fed back here.
  • the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network is required in the notification message to facilitate the associated charging of the IMS network;
  • Step 1204 The ACF responds to the P-CSCF with an authorized QoS resource response message.
  • the ACF After receiving the QoS resource request, the ACF obtains the IMS charging association identifier and saves it, and processes the information according to the completed resource in the message and feeds the result back to the IMS system.
  • the P-CSCF responds to the authorized QoS resource. Response message
  • Step 1205 The P-CSCF interacts with the user for a service processing response message.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the authorization QoS resource response message, the P-CSCF interacts with the user to process the service response message, and notifies the user of some information, such as the data encoding format used by the session, and initiates the network by the network side. Information such as the session process;
  • Step 1206 The ACF sends a resource request message to the SFA.
  • the ACF After receiving the QoS resource request, the ACF determines the network side to initiate the process according to the policy, and generates a resource request message with the IMS charging association identifier, and sends the resource request message to the SFA;
  • Step 1207 The SFA sends a charging identifier interaction request message to the Accounting Client.
  • the SFA After receiving the resource request message, the SFA sends the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Client through the charging identifier interaction request message;
  • Step 1208 The Accounting Client responds to the SFA with the charging identifier interaction response message. After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the Accounting Client extracts the IMS charging association identifier and saves it, and then sends the WiMAX charging association identifier. The charging identifier interaction response message is sent to the SFA;
  • Step 1209 The accounting client performs an accounting message exchange with the Accounting Server. After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client sends a charging message with the WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier of the corresponding user according to the policy. For the Accounting Server, the subsequent association processing is performed by the Accounting Server;
  • Step 1210 The SFA sends a resource request message to the SFM.
  • the SFA After receiving the resource request message sent by the ACF, the SFA successfully applies its local policy and sends a resource request message to the SFM.
  • Step 1211 The SFM sends a resource request message to the user.
  • the SFM After receiving the resource request message sent by the SFA, the SFM successfully applies the local access permission judgment, and then sends a resource request message to the user.
  • Step 1212 The user responds to the resource response message to the SFM.
  • Step 1213 The SFM responds to the resource response message to the SFA.
  • Step 1214 The SFA responds to the resource response message to the ACF.
  • the response message carries a WiMAX charging association identifier
  • Step 1215 The ACF exchanges a notification message with the P-CSCF.
  • the ACF After the resource processing is completed, the ACF notifies the P-CSCF of the resource interaction result according to the interaction result of the IMS system after the completion of the subsequent resource flow in step 1203 and step 1204, and the notification message carries the WiMAX charging association identifier.
  • the following describes the specific charging process for generating the associated charging identifier of the WiMAX network by the Accounting Client or the Accounting Server, and the ACF initiates the service session process to implement the association between the WiMAX and the IMS network.
  • steps 1204 and 1206, 1207, and 1210, 1208 and 1209 can be performed simultaneously, and they are numbered for convenience of description, rather than limiting their execution order.
  • FIG. 13 is a specific flowchart of a fourth embodiment of the method according to the present invention.
  • a WiMAX charging association identifier is generated by an Accounting Client or an Accounting Server, and a user initiates a service session:
  • Step 1301 The user accesses the authentication process.
  • Accounting Server generates a WiMAX billing association identifier
  • the Accounting Client saves the WiMAX charging association identifier. Or the Accounting Client generates and saves the WiMAX charging association identifier.
  • Step 1302 The user interacts with the P-CSCF to process a service request message.
  • the service processing request message carries the information of the user
  • Step 1303 The P-CSCF sends an authorization QoS resource request message to the ACF.
  • the P-CSCF generates an IMS charging association identifier for the user and interacts with other functional entities of the IMS system network to process the service session. After receiving the service processing response message sent by other entities in the IMS system, the P-CSCF sends an IMS charging association identifier to the ACF.
  • Authorized QoS resource request message In addition, according to its own policy, the information returned to the IMS system after the resource processing is completed is put into the authorized QoS resource request message; the result must be fed back to the IMS system because it is in the notification message.
  • the ACF After receiving the QoS resource request message, the ACF obtains the IMS charging association identifier and saves it, and processes the information according to the completed resource in the message and feeds the result back to the IMS system.
  • the QoS resource response message is carried in the authorized QoS resource response message. Instructing the client to initiate information about the business resource processing flow;
  • Step 1305 The P-CSCF interacts with the user for a service processing response message.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the authorized QoS resource response message, the P-CSCF performs a service processing response message with the user. Interacting, notifying the user of some information, such as the data encoding format used by the session, indicating the information of the client initiating the processing process of the service resource;
  • Step 1306 The user sends a resource request message to the SFM.
  • the user After receiving the service processing response message, the user sends a resource request message to the SFM according to the content of the message, and initiates a process of establishing a service session;
  • Step 1307 The SFM sends a resource request message to the SFA.
  • Step 1308 The SFA sends a resource response message to the ACF.
  • the resource request message is sent to the ACF.
  • Step 1309 The ACF responds to the resource response message to the SFA.
  • the ACF After the ACF successfully authorizes the user, it sends the previously saved IMS charging association identifier to the SFA in the resource response message of the reply, and the resource response message may be a resource reservation response message or a policy decision response message;
  • Step 1310 The SFA sends a charging identifier interaction request message to the Accounting Client. After receiving the resource response message sent by the ACF, the SFA sends the IMS charging association identifier to the Accounting Client through the charging identifier interaction request message.
  • Step 1311 The Accounting Client responds to the SFA with the charging identifier interaction response message. After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client extracts the IMS charging association identifier and saves it, and sends the WiMAX charging association identifier. Identifying an interactive response message to the SFA;
  • Step 1312 The SFA sends a report message to the ACF.
