WO2014000272A1 - 计费信息处理方法和网关设备 - Google Patents
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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to a charging information processing method and a gateway device. Background technique
- 3GPP The 3 rd Generation Partnership Project , Third Generation Partnership Project
- SAE System Architecture Evolution, system architecture evolution
- the UE User Equipment
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- HSS Home Subscriber Server
- the UE or the MME initiates a process of establishing a bearer for transmitting user data.
- the MME notifies the S-GW (Serving Gateway) to establish a bearer for transmitting user data from the E-UTRAN to the P-GW (Packet Data Network Gateway).
- the notification message carries the address of the P-GW and the address information of the E-UTRAN network element where the user is located.
- the P-GW forwards the downlink data from the external PDN (Packet Data Network) to the UE through the bearer, and forwards the uplink data from the UE to the corresponding PDN.
- PDN Packet Data Network
- the UE may access the MME through the UTRAN or GERAN and SGSN (Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node), and may establish an Between the SGRAN and the SGSN through the UTRAN/GERAN, and the S-GW.
- GTP GPRS Tunnel Protocol
- the S-GW converts the GTP tunnel into a corresponding bearer connected to the P-GW for transmitting user data.
- the UTRAN can also establish a GTP tunnel that directly connects to the S-GW.
- the MME becomes a network element that only processes control plane signaling, and the S-GW and P-GW are mainly responsible for forwarding user planes. Data.
- the S-GW and the P-GW can be combined into one network element, which can be called a unified gateway (UGW).
- UGW unified gateway
- GTP-C GTP Control Plane
- PCF Policy and Charging Rules Function
- PCC Policy and Charging Control
- DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- the gateway In order to handle a large amount of interface signaling, the gateway adds a large amount of hardware such as a general-purpose computing processor chip to the dedicated hardware platform, which makes the hardware platform of the gateway device very complicated and costly, which is not conducive to the promotion of the mobile packet data network. deploy.
- hardware such as a general-purpose computing processor chip
- the control plane and the forwarding plane of the gateway are separated, that is, split into GW-C (gateway control plane) and GW-U (gateway forwarding plane) by function, GW-C and GW-
- the interface between U is defined as Sg.
- the GW-C completes the user access, the policy control, and the charging bill management.
- the GW-U is mainly responsible for forwarding the data, and performing the control and the first charging policy delivered by the control plane.
- the GW-U cannot send the collected accounting information to the GW-C through the Sg interface to generate an accounting bill, resulting in loss of accounting information.
- the embodiment of the invention provides a charging information processing method and a gateway device, which can improve the disaster tolerance of the system and ensure the reliability of the charging.
- the first aspect provides a charging information processing method, including: sending, to a gateway forwarding plane, a charging information identifier set for identifying charging information; and saving first charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where
- the first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, where the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set, and the second information saved by the gateway forwarding plane is saved by the gateway forwarding plane.
- the billing information, the second billing information carries a second billing information identifier, the second billing information identifier is an element of the billing information identifier set; and the first billing information label is And the second charging information identifier merges the first charging information and the second charging information.
- the first charging information and the second charging information are combined according to the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier, and the specific implementation may be implemented. for:
- the first charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane is saved, and the specific implementation may be: when detecting When the link forwarding plane has a link failure, the first charging information is saved; and the second charging information that is sent by the gateway forwarding plane and sent by the gateway forwarding plane is received, and the specific implementation may be:
- the first charging information that is sent by the gateway forwarding plane is saved, and the specific implementation may be: The forwarding plane sends the first message, and the first charging information is saved, where the first message is used to instruct the gateway forwarding plane to save the second charging information.
- the specific implementation before receiving the second charging information that is sent by the gateway forwarding plane and is saved by the gateway forwarding plane, the specific implementation may be:
- the recording charging information is lost, or the request message is sent to the gateway forwarding plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier. So that the gateway forwarding plane searches for the first charging letter according to the request message. The third billing information matched by the information.
- the request message is sent to the gateway forwarding plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier, so that the gateway forwarding plane is configured according to
- the requesting message searches for the third charging information that matches the first charging information, and the specific implementation may be:
- the gateway forwarding plane finds the third charging information, receiving the third charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the third charging information carries a third charging information identifier, where The third charging information is identified as an element of the charging information identification set, and the first charging information and the third meter are combined according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier.
