WO2011006443A1 - 一种计费统计方法和装置 - Google Patents

一种计费统计方法和装置 Download PDF

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WO2011006443A1
WO2011006443A1 PCT/CN2010/075204 CN2010075204W WO2011006443A1 WO 2011006443 A1 WO2011006443 A1 WO 2011006443A1 CN 2010075204 W CN2010075204 W CN 2010075204W WO 2011006443 A1 WO2011006443 A1 WO 2011006443A1
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张进
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  • GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
  • PDN GW Packet Data Network Gateway, PGW for short
  • the UE User Equipment
  • the bearer of each UE or the traffic granularity in each UE performs a charging measurement (Measurement), which may also be called charging collection, or called charging statistics.
  • Count or account for example, statistical traffic, ie, volume based charging; or statistical duration, that is, time based charging, and then the GGSN/PDN GW will calculate the charging statistics.
  • the information for example, the statistical data amount or the statistical time value is notified to the charging system, that is, the GGSN/PDN GW generates a CDR (Charging Data Record), which may also be called a charging bill, and then the GGSN.
  • the /PDN GW notifies the generated CDR to the billing system.
  • MTC Machine Type Communication
  • M2M Machine to Machine
  • MTC devices MTC devices
  • the MTC Device is the electricity meter
  • the MTC User or MTC Subscriber is the power company
  • the MTC Device is the traffic monitoring device
  • the MTC User or MTC Subscriber is the traffic management department.
  • the GGSN/PDN GW generates a CDR for each MTC Device according to the current charging processing mechanism, and then the GGSN/PDN GW reports the CDR of each MTC Device to the charging system. But for the billing system, it does not care about the CDR of a single MTC Device, which is concerned with MTC User or MTC Subscriber. CDR. At the same time, due to the large number of MTC devices, the CDR generated for each MTC Device greatly increases the load processing in the GGSN/PDN GW, which causes the GGSN/PDN GW to be overloaded and affects the normal operation of the system.
  • the operator also charges based on the entire enterprise network instead of charging a single user equipment in the enterprise network.
  • the GGSN/PDN GW generates a CDR for each user equipment in the enterprise network, and then the GGSN/PDN GW reports the CDR of each user equipment in the enterprise network to the charging system.
  • the billing system it does not care about the CDR of each user equipment in the enterprise network, and it is concerned with the CDR of the entire enterprise network.
  • the CDR generated for each user equipment in the enterprise network greatly increases the load processing in the GGSN/PDN GW, which causes the GGSN/PDN GW to be overloaded and affects the normal operation of the system.
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide a charging statistics method and apparatus to reduce a charging processing load of a charging statistics network element.
  • the embodiment of the present invention provides a charging statistics method, where the method includes: obtaining an industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the user equipment identifier or the access point name APN used by the user equipment; Industry users perform billing statistics.
  • the embodiment of the invention further provides an accounting statistics device, where the device includes: a learning unit, configured to learn an industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the user equipment identifier or the access point name APN used by the user equipment;
  • the billing statistics unit uses the accounting statistics of the industry users corresponding to the industry user identifiers.
  • the billing statistics method and device provided by the embodiment of the present invention optimize the billing process in the billing statistics network element, thereby greatly reducing the billing processing load of the billing statistics network element, thereby ensuring the normality of the billing statistics network element. run.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • 3a is a schematic diagram of configuring an industry user corresponding to a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3b is a schematic diagram of a user equipment list used by an industrial user in an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3c is a schematic diagram of an industry user corresponding to the configuration identifier segment in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • 4 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence between an APN and an industry user in an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a policy and charging control architecture
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the composition of another device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments and drawings.
  • the illustrative embodiments of the present invention and the description thereof are intended to be illustrative of the invention, but are not intended to limit the invention.
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a charging statistics method, which is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • 1 is a flowchart of a method in this embodiment.
  • the charging statistics method in this embodiment includes: 101: Obtain an industrial user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the user equipment identifier or the access point name APN used by the user equipment. ;
  • the charging statistics method in this embodiment reduces the charging processing load in the accounting statistics network element by charging only the industrial users, and ensures the normal operation of the accounting statistics network element.
  • Embodiment 2 The steps of this embodiment can be implemented in different ways, which will be described below in connection with different embodiments.
  • Embodiment 2
  • the embodiment of the invention further provides a charging statistics method, which is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • 2 is a flowchart of a method in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, the method in this embodiment includes the following steps: 201: Obtain an industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the user equipment identifier or the access point name APN used by the user equipment.
  • the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment is obtained, and may be implemented according to the identifier of the user equipment and the corresponding relationship between the widely used equipment and the industry wide, or may be used according to the access point used by the wide equipment.
  • the association between the name APN and the configured APN and the industry user is implemented, and the embodiment is not limited thereto.
  • the corresponding relationship between the user equipment and the industry user is first configured, for example, the user equipment is configured.
  • Industry users configure the industry user label corresponding to each user equipment identifier.
  • configure the user equipment list used by the industry users configure the user equipment identifier list used by the industry user ID; or assign the identification segment to the user equipment used by the industry user, for example, assign an MSI number segment to an industry user. 460350789123000 to 460350789123999, and then configure the industry users corresponding to the identification segment, as shown in Figure 3c.
  • the industry user corresponding to the user equipment is obtained according to the identifier of the received user equipment and the corresponding relationship between the user equipment and the industry user configured above.
  • the mapping between the APN and the industry user is first configured. 4 is shown.
  • the operator subscribes to a specific APN for an industry user, which includes this specific in the subscription data of the user equipment of the industry user in the HSS (Home Subscriber Service) / HLR (Home Location Register).
  • the industry user identifier corresponding to the specific APN is configured, that is, which industry user is configured to use the specific APN, and the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment is obtained according to the specific APN used by the user equipment.
  • the industry user is a logical entity, including an enterprise (eg, a power company), a government department (eg, a traffic management department), or an individual, and these enterprises or government departments or individuals use multiple M2M devices or user equipments. Enter the carrier's network.
  • the industry user can include the MTC User, the MTC Subscriber, the enterprise network user, the user group user, or the group user.
  • the user equipment is the MTC Device
  • the industry user is the MTC User or the MTC Subscriber. Therefore, according to the wood embodiment
  • the MTC User or the MTC Subscriber corresponding to the MTC Device needs to be known.
  • the enterprise network user corresponding to the user equipment in the enterprise network needs to be known;
  • the user group identifier or the group identifier needs to be known.
  • the user group identifier may also be described as a user group user identifier, and the group identifier may also be described as a group user identifier.
  • the statistics mode of the charging rule is traffic statistics
  • the traffic statistics of the user equipment of the industry user are collected, and the traffic fee information of the user equipment is combined to generate traffic accounting information of the industry user; or If the statistics mode of the charging rule is the duration statistics, the user equipment of the industry user is subjected to the time-based charging statistics, and the time-based charging information of the user equipment is combined to generate the time-based charging information of the industry user.
  • the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, the traffic meter information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the online charging system; or, if the charging method of the charging rule is used For offline charging, the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the offline charging system; wherein: the message sent to the online charging system or the offline charging system includes the charging rule Billing ID.