  • the SFA After receiving the charging identity interaction response message carrying the WiMAX charging association identifier, the SFA sends a report message carrying the WiMAX charging association identifier to the ACF.
  • Step 1313 The ACF and the P-CSCF exchange the notification message.
  • the WiMAX billing association identifier is carried in the notification message according to the interaction result notified to the IMS system after the completion of the subsequent resource flow in steps 1403 and 1404;
  • Step 1314 Accounting Client and Accounting Server charging messages
  • the accounting client After receiving the charging identifier interaction request message, the accounting client sends a message according to its policy.
  • the accounting message corresponding to the user's WiMAX charging association identifier and the IMS charging association identifier is sent to the Accounting Server, and the subsequent processing is performed by the Accounting Server to complete the association of the WiMAX-IMS charging identifier.
  • Step 1315 The SFA responds to the resource response message to the SFM.
  • the SFA After the SFA sends the ACF resource report message, it successfully applies its local policy and sends a resource response message to the SFM.
  • Step 1316 The SFM sends a resource response message to the user.
  • the following describes the specific charging process of the WiMAX network generated by the Accounting Client or the Accounting Server.
  • the specific process of the WiMAX and IMS network association charging is initiated by the user.
  • steps 1310 and 1312 can be performed simultaneously. They are numbered for convenience of description, not by limiting their order of execution.
  • FIG. 14 is a specific flowchart of a fifth embodiment of the method according to the present invention.
  • another implementation manner of generating a WiMAX charging association identifier by the Accounting Server or the Accounting Client is as follows:
  • Step 1401 A user accesses an authentication process
  • Step 1402 The user interacts with the P-CSCF to process the request message.
  • the user After receiving the authentication message, the user sends a service processing request message to the P-CSCF, where the service processing request message carries user information;
  • Step 1403 The P-CSCF sends a charging association identifier request message to the ACF.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the service processing request message, the P-CSCF generates an IMS charging association identifier, and sends the IMS charging association identifier to the ACF by using the charging association identifier request message, where the charging association identifier request message may be a Diameter AAR message;
  • Step 1404 The ACF sends a charging identifier request message to the Accounting Server.
  • the ACF After receiving the Diameter AAR message, the ACF adds the IMS charging association identifier to the charging association identifier request message that can carry the charging association identifier, and sends the charging association identifier request message through the interface between the ACF and the Accounting Server.
  • the charging association identifier request may be an AAA&ACF Switch REQ message; and according to the completion resource in the message After processing, the information is fed back to the IMS system for corresponding processing;
  • Step 1405 The Accounting Server sends a charging association identifier response message to the ACF.
  • the accounting server After receiving the charging association identifier request message, the accounting server saves the IMS charging association identifier in the corresponding user record according to the user information in the message, and generates a corresponding
  • the WiMAX charging association identifier is sent to the ACF by the WiMAX network charging association identifier in the charging association identifier response message, and the charging association identifier response message may be an AAA&ACF Switch RSP message; when the WiMAX charging association identifier is used by the Accounting Client
  • the accounting server interacts with the Accounting Client, the accounting association identifier of the WiMAX network generated by the Accounting Client is obtained, and then sent through the charging association identifier response message.
  • Step 1406 The ACF sends a charging association identifier response message to the P-CSCF.
  • the ACF After receiving the response message, the ACF sends the WiMAX charging association identifier to the P-CSCF through the corresponding message of the charging association identifier, and the charging association identifier response message may be a Diameter AAA message;
  • Step 1407 The P-CSCF interacts with the user to process a response message.
  • the P-CSCF After receiving the WiMAX charging association identifier, the P-CSCF interacts with the user to process the service response message, and notifies the user of some information, such as the data encoding format used by the session, indicating the client to initiate the service resource processing flow and the like;
  • the above 4 describes the associated charging identifier of the WiMAX network generated by the Accounting Client or the Accounting Server, and another specific process for realizing the association between the WiMAX and the IMS network by the user to initiate the service session process; utilizing the relationship between the ACF and the Accounting Server
  • the interface sends the IMS charging association identifier directly to the Accounting Server.
  • the Accounting Server/Client generates the WiMAX charging association identifier and associates the two identifiers to implement the charging association between the WiMAX network and the IMS network.
  • the sixth embodiment can also be used to achieve the object of the invention by using the technical solution of the fifth embodiment.
  • the sixth embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment in that the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network of the sixth embodiment is ACF generation:
  • Step 1404 The ACF sends a charging association identifier request message to the Accounting Server.
  • the charging association identifier request message not only carries the charging association identifier of the IMS network, but also carries the WiMAX generated by the ACF.
  • the charging association identifier of the network
  • Step 1405 The Accounting Server sends a charging association identifier response message to the ACF.
  • the charging association identifier response message does not carry the charging association identifier of the WiMAX network, because the charging association identifier is on the ACF. Already saved;

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La présente invention concerne un procédé, un dispositif et un système de taxation commune. Le procédé de taxation commune comprend: la génération d'un identifiant de taxation commune dans le réseau d'accès conformément au protocole internet large bande pour un utilisateur demandant la taxation commune; l'envoi de l'identifiant de taxation commune au deuxième réseau qui est relié au réseau d'accès suivant le protocole internet large bande; la réception, par le réseau d'accès suivant le protocole internet large bande, de l'identifiant de taxation commune dans le deuxième réseau pour l'utilisateur, qui est généré et envoyé par le deuxième réseau; la réalisation, par le réseau d'accès suivant le protocole internet large bande, de la taxation commune conformément à l'identifiant de taxation commune dans le réseau d'accès suivant le protocole internet large bande de l'utilisateur et l'identifiant de taxation commune dans le deuxième réseau.
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