- Fee information ;
- the gateway forwarding plane if the gateway forwarding plane does not find the third charging information, receiving a third message sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the specific implementation may be:
- the element of the charging information identifier set includes one or any combination of the following: a value generated by a gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a terminal address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context index.
- a second aspect provides a charging information processing method, including: receiving, by a control plane of a gateway, a charging information identifier set for identifying charging information; and sending, to the gateway control plane, first charging information, where The first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, where the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set; storing second charging information; and sending the second to the gateway control plane
- the billing information, the second billing information carries a second billing information identifier, and the second billing information identifier is an element of the billing information identifier set, so that the gateway control plane is based on the first meter
- the fee information identifier and the second billing information identifier merge the first billing information and the second billing information.
- the second charging information is saved, where the specific implementation may be: when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, saving the second charging information; to the gateway The control plane sends the second charging information, and the specific implementation may be: when detecting a link recovery with the gateway control plane, sending the location to the gateway control plane
- the second billing information is described.
- the specific implementation may be: receiving the first message sent by the gateway control plane;
- the saving the second charging information may be implemented as follows:
- the specific implementation may be:
- the specific implementation may be:
- the third charging information that matches the first charging information is searched according to the request message, and the specific implementation may be: And the third charging information is sent to the gateway control plane, where the third charging information carries a third charging information identifier, where the third charging information identifier is The fee information identifies an element of the set, so that the gateway control plane merges the first charging information and the third charging information according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier; And searching for the third charging information, sending a third message to the gateway control plane, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the specific implementation may be:
- the element of the charging information identifier set includes one or any combination of the following: a value generated by a gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a terminal address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context index.
- a charging information processing method including: sending a finger to a gateway forwarding plane And receiving the fourth charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the fourth charging information carries an indication identifier, where the indication identifier is an element of the indication identifier set; when detecting, forwarding with the gateway When a link fault occurs, it is determined according to the indication identifier whether the fourth charging information needs to be saved.
- the indication identifier set is sent to the gateway forwarding plane, and the specific implementation may be:
- the fourth aspect provides a charging information processing method, including: receiving a set of indication identifiers sent by a control plane of the gateway; sending fourth charging information to the control plane of the gateway, where the fourth charging information carries an indication identifier,
- the indication identifier is an element of the indication identifier set; when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, determining, according to the indication identifier, whether to save the link failure phase acquisition with the gateway control plane Fifth billing information.
- the receiving indicator set is sent by the control plane of the gateway.
- the specific implementation may be: receiving a charging policy sent by the gateway control plane, where the charging policy includes the indication identifier set.
- a method for processing a charging information including: receiving a first charging bill sent by a first gateway; sending a fourth message to the first gateway, where the fourth message is used to indicate the The first gateway saves the second charging CDR; and sends a fifth message to the first gateway, where the fifth message is used to indicate that the first gateway sends the second charging CDR; and the first gateway sends the first The second billing bill.
- the specific implementation may be:
- the sixth aspect provides a charging information processing method, including: sending a first charging bill to a charging gateway; receiving a fourth message sent by the charging gateway; and saving a second meter according to the fourth message The bill or the second bill is delayed according to the fourth message.
- the specific implementation may be:
- the seventh aspect provides a gateway control plane, including: a sending unit, configured to send, to the gateway forwarding plane, a charging information identifier set for identifying charging information; and a memory, configured to save the sending of the gateway forwarding plane a charging information, the first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set, and a receiving unit is configured to receive the gateway forwarding plane
- the second charging information saved by the gateway forwarding plane is sent, the second charging information carries a second charging information identifier, and the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set;
- the processor is configured to combine the first charging information saved by the memory and the second charging information received by the receiving unit according to the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier.
- the processor is specifically configured to combine the first charging saved by the memory according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier Information and the second charging information received by the receiving unit.
- the memory is specifically configured to: when the memory detects a link fault with the gateway forwarding plane , saving the first billing information;
- the receiving unit is specifically configured to: when the memory detects a link recovery with the gateway forwarding plane, receive the second charging information that is sent by the gateway forwarding plane and is saved by the gateway forwarding plane.