  • the charging statistics for the industry users include charging statistics for the traffic granularity in the industry users, industry users, or industry users. The foregoing charging statistics may also be described as a charging measurement or a charging collection, etc., which is not limited by this embodiment.
  • the present embodiment counts the user equipment 1, ..., the user equipment n or the bearers in these devices or these devices.
  • the billing information of the stream in the stream for example, the statistical traffic or the statistical duration, and then merges the billing information together to generate billing information for the traffic in the industry user, the industry user, or the industry user.
  • the user equipment 1, the user equipment 2, and the user equipment 3 all belong to the industry user 1.
  • the traffic of the user equipment 1 is 100 Mbytes
  • the traffic of the user equipment 2 is 150 Mbytes.
  • the traffic statistics of the traffic user of the user equipment 1 is 50 Mbytes
  • the traffic of the traffic 1 of the user equipment 2 is 40 Mbytes
  • the statistics of the user equipment 3 are counted.
  • the traffic of the stream 1 is 60 Mbytes
  • the billing processing load in the billing statistics network element is greatly reduced, and the normal operation of the billing statistics network element is ensured.
  • the method of the wood embodiment further includes:
  • the accounting statistics include: an industry user identifier, a billing identifier used by an industry user, and billing information of an industry user; or a billing identifier used by an industry user and billing information of an industry user.
  • the billing system may also be referred to as a billing system.
  • a credit request (Credit Request), an online charging request (Onl ine Charging Request), a data record transfer request (Data Record Transfer Request), a charging data request (Charging Data Request), or a statistical request (Accounting) may be adopted.
  • the message is notified to the billing system by the billing information of the industry user obtained in the above step 202 in the CDR (Charging Data Record) or the Charging Event.
  • the CDR is generated for the traffic granularity in the bearer of the industry user, the industry user, or the industry user, or is called a bill.
  • the CDR includes the billing information in step 202.
  • a message such as a credit request notifies the billing system of the generated CDR.
  • the user equipment identifier includes the IMSI of the user equipment (International Mobile Subscriber Identity, International Mobile Subscriber ID, MS ISDN (Mobile Station International ISDN Number) or MEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity); industry user ID includes top of industry users
  • the industry user identifier is the MTC User ID, the MTC Subscriber ID, the enterprise network user ID, the user group user ID, or the group user ID.
  • the charging system may be a customized application such as an Online Charging System (0CS), an Offline Charging System (OFCS), and a mobile network enhanced logic.
  • CS Online Charging System
  • OFCS Offline Charging System
  • CAMEL Charging Data Functration System
  • CGF Charging Gateway Functration
  • CG Charging Gateway
  • the method in this embodiment can be applied to a charging statistics network element such as a GGSN or a PGW.
  • the GGSN or the PGW may be modified to implement the charging process based on the granularity of the industry user, the bearer granularity of the industry user, or the flow granularity of the industry user, without modifying the meter.
  • the fee system, the core management network element and other devices not only greatly reduce the processing load of the GGSN/PGW, but also ensure the normal operation of the GGSN/PGW, and send information to the billing system based on the billing statistics of the industry users.
  • GGSN/PGW can realize the billing process based on the granularity of industry users, the load granularity of industry users or the flow granularity of industry users, thus greatly reducing the investment of operators and effectively protecting the investment of operators.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a PCC (Policy and Charging Control) architecture.
  • the PCRF Policy Control and Charging Rules Function
  • the network element mainly implements policy control decisions and flow-based calculations. Function control and other functions;
  • PCEF Policy and Charging Enforcement Function
  • the network element mainly implements service data flow detection, policy enforcement, and flow-based charging, including GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node, Gateway).
  • GPRS support node or network element such as PDN GW (Packet Data Network Gateway, PGW); SPR (Subscriber Profile Repository) mainly includes subscription information required to implement PCC rules in PCRF; OFCS (Offline Charging) System, offline billing system) mainly implements offline billing function, which can also be called non real-time charging or post-paid (post-paid); OCS (Online Charging System) mainly implements online charging function, which can also be called real-time charging or pre-paid.
  • OFCS Offline Charging
  • offline billing system mainly implements offline billing function, which can also be called non real-time charging or post-paid (post-paid)
  • OCS Online Charging System
  • online charging function which can also be called real-time charging or pre-paid.
  • Figure 6 is a flow chart of information exchange between the GGSN/PGW and other network elements in the PCC architecture using the method of the embodiment. As shown in Figure 6, the process includes:
  • the core management network element obtains subscription information of the user equipment from the HSS or the HLR, where the APN information used by the user equipment is included.
  • the core management network element is the SGSN; for the E-UTRAN network, the core management network element is the MME; for the WLAN network, the core management network element is the evolved packet data gateway (EPDG, Evolved Packet Data Gateway); for the Wimax network, the core management network element is the Access Service Network Gateway (ASN GW); for the CDMA network, the core management network element is the access gateway (Access Gateway, AGW); For the HRPD network, the core management network element is a high speed packet data service gateway (HSGW, HRPD Serving Gateway). For example, in the user-initiated attach process, or the TAU process, the core management NE obtains the subscription information of the user equipment from the HSS or the HLR.
  • EDG Evolved Packet Data Gateway
  • ASN GW Access Service Network Gateway
  • AGW Access Gateway
  • HRPD high speed packet data service gateway
  • the core management NE obtains the subscription information of the user equipment from the HSS or the HLR.
  • the core management network element sends a session request message to the GGSN/PGW, where the session request message carries the identifier of the user equipment and the APN information used by the user equipment.
  • the user equipment sends a session request message to the GGSN/PGW, where the session request message carries the identifier of the user equipment and the APN information used by the user equipment.
  • the session request message sent by the core management NE may be a Create Session Request message, or a Create PDP Context Request message, or a Proxy Binding Update message.
  • the session request message sent by the user equipment may be a Binding Update message or the like.
  • the GGSN/PGW learns the industry user corresponding to the user equipment according to the identifier of the user equipment received from the core management network element or the user equipment or the APN information used by the user equipment.
  • GGSN/PGW sends IP CAN session establishment indication (Indication of IP CAN Session
  • the message to the PCRF the message carries the obtained industry user ID.
  • the identifier of the user equipment may also be carried in the message.
  • the PCRF sends an Acknowledge CAN Session Establishment message to the GGSN/PGW according to the industry user identifier.
  • the charging rule includes a charging identifier used by an industry user, for example, a charging keyword. Or Charging Identifier, a charging method used by industry users, such as online charging or offline charging, or a measurement method for industry user billing, such as traffic. Statistics or duration (Durat ion) statistics, etc.
  • the industry users include the industry user granularity, the industry user's bearer granularity, or the industry user's flow granularity, that is, the PCC rule granularity, which is handled in other places in this embodiment.
  • the PCRF may also generate a charging identifier used by the user equipment for the user equipment, and the PCRF notifies the GGSN/PGW of the charging identifier used by the user equipment. .
  • the billing identifier of the industry user is transmitted to the billing system, and the billing system performs billing processing for the industry user according to the billing identifier (for example, the billing system associates the billing bill according to the billing identifier, SP, if
  • the charging system receives two or more charging bills (eg, CDRs). If the billing system finds that the billing identifiers in the billing bills are the same, the billing system considers that the billing bills are associated.