- the memory is specifically configured to: when the sending unit sends the first message to the gateway forwarding plane And saving the first charging information, where the first message is used to instruct the gateway forwarding plane to save the second charging information.
- the sending unit is further configured to: send, to the gateway forwarding plane, a second message, where the second message is used to indicate that the gateway forwards Transmitting the second charging information.
- the processor is further configured to: if the first charging information and the second charging information are successfully combined, generate a charging bill; if the first charging information and the second charging If the information merge fails, the accounting information is lost, or the sending unit is further configured to: send a request message to the gateway forwarding plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier, so that the network The off forwarding plane searches for the third billing information that matches the first billing information according to the request message.
- the receiving unit is further configured to: if the gateway forwarding plane finds the third charging information, receive the gateway forwarding plane Transmitting the third charging information, the third charging information carries a third charging information identifier, where the third charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set; And: combining the first charging information and the third charging information according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier;
- the receiving unit is further configured to: if the gateway forwarding plane does not find the third charging information, receive a third message sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the third message is used to indicate that charging information is lost. .
- the eighth aspect provides a gateway forwarding plane, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a charging information identifier set sent by the gateway control plane for identifying charging information, where the receiving unit sends the first sending unit and the second The sending unit sends the charging information identifier set; the first sending unit is configured to send first charging information to the gateway control plane, where the first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, where a charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set; a memory, configured to save second charging information; and the second sending unit is configured to send, to the gateway control plane, the first stored in the memory The second charging information carries the second charging information identifier, where the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set, so that the gateway control plane is according to the first The charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier merge the first charging information sent by the first sending unit and the second charging information sent by the second sending unit Interest.
- the memory is specifically configured to: when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, save the second charging information;
- the second sending unit is specifically configured to: when detecting a link recovery with the gateway control plane, send the second charging information to the gateway control plane.
- the receiving unit is further configured to: receive a first message sent by the gateway control plane;
- the memory is specifically configured to: save the second charging information according to the first message received by the receiving unit.
- the receiving unit is further configured to: receive a second message sent by the gateway control plane;
- the second sending unit is specifically configured to: send the second charging information to the gateway control plane according to the second message received by the receiving unit.
- the receiving unit is further used to Receiving a request message sent by the gateway control plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier;
- the gateway forwarding plane further includes a processor, and the processor is configured to search for third charging information that matches the first charging information according to the request message.
- the processor finds the third charging information, and sends the third charging information to the second sending unit
- the second sending unit is further configured to: send the third charging information to the gateway control plane, where the third charging information carries a third charging information identifier, and the third charging information identifier Identifying, by the charging information, an element of the set, so that the gateway control plane combines the first charging information and the third charging according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier Information
- the second sending unit is further configured to: send, to the gateway control plane, a third message, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost. .
- a gateway control plane including: a sending unit, configured to send an indication identifier set to a gateway forwarding plane; and a receiving unit, configured to receive fourth charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where The fourth charging information carries the indication identifier, where the indication identifier is an element of the indication identifier set, and the processor is configured to: when detecting a link fault with the gateway forwarding plane, determine, according to the indication identifier, whether it needs to be saved. The fourth charging information received by the receiving unit.
- the sending unit is specifically configured to: send a charging policy to a gateway forwarding plane, where the charging policy includes the indication identifier set.
- a gateway forwarding plane including: a receiving unit, configured to receive an indication identifier set sent by a gateway control plane; a sending unit, configured to send fourth charging information to the gateway control plane, where the The fourth charging information carries an indication identifier, where the indication identifier is an element of the indication identifier set received by the receiving unit, and a processor, configured to: when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, according to the The indication identifier received by the receiving unit determines whether it is necessary to save the fifth charging information collected in the link failure phase of the gateway control plane.
- the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receive a charging policy sent by a control plane of the gateway, where the charging policy includes the indication identifier set.
- the eleventh aspect provides a charging gateway, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first charging bill sent by the first gateway, and a sending unit, configured to send a fourth message to the first gateway, where The fourth message is used to indicate that the first gateway saves the second charging bill or is used to instruct the first gateway to delay sending the second billing information.
- the sending unit is further configured to: send a fifth message to the first gateway, where the fifth message is used to indicate that the first gateway sends a second charging bill;
- the receiving unit is further configured to: receive a second charging bill sent by the first gateway.
- a gateway including: a sending unit, configured to send a first charging bill to a charging gateway; a receiving unit, configured to receive a fourth message sent by the charging gateway; And saving the second charging bill according to the fourth message received by the receiving unit or delay sending the second charging bill according to the fourth message.
- the receiving unit is further configured to: receive a fifth message sent by the charging gateway;
- the sending unit is further configured to: send a second charging bill to the charging gateway according to the fifth message received by the receiving unit.
- the gateway control sends the charging information identifier set to the gateway forwarding plane, and the first billing information and the second meter saved by the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway forwarding plane respectively by the element gateway forwarding plane of the charging information identifier set
- the fee information is combined to generate a billing CDR, which can effectively improve the disaster tolerance and ensure the reliability of billing.
- FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for processing billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 12 is a block diagram of an apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a gateway control plane according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a structural block diagram of a gateway forwarding plane according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 15 is a block diagram showing the structure of a gateway control plane according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 16 is a structural block diagram of a gateway forwarding plane according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a structural block diagram of a charging gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a structural block diagram of a first gateway according to another embodiment of the present invention. detailed description
- GSM Global System of Mobile Communication
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- it can be used for the SGSN of the 2G/3G network, the GGSN, or the decoupling of the control plane and the forwarding plane of the S-GW, P-GW, etc. under the SAE architecture.
- the gateway control plane will be described by using the unified gateway control plane UGW-C in the SAE architecture of the 3GPP evolved network as an example, and the gateway forwarding plane will use the unified gateway forwarding plane UGW-U as The example is explained. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a gateway device decoupled from other network control planes and forwarding planes.
- FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for processing billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the method of Figure 1 is performed by a gateway control plane. 101. Send, to the gateway forwarding plane, a charging information identifier set for identifying charging information.
- the first charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane is saved, where the first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, and the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the second charging information carries a second charging information identifier, where the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the first charging information and the second charging information are combined according to the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier.
- the gateway control sends the charging information identifier set to the gateway forwarding plane, and the first billing information and the second meter saved by the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway forwarding plane respectively by the element gateway forwarding plane of the charging information identifier set
- the fee information is combined to generate a billing CDR, which can effectively improve the disaster tolerance and ensure the reliability of billing.
- the element of the charging information identifier set may include one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a user equipment address UE IP, a UE entry index, Or context indexing, etc. It should be understood that the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the selection of the identifier of the billing information and the manner of identifying the billing information.
- the charging policy may be sent to the gateway forwarding plane, where the charging policy includes a charging information identifier set, where the charging policy may be configured on the gateway control plane, or may be a PCRF (Policy) And the Charging Rules Function, the policy and the charging rule function, are actively sent to the control plane of the gateway, which is not limited by the present invention.
- the charging policy includes a charging information identifier set
- the charging policy may be configured on the gateway control plane, or may be a PCRF (Policy)
- Policy Policy
- the Charging Rules Function the policy and the charging rule function
- the first charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane may be saved, where the first charging is performed.
- the information carries the elements of the foregoing charging information identification set.
- the second charging information saved by the gateway forwarding plane sent by the gateway forwarding plane may be received when the link recovery occurs on the gateway forwarding plane, where the second charging information carries the charging information. Identifies the elements of the collection.
- the first message may be sent to the gateway forwarding plane, and the received first charging information is saved, where the first message is used to indicate that the gateway forwarding plane saves the received message.
- the second billing information collected after a message.
- sending a second message to the gateway forwarding plane where the second message is used to instruct the gateway forwarding plane to send the foregoing
- the second charging information carries the second charging information identifier, and the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set. Therefore, if the link between the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane fails, the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane save the accounting information in time, and the accounting information is not lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- a non-limiting example of the charging information processing method of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.
- the method for determining the charging information of the gateway forwarding plane and/or the gateway control plane is not limited, that is, the gateway forwarding plane and/or the gateway control plane are determined to save the charging information according to the manner. All fall within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
- the first charging information and the second charging information are combined according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier.
- the first charging information identifier is a value 5 generated by the gateway control plane
- the second charging information identifier carried by the second charging information is also 5, that is, the first charging information identifier is consistent with the second charging information identifier.