  • the charging system will combine the charging bills, and the charging identifier used by the user equipment can be transmitted to other systems, for example, a lawful intercepting system, and the other systems perform user equipment level according to the charging identifier. deal with. Through the separate processing of the two charging identifiers, the charging process of the industrial users in the charging system is realized, and the processing influence of other systems is not affected.
  • the GGSN/PGW sends a credit request (Credit Request) message or an online charging request (Onl ine Charging Request) message to the charging system.
  • the 0CS requests a credit
  • the message carries the obtained industry user identifier and the charging identifier used by the industry user.
  • the billing system sends the credit information of the industry user to the GGSN/PGW through a credit response (Credit Response) message or an online charging response (Onl ine Charging Response) message.
  • the GGSN/PGW collects the accounting information of the users in the industry during the accounting statistics.
  • the statistics method of the industry user accounting is traffic statistics
  • the traffic used by each user equipment under the industry user is counted, GGSN/PGW.
  • Consolidate the traffic used by each user equipment that is, the traffic used by each user equipment is added together
  • traffic information used by industry users that is, statistical accounting information of industry users
  • the statistical method is the duration measurement, and the duration of each user equipment used by the industry user is counted.
  • the GGSN/PGW combines the durations of the user equipments (that is, the durations of the user equipments are added together) to generate the usage of the industry users. Duration information (ie, statistical accounting information for industry users).
  • the GGSN/PGW re-sends the Credit Request message or the Onl ine Charging Request message to the charging system to obtain the credit, and the message carries the industry.
  • the traffic information used by the industry users (that is, the accounting information of the industry users) is generated; or, if the statistical method of the industry user charging is the duration statistics, the duration of each user equipment under the industry user is counted,
  • the GGSN/PGW combines the durations of the user equipments (that is, the durations of the user equipments used together), and generates the duration information used by the industry users (that is, the statistical billing information of the industry users).
  • the GGSN/PGW notifies the accounting system of the accounting information of the industry users, for example, 0FCS, and can pass the Data Record Transfer Request, the Charging Data Request, or the Accounting Request.
  • the message is notified to the billing system, and the message includes the industry user ID, the billing identifier used by the industry user, and the billing information of the statistics.
  • the GGSN/PGW can also generate CDRs for the industry user granularity, the bearer granularity of the industry users, or the traffic granularity of the industry users.
  • the CDR includes the industry user identifier, the charging identifier used by the industry user, and the accounting information.
  • the GGSN/PGW notifies the CDR to the billing system.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is an example in which the GGSN/PGW is applied to the method in this embodiment, and the dynamic PCC mechanism is used for charging processing. If a non-PCC mechanism or a predefined PCC mechanism is used, it is also called For the static PCC mechanism, for steps 504-505, the GGSN/PGW adopts the following processing methods:
  • the charging rules of the industrial users are configured in the GGSN/PGW, and the charging identifiers used by the industrial users are generated for the industrial users.
  • the GGSN/PGW generates the charging identifiers used by the user equipments for each user equipment.
  • the billing rules include billing methods used by industry users, and statistical methods for billing for industry users.
  • the industry users include the industry user granularity, the industry user's bearer granularity, or the industry user's flow granularity, that is, the PCC rule granularity, which is handled in other places in this embodiment.
  • the GGSN/PGW sends the charging identifier of the industry user to the charging system, and the charging system performs charging processing of the industry user according to the charging identifier, and the charging identifier used by the user equipment can be sent to other systems, for example, A lawful interception system, the other system performs processing at the user equipment level according to the charging identifier used by the user equipment.
  • a lawful interception system the other system performs processing at the user equipment level according to the charging identifier used by the user equipment.
  • the industry user includes the industry user granularity, the industry user's bearer granularity, or the industry user's flow granularity, BP, PCC rule granularity.
  • the charging statistics method provided by this embodiment not only greatly reduces the processing load of the GGSN/PGW, but also ensures The normal operation of the GGSN/PGW, further, the information based on the industry user's charging statistics is sent to the charging system, thereby greatly reducing the processing load of the charging system, and reducing the GGSN/PGW and the charging system.
  • the billing signaling traffic because the operator only needs to upgrade the GGSN/PGW equipment of the existing network or deploy the GGSN/PDN GW used by the industry users to achieve the granularity based on the industry users, the bearer granularity of the industry users, or the traffic granularity of the industry users.
  • Billing processing which greatly reduces the operator's investment and effectively protects the operator's investment.
  • FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are block diagrams of the apparatus of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the charging statistics apparatus of this embodiment includes:
  • the learning unit 71 is configured to learn the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the user equipment identifier or the access point name APN used by the user equipment;
  • the billing statistics unit 72 is configured to perform billing statistics on the industry users corresponding to the industry user identifiers.
  • the learning unit 71 may include:
  • the first learning module 711 is configured to learn the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment identifier according to the received user equipment identifier and the corresponding relationship between the user equipment and the industry user; or
  • the first learning module 712 is configured to learn the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment identifier according to the received user equipment identifier and the configured user equipment list used by the industry user; or
  • the third learning module 713 is configured to: according to the received user equipment identifier and the configured industrial user corresponding to the identifier segment of the user equipment used by the industry user, obtain the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment identifier; or learn the fourth
  • the module 714 is configured to learn the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the received APN and the corresponding relationship between the configured APN and the industry user.
  • the charging statistics unit 72 may include: a first sending module 721, configured to send the learned industry user identifier to a policy and charging execution function entity PCRF ;
  • the first receiving module 722 is configured to receive a charging rule of the industry user determined by the PCRF according to the industry user identifier.
  • the first statistic module 723 is configured to perform charging statistics on the industry user according to the charging rule.
  • the first sending module 721 can also send the received user equipment identifier to the PCRF while sending the learned industry user identifier to the policy and charging execution function entity PCRF;
  • the first receiving module 722 may further receive, according to the charging rule of the industry user determined by the PCRF according to the industry user identifier, a charging identifier used by the user equipment generated by the PCRF according to the user equipment identifier. .
  • the first statistic module 723 is configured to perform traffic flow statistics on the user equipment of the industry user when the statistical mode of the charging rule is traffic statistics, and combine the flow rate information of the user equipment to generate a flow meter of the industry user.
  • the first statistic module 723 is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online charging system; or When the charging method of the fee rule is offline charging, the traffic meter information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the offline charging system; wherein: the message is sent to the online charging system or the offline charging system.
  • a charging identifier containing the charging rule is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online charging system; or When the charging method of the fee rule is offline charging, the traffic meter information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the offline charging system; wherein: the message is sent to the online charging system or the offline charging system.
  • a charging identifier containing the charging rule is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online
  • the charging and counting unit 72 may include: a 'generating module 821, configured to generate a charging identifier of an industry user;
  • the first statistic module 822 performs charging statistics on the industry users according to the charging identifier of the industry user and the configured charging rule of the industry user.
  • the charging statistics unit 72 may further include:
  • the second generating module 823 is configured to generate a charging identifier of the user equipment.
  • the second statistic module 823 is configured to perform traffic statistics on the user equipment of the industry user when the statistical mode of the charging rule is traffic statistics, and combine the flow rate information of the user equipment to generate a flow meter of the industry user.
  • the second statistic module 823 is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online charging system; or When the charging method of the fee rule is offline charging, the traffic meter information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the offline charging system; wherein: the message is sent to the online charging system or the offline charging system.
  • a charging identifier containing the charging rule is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online charging system; or When the charging method of the fee rule is offline charging, the traffic meter information or the time-length charging information of the industry user is sent to the offline charging system; wherein: the message is sent to the online charging system or the offline charging system.
  • a charging identifier containing the charging rule is further configured to: when the charging method of the charging rule is online charging, send the flow rate information or the time-length charging information of the industry user to the online
  • Each component of the charging and counting apparatus of this embodiment is used to implement each step of the method of the foregoing second embodiment.
  • the function has been described in detail in the second embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
  • the device may further include:
  • the sending unit 73 is configured to send the charging statistics information to the charging system.
  • the charging statistics device of this embodiment may be included in the charging statistics network element GGSN, or the PGW.
  • the charging processing load in the accounting statistics network element is greatly reduced, and the normal operation of the charging statistical network element is ensured.
  • the information based on the industry user's charging statistics is sent to the charging system, which not only optimizes the processing of the charging signaling between the GGSN/PGW and the charging system, but also greatly reduces the charging system and the GGSN/PGW.
  • the processing load, and the operator only needs to upgrade the GGSN/PGW equipment of the existing network or deploy the GGSN/PDN GW used by the industry users to realize the charging based on the granularity of the industry users, the bearer granularity of the industry users, or the traffic granularity of the industry users. Processing, which greatly reduces the operator's investment and effectively protects the operator's investment.
  • the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented directly in hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination of both.
  • the software module can be placed in random access memory (RAM), memory, read only memory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD_ROM, or the art. Any other form of storage medium.

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一种计费统计方法和装置
本申请要求于 2009年 07月 16日提交中国专利局、申请号为 200910150192. 3、发明 名称为 "一种计费统计方法和装置" 的中国专利申请的优先权, 其全部内容通过引用结 合在木申请中。 技术领域 本发明涉及计费领域, 尤其涉及一种计费统计方法和装置。 背景技术 目前的计费系统中, GGSN (网关 GPRS支撑节点, Gateway GPRS Support Node ) 或 者 PDN GW (分组数据网络网关, Packet Data Network Gateway, 简称 PGW) (以下称为 GGSN/PDN GW) 针对每个 UE (User Equipment, 用户设备)、 每个 UE的承载或者每个 UE 中的流粒度进行计费测量 (Measurement ), 也可以称之为计费收集 (collect ), 或者称 之为计费统计(count或者 account ),例如,统计流量,即基丁 ·流量的计费(Volume based charging); 或者统计时长, 即基于时间的计费 (Time based charging), 然后 GGSN/PDN GW将计费统计的信息, 例如, 统计的数据量或者统计的时间值通知给计费系统, 即, GGSN/PDN GW产生 CDR (计费数据记录, Charging Data Record), 也可以称之为计费话 单, 然后 GGSN/PDN GW将产生的 CDR通知给计费系统。
MTC (机器类型通信, Machine Type Communication) 应用指的是一个或者多个网 元或者设备之间在不需要人为参与的情况下进行的网络通讯, 即, M2M (机器对机器, Machine to Machine ) 应用, 如交通控制与管理、 工厂监控、 远程抄表等应用, 对于 MTC 应用来说, 一般运营商都是基于 MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber (MTC签约用户) 粒度进 行计费的, 而 MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber可以包括多个 MTC Device (MTC设备), 也 即用户设备。 如, 对于电力抄表业务来说, MTC Device 为电表, MTC User 或者 MTC Subscriber为电力公司; 对于交通控制与管理业务来说, MTC Device为交通监控设备, MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber为交通管理部门。
发明人在实现本发明的过程中, 发现现有技术中至少存在如下问题:
一方面, 如果按照现在的计费处理机制, GGSN/PDN GW对于每个 MTC Device都会产 生 CDR, 然后 GGSN/PDN GW将每个 MTC Device的 CDR上报给计费系统。 但是对于计费系 统来说, 其不关心单个 MTC Device的 CDR, 其关心的是 MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber 的 CDR。 同时由于 MTC Device数量众多, 针对每个 MTC Device都产生 CDR会大大增加 GGSN/PDN GW中的负荷处理, 从而导致 GGSN/PDN GW过载, 影响系统的正常运行。
另一方面, 对于企业网来说, 运营商也是基于整个企业网来进行计费的, 而不是对 企业网中的单个用户设备进行计费。而现在的计费处理机制中, GGSN/PDN GW对于企业网 中的每个用户设备都会产生 CDR, 然后 GGSN/PDN GW将企业网中的每个用户设备的 CDR 上报给计费系统。但是对于计费系统来说, 其不关心企业网中的每个用户设备的 CDR, 其 关心的是整个企业网的 CDR。同时由于企业网中的用户设备数量众多,针对企业网中的每 个用户设备都产生 CDR会大大增加 GGSN/PDN GW中的负荷处理, 从而导致 GGSN/PDN GW 过载, 影响系统的正常运行。 发明内容
本发明实施例提供 ·种计费统计方法和装置, 以降低计费统计网元的计费处理负 荷。
一方面, 本发明实施例提供一种计费统计方法, 所述方法包括: 根据用户设备标识 或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备对应的行业用户标识;对所述行业用户标 识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
另一方面, 木发明实施例还提供一种计费统计装置, 所述装置包括: 获知单元, 用 于根据用户设备标识或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备对应的行业用户标 识; 计费统计单元, 用丁 ·对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
通过本发明实施例提供的计费统计方法和装置, 优化了计费统计网元中的计费处 理, 从而大大降低计费统计网元的计费处理负荷, 从而保证计费统计网元的正常运行。 附图说明 此处所说明的附图用来提供对本发明的进一步理解, 构成本申请的一部分, 并不构 成对本发明的限定。 在附图中:
图 1为本发明一个实施例的方法流程图;
图 2为本发明另一个实施例的方法流程图;
图 3a为本发明实施例中配置用户设备对应的行业用户的示意图;
图 3b为本发明实施例中配置行业用户使用的用户设备列表示意图;
图 3c为本发明实施例中配置标识段对应的行业用户的示意图; 图 4为本发明实施例中配置 APN和行业用户之间的对应的示意图;
图 5为策略和计费控制架构示意图;
图 6为应用本发明实施例的方法的信息交互流程图;
图 7为本发明实施例的装置组成示意图;
图 8为本发明实施例的另一装置组成示意图。 具体实施方式 为使本发明实施例的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚明白, 下面结合实施例和附图, 对本发明实施例做进一步详细说明。 在此, 本发明的示意性实施例及其说明用于解释本 发明, 但并不作为对本发明的限定。
实施例一
本发明实施例提供一种计费统计方法, 以下结合附图对本实施例进行详细说明。 图 1为本实施例的方法流程图, 请参照图 1 , 本实施例的计费统计方法包括: 101:根据用户设备标识或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备对应的行业 用户标识;
102: 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
本实施例的计费统计方法, 通过仅对行业用户计费, 大大降低了计费统计网元中的 计费处理负荷, 保证了计费统计网元的正常运行。
本实施例的各步骤可以通过不同的方式实现, 以下结合不同的实施例对此加以说明。 实施例二
本发明实施例还提供一种计费统计方法, 以下结合附图对本实施例进行详细说明。 图 2为本实施例的方法流程图, 请参照图 2, 本实施例的方法包括下列步骤: 201:根据用户设备标识或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备对应的行业 用户标识;
在本实施例中, 获知用户设备对应的行业用户标识, 可以根据用户设备的标识和配 置的用广设备和行业用广之间的对应关系来实现, 也可以根据用广设备使用的接入点名 称 APN和配置的 APN与行业用户之间的对应关系来实现, 本实施例并不以此作为限制。
如果是根据用户设备的标识和配置的用户设备和行业用户之间的对应关系来获知用 户设备对应的行业用户标识, 则首先要配置用户设备与行业用户之间的对应关系, 例如 配置用户设备对应的行业用户, 如图 3a所示, 配置每个用户设备标识对应的行业用户标 识; 或者配置行业用户使用的用户设备列表, 如图 3b所示, 配置行业用户标识使用的用 户设备标识列表; 或者为行业用户使用的用户设备分配标识段, 例如为一个行业用户分 配 MSI号码段 460350789123000至 460350789123999, 再配置标识段对应的行业用户, 如图 3c所示。再根据接收到的用户设备的标识和上述配置的用户设备和行业用户之间的 对应关系来获知用户设备对应的行业用户。
如果是根据用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN和配置的 APN与行业用户之间的对应关 系来获知用户设备对应的行业用户标识,则首先要配置 APN与行业用户之间的对应关系, 如图 4所示。例如,运营商为行业用户签约特定的 APN,其在 HSS (归属签约服务器, Home Subscriber Service ) /HLR (归属位置寄存器, Home Location Register) 中的行业用 户的用户设备的签约数据中包含这个特定的 APN。 在本实施例中, 配置这个特定的 APN 所对应的行业用户标识, 即, 配置哪个行业用户使用这个特定的 APN, 即可根据用户设备 使用的这个特定 APN获知用户设备对应的行业用户标识。
在本实施例中, 行业用户是个逻辑实体, 包括企业(如, 电力公司)、政府部门 (如, 交通管理部门)、或者个人, 这些企业或者政府部门或者个人使用多个 M2M设备或者用户 设备接入到运营商的网络。 行业用户可以包括 MTC User、 MTC Subscriber. 企业网用户、 用户组用户或者群组用户等, 对于 MTC应用来说, 用户设备为 MTC Device, 行业用户为 MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber, 因此, 根据木实施例的步骤 201, 需要获知 MTC Device 对应的 MTC User或者 MTC Subscriber; 对于企业网来说, 根据本实施例的步骤 201 , 需 要获知企业网内的用户设备对应的企业网用户; 对丁 ·用户组或者群组用户来说, 根据本 实施例的步骤 201, 需要获知用户组标识或者群组标识, 其中, 用户组标识也可以描述为 用户组用户标识, 群组标识也可以描述为群组用户标识。
202: 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计 (Charging count );
其中, 如果所述计费规则的统计模式为流量统计, 则对行业用户的用户设备进行流 量计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的流量计费信息, 产生行业用户的流量计费信息; 或者, 如果所述计费规则的统计模式为时长统计,则对行业用户的用户设备进行时长计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的时长计费信息, 产生行业用户的时长计费信息。
其中, 如果所述计费规则的计费方法为在线计费, 则将行业用户的流量计费信息或 者时长计费信息发送给在线计费系统; 或者, 如果所述计费规则的计费方法为离线计费, 则将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给离线计费系统; 其中: 所述发送 给在线计费系统或者离线计费系统的消息中包含所述计费规则的计费标识。 在本实施例中, 对行业用户进行计费统计包括了对行业用户、 行业用户中的承载或 者行业用户中的流粒度进行计费统计。 上述计费统计也可以描述为计费测量或者计费收 集等, 本实施例并不以此作为限定。
例如, 如果根据本实施例, 获知了用户设备 1 , ··· , 用户设备 n都属于行业用户 1 , 则本实施例统计用户设备 1, …,用户设备 n或者这些设备中的承载或者这些设备中的流 的计费信息, 如, 统计流量或者统计时长, 然后将这些计费信息合并到一起, 产生行业 用户、 行业用户中的承载或者行业用户中的流的计费信息。
例如, 用户设备 1、 用户设备 2、 用户设备 3都属于行业用户 1 , 根据本实施例, 统 计用户设备 1的流量为 100M字节,统计用户设备 2的流量为 150M字节,统计用户设备 3 的流量为 80M字节, 则本实施例统计的行业用户 1的流量为 100 + 150 + 80 = 330M字节。 基于行业用户的承载粒度或者流粒度进行计费统计类似, 如, 统计用户设备 1的流 1的 流量为 50M字节, 统计用户设备 2的流 1的流量为 40M字节, 统计用户设备 3的流 1的 流量为 60M字节,则本实施例统计的行业用户 1的流 1的流量为 50 + 40 + 60 = 150M字节, 在此不再赘述。
通过仅对行业用户计费, 大大降低了计费统计网元中的计费处理负荷, 保证计费统 计网元的正常运行。
进一步地, 木实施例的方法还包括:
203: 将计费统计的信息发送给计费系统。
其中, 计费统计的信息包括: 行业用户标识, 行业用户使用的计费标识, 以及行业 用户的计费信息; 或者, 行业用户使用的计费标识和行业用户的计费信息。
在本实施例中, 计费系统也可以称之为话单系统 (Billing System)
根据本实施例, 可以通过信用请求 (Credit Request )、 在线计费请求 (Onl ine Charging Request )、 数据记录传输请求 (Data Record Transfer Request )、 计费数据 请求 ( Charging Data Request ) 或者统计请求 (Accounting Request ) 等消息或者在计 费数据记录 (CDR, Charging Data Record) 或者计费事件 (Charging Event ) 中将上述 步骤 202中获得的行业用户的计费信息通知给计费系统。
例如, 根据本实施例, 针对行业用户、 行业用户中的承载或者行业用户中的流粒度 产生 CDR, 或者称之为话单 (Bill ), CDR中包含上述步骤 202中统计的计费信息, 通过 信用请求等消息将产生的 CDR通知给计费系统。
需要说明的是, 在本实施例中, 用户设备标识包括用户设备的 IMSI ( International Mobile Subscriber Identity , 国际移动用户识别码) 、 MS ISDN ( Mobile Station International ISDN Number, 移动台国际 ISDN号码)或者 MEI ( International Mobile Equipment Ident ity,国际移动设备标识)等;行业用户标识包括行业用户的頂 SI、MSISDN 或者 IMEI等, 所述行业用户标识为 MTC User标识、 MTC Subscriber标识、 企业网用户 标识、 用户组用户标识或者群组用户标识。
需要说明的是, 在本实施例中, 计费系统可以是如在线计费系统 (Onl ine Charging System, 0CS )、 离线计费系统 (Offline Charging System, OFCS ) , 移动网络增强逻辑 的客户化应用 (Customized Applications for Mobi le network Enhanced Logic, CAMEL ) 系统、计费数据功能(Charging Data Funct ion)系统、计费网关功能(Charging Gateway Funct ion, CGF) 系统或者计费网关 (Charging Gateway, CG) 等。
本实施例的方法可以应用于 GGSN或者 PGW等计费统计网元。
应用本实施例的方法, 仅对 GGSN或者 PGW (可能包括 PCRF )进行修改处理, 就可以 实现基于行业用户的粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度的计费处理, 而 无需修改计费系统、 核心管理网元等设备, 既大大降低了 GGSN/PGW 的处理负荷, 保证 GGSN/PGW的正常运行, 进 ·步地, 将基于行业用户的计费统计的信息发送给计费系统, 从而大大降低了计费系统的处理负荷, 同时降低了 GGSN/PGW和计费系统之间的计费信令 流量,又由于运营商只需要升级现网的 GGSN/PGW设备或者部署行业用户使用的 GGSN/PGW 就可实现基于行业用户的粒度、行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度的计费处理, 从而大大减少运营商的投资, 有效地保护了运营商的投资。
为了使本实施例的方法更加清楚易懂, 以下结合 PCC架构示意图和 PCC架构下的各 网元的信息交互流程图对本实施例的方法进行说明。
图 5为 PCC (Policy and Charging Control , 策略和计费控制) 架构示意图, 其中, PCRF ( Pol icy Control and Charging Rules Function, 策略控制和计费规则功能) 网 元主要实现策略控制决定和基于流计费控制等功能; PCEF ( Policy and Charging Enforcement Funct ion, 策略和计费执行功能) 网元主要实现业务数据流检测、 策略执 行和基于流计费等功能, 主要包括 GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node, 网关 GPRS支撑 节点) 或者 PDN GW (Packet Data Network Gateway, 分组数据网络网关, 简称 PGW) 等 网元; SPR ( Subscriber Profile Repository, 签约数据库) 主要包含 PCRF中实现 PCC 规则需要的签约信息; OFCS ( Offline Charging System, 离线计费系统) 主要实现离线 计费功能, 也可以称之为非实时计费 (non real-time charging ) 或者称之为后付费 (post-paid ); OCS (Online Charging system, 在线计费系统)主要实现在线计费功能, 也可以称之为实时计费 (real-time charging) 或者称之为预付费 (pre_paid)。
图 6为应用本实施例的方法的 PCC架构下的 GGSN/PGW与其他网元的信息交互流程图, 如图 6所示, 该流程包括:
601: 核心管理网元从 HSS或者 HLR中获取用户设备的签约信息, 其中包括用户设备 使用的 APN信息。
其中, 对于 GERAN/UTRAN网络来说, 核心管理网元为 SGSN; 对于 E-UTRAN网络来说, 核心管理网元为 MME; 对于 WLAN网络来说, 核心管理网元为演进分组数据网关 (EPDG, Evolved Packet Data Gateway); 对于 Wimax网络来说, 核心管理网元为接入业务网络 网关 (Access Service Network Gateway, ASN GW); 对于 CDMA网络来说, 核心管理网 元为接入网关 (Access Gateway, AGW); 对于 HRPD网络来说, 核心管理网元为高速分组 数据服务网关(HSGW, HRPD Serving Gateway )。例如, 在用户发起的附着流程, 或者 TAU 流程中, 核心管理网元从 HSS或者 HLR中获取用户设备的签约信息。
602:核心管理网元发送会话请求消息到 GGSN/PGW,该会话请求消息中携带用户设备 的标识和用户设备使用的 APN信息。 或者,
用户设备发送会话请求消息到 GGSN/PGW, 会话请求消息中携带用户设备的标识和用 户设备使用的 APN信息。
其中, 核心管理网元发送的会话请求消息可以是, 创建会话请求 (Create Session Request ) 消息, 或者创建 PDP上下文请求 (Create PDP Context Request ) 消息, 或者 代理绑定更新 (Proxy Binding Update ) 消息等。
其中, 用户设备发送的会话请求消息可以是绑定更新 (Binding Update ) 消息等。 603: GGSN/PGW根据从核心管理网元或从用户设备接收到的用户设备的标识或者用户 设备使用的 APN信息获知用户设备对应的行业用户。
其中, 获知用户设备对应的行业用户的方法已经在前述进行了说明, 在此不再赘述。 604: GGSN/PGW 发送 IP CAN 会话建立指示 (Indication of IP CAN Session
Establishment )消息到 PCRF, 消息中携带获取的行业用户标识。可选的, 该消息中也可 以携带用户设备的标识。
605: PCRF根据所述行业用户标识将行业用户对应的计费规则通过 IP CAN会话建立 确认 (Acknowledge CAN Session Establishment ) 消息发给 GGSN/PGW;
其中, 计费规则包括行业用户使用的计费标识, 如, 计费关键字 (Charging Key) 或者计费标识符(Charging Ident ifier ) ,行业用户使用的计费方法(Charging method ) , 如在线计费或者离线计费, 或者行业用户计费的统计方法 (Measurement method ) , 如流 量 (Volume ) 统计或者时长 (Durat ion ) 统计等。 其中, 行业用户包括行业用户粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度, 即, PCC rule粒度, 本实施例中其他地方 同样处理。
如果 PCRF接收到的 IP CAN会话建立指示消息中还携带用户设备的标识, 则 PCRF还 可以针对这个用户设备产生用户设备使用的计费标识, PCRF将用户设备使用的计费标识 通知给 GGSN/PGW。
行业用户的计费标识传给计费系统, 计费系统根据所述计费标识进行行业用户的计 费处理 (如, 计费系统根据所述计费标识关联计费话单, SP, 如果计费系统收到两个或 者以上的计费话单(如, CDR) , 如果计费系统发现这些计费话单中的计费标识是相同的, 则计费系统认为这些计费话单是关联的, 计费系统将合并这些计费话单), 而用户设备使 用的计费标识可以传给其它的系统, 例如, 合法监听系统, 该其它的系统根据所述计费 标识进行用户设备级别的处理。 通过这两个计费标识的分开处理, 既实现了计费系统中 的行业用户的计费处理, 又不影响其它系统的处理影响。
606、 607: 如果行业用户使用的计费方法采用在线计费的计费方法, 则 GGSN/PGW发 送信用请求 (Credit Request ) 消息或者在线计费请求 (Onl ine Charging Request ) 消 息到计费系统, 如, 0CS请求信用, 消息中携带获取的行业用户标识和行业用户使用的计 费标识。 计费系统将行业用户的信用信息通过信用响应 (Credit Response ) 消息或者在 线计费响应 (Onl ine Charging Response ) 消息发给 GGSN/PGW。 后续 GGSN/PGW在进行计 费统计时统计该行业用户下的计费信息, 如, 如果行业用户计费的统计方法为流量统计, 则统计行业用户下的各个用户设备使用的流量, GGSN/PGW将各个用户设备使用的流量合 并在一起(即将各个用户设备使用的流量加在一起),产生行业用户使用的流量信息(即, 行业用户的统计计费信息); 或者, 如果行业用户计费的统计方法为时长统计, 则统计行 业用户下的各个用户设备使用的时长, GGSN/PGW将各个用户设备使用的时长合并在一起 (即将各个用户设备使用的时长加在一起), 产生行业用户使用的时长信息(即, 行业用 户的统计计费信息)。 如果行业用户的统计计费信息, 如流量或者时长等, 已经达到信用 阈值 ( threshold ) , 则 GGSN/PGW重新发送 Credit Request消息或者 Onl ine Charging Request消息到计费系统中获取信用,消息中携带行业用户使用的计费标识,行业用户下 的计费信息。 608、 609: 如果行业用户使用的计费方法采用离线计费的计费方法, 则 GGSN/PGW在 进行计费统计时统计行业用户的计费信息。 如, 如果行业用户计费的统计方法为流量统 计, 则统计行业用户下的各个用户设备使用的流量, GGSN/PGW将各个用户设备使用的流 量合并在一起(即将各个用户设备使用的流量加在一起), 产生行业用户使用的流量信息 (即, 统计的行业用户的计费信息); 或者, 如果行业用户计费的统计方法为时长统计, 则统计行业用户下的各个用户设备使用的时长, GGSN/PGW将各个用户设备使用的时长合 并在一起(即将各个用户设备使用的时长加在一起),产生行业用户使用的时长信息(即, 统计的行业用户的计费信息)。 GGSN/PGW将统计的行业用户的计费信息通知给计费系统, 如, 0FCS, 可以通过数据记录传输请求 (Data Record Transfer Request )、 计费数据请 求 ( Charging Data Request ) 或者统计请求 (Accounting Request ) 等消息通知给计费 系统,消息中包括行业用户标识、行业用户使用的计费标识和统计的计费信息。 GGSN/PGW 也可以针对行业用户粒度、行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度产生 CDR, CDR中 包括行业用户标识、 行业用户使用的计费标识和统计的计费信息。 GGSN/PGW将 CDR通知 给计费系统。
图 6所示的实施例是以 GGSN/PGW应用本实施例的方法,采用动态 PCC机制进行计费 处理为例进行的说明, 如果采用非 PCC机制或者预定义(predefined) PCC机制, 也称之 为静态 PCC机制, 则对于步骤 504— 505, GGSN/PGW采用如下处理方式:
GGSN/PGW中配置行业用户的计费规则, 并针对行业用户产生行业用户使用的计费标 识, 可选地, GGSN/PGW针对每个用户设备产生用户设备使用的计费标识。 其中, 计费规 则包括行业用户使用的计费方法, 行业用户计费的统计方法等。 其中, 行业用户包括行 业用户粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度, 即, PCC rule粒度, 本实施 例中其它地方同样处理。
GGSN/PGW将行业用户的计费标识发送给计费系统, 计费系统根据所述计费标识进行 行业用户的计费处理, 而用户设备使用的计费标识可以发送给其它的系统, 如, 合法监 听系统, 该其它的系统根据所述用户设备使用的计费标识进行用户设备级别的处理。 通 过这两个计费标识的分开处理, 既实现了计费系统中的行业用户的计费处理, 又不影响 其它系统的处理影响。
在本实施例中, 行业用户包括行业用户粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的 流粒度, BP , PCC rule粒度。
通过本实施例提供的计费统计方法, 既大大降低了 GGSN/PGW 的处理负荷, 保证 GGSN/PGW的正常运行, 进一步地, 将基于行业用户的计费统计的信息发送给计费系统, 从而大大降低了计费系统的处理负荷, 同时降低了 GGSN/PGW和计费系统之间的计费信令 流量,又由于运营商只需要升级现网的 GGSN/PGW设备或者部署行业用户使用的 GGSN/PDN GW就可实现基于行业用户的粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户的流粒度的计费处 理, 从而大大减少了运营商的投资, 有效地保护了运营商的投资。
实施例三
本发明实施例还提供一种计费统计装置, 以下结合附图对本实施例进行详细说明。 图 7和图 8为本实施例的装置组成框图, 如图 7、 8所示, 本实施例的计费统计装置 包括:
获知单元 71 ,用于根据用户设备标识或者用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设 备对应的行业用户标识;
计费统计单元 72 , 用于对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
根据本实施例的一个实施方式, 该获知单元 71可以包括:
第一获知模块 711,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的用户设备和行业用户的 对应关系, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者
第一获知模块 712 ,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的行业用户使用的用户设 备列表, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者,
第三获知模块 713 ,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的分配给行业用户使用的 用户设备的标识段对应的行业用户, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者 第四获知模块 714,用于根据接收到的用户设备使用的 APN和配置的 APN和行业用户的 对应关系, 获知所述用户设备对应的行业用户标识。
根据本实施例的一个实施方式, 如图 7所示, 该计费统计单元 72可以包括: 第一发送模块 721 ,用于将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给策略和计费执行功能实体 PCRF;
第一接收模块 722 ,用于接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用户的 计费规则;
第一统计模块 723 , 用于根据所述计费规则对所述行业用户进行计费统计。
巾- 第一发送模块 721还可以在将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给策略和计费执行功能 实体 PCRF的同时, 将接收到的用户设备标识发送给 PCRF; 第一接收模块 722还可以在接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用 户的计费规则的同时, 接收所述 PCRF根据所述用户设备标识产生的用户设备使用的计费 标识。
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第一统计模块 723用于在所述计费规则的统计模式为流量统计时,对行业用户的用户 设备进行流量计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的流量计费信息, 产生行业用户的流量计费 信息; 或者, 在所述计费规则的统计模式为时长统计时, 对行业用户的用户设备进行时 长计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的时长计费信息, 产生行业用户的时长计费信息。
另外:
第一统计模块 723还用于在所述计费规则的计费方法为在线计费时,将行业用户的流 量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给在线计费系统; 或者, 在所述计费规则的计费方法 为离线计费时, 将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给离线计费系统; 其 中:所述发送给在线计费系统或者离线计费系统的消息中包含所述计费规则的计费标识。
根据本实施例的另一个实施方式, 如图 8所示, 该计费统计单元 72可以包括: 第 '产生模块 821 , 用于产生行业用户的计费标识;
第一统计模块 822 ,根据所述行业用户的计费标识和配置的行业用户的计费规则对所 述行业用户进行计费统计。
在本实施方式中, 该计费统计单元 72还可以包括:
第二产生模块 823 , 用丁 ·产生所述用户设备的计费标识。
其中:
第二统计模块 823用于在所述计费规则的统计模式为流量统计时,对行业用户的用户 设备进行流量计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的流量计费信息, 产生行业用户的流量计费 信息; 或者, 在所述计费规则的统计模式为时长统计时, 对行业用户的用户设备进行时 长计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的时长计费信息, 产生行业用户的时长计费信息。
另外:
第二统计模块 823还用于在所述计费规则的计费方法为在线计费时,将行业用户的流 量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给在线计费系统; 或者, 在所述计费规则的计费方法 为离线计费时, 将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给离线计费系统; 其 中:所述发送给在线计费系统或者离线计费系统的消息中包含所述计费规则的计费标识。
本实施例的计费统计装置的各组成单元分别用于实现前述实施例二的方法的各步骤 的功能, 由于在实施例二中, 已经对各步骤进行了详细说明, 在此不再赘述。
在图 7或图 8所示的实施方式中, 该装置还可以包括:
发送单元 73 , 用于将计费统计的信息发送给计费系统。
本实施例的计费统计装置可以包含于计费统计网元 GGSN, 或者 PGW。
通过本实施例提供的计费统计装置, 大大降低了计费统计网元中的计费处理负荷, 保证计费统计网元的正常运行。 进一步地, 将基于行业用户的计费统计的信息发送给计 费系统, 既优化了 GGSN/PGW和计费系统之间的计费信令的处理, 大大减少了计费系统和 GGSN/PGW的处理负荷,又由于运营商只需要升级现网的 GGSN/PGW设备或者部署行业用户 使用的 GGSN/PDN GW就可实现基于行业用户的粒度、 行业用户的承载粒度或者行业用户 的流粒度的计费处理, 从而大大减少了运营商的投资, 有效地保护了运营商的投资。
结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的方法或算法的步骤可以直接用硬件、 处理器执行 的软件模块, 或者二者的结合来实施。 软件模块可以置于随机存储器 (RAM)、 内存、 只 读存储器(R0M)、电可编程 R0M、电可擦除可编程 R0M、寄存器、硬盘、可移动磁盘、 CD_R0M、 或技术领域内所公知的任意其它形式的存储介质中。
以上所述的具体实施例, 对本发明的目的、 技术方案和有益效果进行了进 ·步详细 说明, 所应理解的是, 以上所述仅为本发明的具体实施例而已, 并不用于限定本发明的 保护范围, 凡在木发明的精神和原则之内, 所做的任何修改、 等同替换、 改进等, 均应 包含在本发明的保护范围之内。

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权利要求
1、 一种计费统计方法, 其特征在于, 所述方法包括:
根据用户设备标识或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备对应的行业用户 标识;
对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
2、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述根据用户设备标识获知行业用户 标识具体为:
根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的用户设备和行业用户的对应关系,获知所述用 户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者,
根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的行业用户使用的用户设备列表,获知所述用户 设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者,
根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的分配给行业用户使用的用户设备的标识段对 应的行业用户, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识。
3、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述根据用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知行业用户标识具体为:
根据接收到的用户设备使用的 APN, 和配置的 APN和行业用户的对应关系, 获知所述 用户设备对应的行业用户标识。
4、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户 进行计费统计具体包括:
将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给策略和计费执行功能实体 PCRF;
接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用户的计费规则; 根据所述计费规则对所述行业用户进行计费统计。
5、 根据权利要求 4所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述行业用户的计费规则包括: 所述行业用户使用的计费标识; 和 /或,
所述行业用户的计费方法; 和 /或,
所述行业用户的统计模式。
6、 根据权利要求 4所述的方法, 其特征在于:
将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给策略和计费执行功能实体 PCRF的同时, 也将接收 到的用户设备标识发送给所述 PCRF;
接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用户的计费规则的同时, 也接 收所述 PCRF根据所述用户设备标识产生的用户设备使用的计费标识。
7、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户 进行计费统计具体包括:
产生行业用户的计费标识;
根据所述行业用户的计费标识和配置的行业用户的计费规则对所述行业用户进行 计费统计。
8、 根据权利要求 7所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户 进行计费统计进一步包括:
产生所述用户设备的计费标识。
9、 根据权利要求 4 8任一项所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户进行计费 统计包括:
如果所述计费规则的统计模式为流量统计,则对行业用户的用户设备进行流量计费 统计, 合并所述用户设备的流量计费信息, 产生行业用户的流量计费信息; 或者, 如果所述计费规则的统计模式为时长统计,则对行业用户的用户设备进行时长计费 统计, 合并所述用户设备的时长计费信息, 产生行业用户的时长计费信息。
10、 根据权利要求 9所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户进行计费统计还包 括- 如果所述计费规则的计费方法为在线计费,则将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长 计费信息发送给在线计费系统; 或者,
如果所述计费规则的计费方法为离线计费,则将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长 计费信息发送给离线计费系统; 其中:
所述发送给在线计费系统或者离线计费系统的消息中包含所述计费规则的计费标 识。
11、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用 户进行计费统计之后还包括:
将计费统计的信息发送给计费系统;
其中, 所述计费统计的信息包括:
行业用户标识, 行业用户使用的计费标识, 以及行业用户的计费信息; 或者, 行业用户使用的计费标识和行业用户的计费信息。
12、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述行业用户包括以下至少之一: 机器类型通信 MTC用户、 企业网用户、 用户组用户、 群组用户。
13、 一种计费统计装置, 其特征在于, 所述装置包括:
获知单元, 用于根据用户设备标识或用户设备使用的接入点名称 APN获知用户设备 对应的行业用户标识;
计费统计单元, 用于对所述行业用户标识对应的行业用户进行计费统计。
14、 根据权利要求 13所述的装置, 其特征在于, 所述获知单元包括:
第一获知模块,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的用户设备和行业用户的对 应关系, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者
第二获知模块,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的行业用户使用的用户设备 列表, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者,
第三获知模块,用于根据接收到的用户设备标识和配置的分配给行业用户使用的用 户设备的标识段对应的行业用户, 获知所述用户设备标识对应的行业用户标识; 或者 第四获知模块,用于根据接收到的用户设备使用的 APN和配置的 APN和行业用户的对 应关系, 获知所述用户设备对应的行业用户标识。
15、 根据权利要求 13所述的装置, 其特征在于, 所述计费统计单元包括: 第一发送模块, 用于将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给策略和计费执行功能实体 PCRF;
第一接收模块,用于接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用户的计 费规则;
第一统计模块, 用于根据所述计费规则对所述行业用户进行计费统计。
16、 根据权利要求 15所述的装置, 其特征在于:
所述第一发送模块在将所述获知的行业用户标识发送给 PCRF的同时, 也将接收到的 用户设备标识发送给 PCRF;
所述第一接收模块在接收所述 PCRF根据所述行业用户标识确定的所述行业用户的 计费规则的同时, 也接收所述 PCRF根据所述用户设备标识产生的用户设备使用的计费标 识。
17、 根据权利要求 13所述的装置, 其特征在于, 所述计费统计单元包括: 第一产生模块, 用于产生行业用户的计费标识;
第二统计模块,根据所述行业用户的计费标识和配置的行业用户的计费规则对所述 行业用户进行计费统计。
18、 根据权利要求 17所述的装置, 其特征在于, 所述计费统计单元还包括: 第二产生模块, 用于产生所述用户设备的计费标识。
19、 根据权利要求 15— 18任一项所述的装置, 其特征在于:
所述第一统计模块和所述第二统计模块用于在所述计费规则的统计模式为流量统 计时, 对行业用户的用户设备进行流量计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的流量计费信息, 产生行业用户的流量计费信息; 或者, 在所述计费规则的统计模式为时长统计时, 对行 业用户的用户设备进行时长计费统计, 合并所述用户设备的时长计费信息, 产生行业用 户的时长计费信息。
20、 根据权利要求 19所述的装置, 其特征在于:
所述第一统计模块和所述第二统计模块还用于在所述计费规则的计费方法为在线 计费时, 将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长计费信息发送给在线计费系统; 或者, 在 所述计费规则的计费方法为离线计费时,将行业用户的流量计费信息或者时长计费信息 发送给离线计费系统; 其中: 所述发送给在线计费系统或者离线计费系统的消息中包含 所述计费规则的计费标识。
21、 根据权利要求 13所述的装置, 其特征在于, 所述装置还包括:
发送单元, 用于将计费统计的信息发送给计费系统。
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