- the first charging information identifier is a value 2 generated by the gateway control plane and the UE ID h
- the second charging information carried in the second charging information identifies that the recorded UE ID is h, the first charging information is merged.
- second billing information is a value 2 generated by the gateway control plane and the UE ID h
- the gateway control plane presets the generated value 2 to match the UE ID h and notifies the gateway forwarding plane. If the first charging information identifier is the value 2 generated by the gateway control plane, and the second charging information identifier carried in the second charging information identifies the recorded UE ID as h, the first charging information and the second charging information may be combined. .
- first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be one or multiple, and the number of the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be equal, and The embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- the manner in which the gateway control plane combines the first charging information and the second charging information according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier is not limited.
- step 104 if the first charging information and the second charging information are successfully combined, the charging bill is generated, and the charging bill may be sent to the charging gateway, or You can save the billing CDR first. For example, when it is detected that the link between the gateway control plane and the charging gateway fails, the charging bill is saved. Or, save the charging bill according to the indication sent by the charging gateway.
- the charging information processing method of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.
- step 104 the first charging information and the second charging information are combined, and if the combining fails, the charging information may be recorded to be lost and/or the second charging may be recorded.
- the information is directly discarded; or the request message is sent to the gateway forwarding plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier, so that the gateway forwarding plane searches for the third charging information that matches the first charging information according to the request message.
- the gateway forwarding plane finds the third charging information, it receives the third charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, and the third charging information carries the third charging information identifier, according to the first charging information identifier and The third charging information identifier combines the first charging information and the third charging information. Further, the implementation manner of combining the first billing information and the third billing information according to the correspondence between the first billing information identifier and the third billing information identifier is as described above, and details are not described herein again. It should be understood that the element of the charging information identifier set may be one or more, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.
- the third charging information identifier may include one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a user equipment address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context index. If the third forwarding information is not found by the gateway forwarding plane, the third message sent by the gateway forwarding plane is received, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the gateway control plane actively sends a request message to the gateway forwarding plane, so that the gateway forwarding plane searches for matching charging information, and sends the matching charging information to the gateway control plane. In this way, the fault tolerance of the system can be effectively improved, and the reliability of the billing can be ensured.
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the method of Fig. 2 is performed by the gateway forwarding plane and corresponds to the method of Fig. 1, and thus the description overlapping with the embodiment of Fig. 2 will be omitted as appropriate.
- 201 Receive, by the gateway control plane, a charging information identifier set that is used to identify charging information.
- first charging information carries a first charging information identifier, where the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the second charging information carries a second charging information identifier, where the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set, so that the gateway control plane is according to the first
- the charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier combine the first charging information and the second charging information.
- the element of the charging information identifier set may include one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a user equipment address UE IP, a UE entry index, Or context indexing, etc. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are The selection of the identifier of the fee information and the manner of identifying the billing information are not limited.
- the charging policy sent by the gateway control plane may be received, where the charging policy includes a charging information identifier set, where the charging policy may be configured on the gateway control plane, or may be a PCRF initiative.
- the present invention is not limited to the gateway control plane.
- step 203 when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, starting to save the second charging information that the gateway forwarding plane will collect during the fault;
- the second charging information may be sent to the gateway control plane when detecting link recovery with the gateway control plane, where the second charging information carries an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the first message sent by the gateway control plane may be received, and the second charging information collected after the first forwarding message is received by the gateway forwarding plane is saved according to the first message.
- the second message sent by the gateway control plane is received, the second charging information is sent according to the second message, or the second charging information is sent to the gateway control plane according to a preset time limit.
- the second charging information carries an element of the charging information identification set. Therefore, when the link between the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane fails, the gateway forwarding plane saves the accounting information in time, and the accounting information is not lost. In this way, the disaster tolerance of the system is improved.
- the method for determining the charging information of the gateway forwarding plane is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, that is, the method for determining the gateway forwarding plane to store the charging information is not included in the scope of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the gateway forwarding plane receives the request message sent by the gateway control plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier, and the gateway forwarding plane searches according to the request message. Third charging information that matches the first charging information. Further, if the third charging information is found, the third charging information is sent to the gateway control plane, where the third charging information carries the third charging information identifier, so that the gateway control plane identifies and according to the first charging information. The third charging information identifier combines the first charging information and the third charging information, and generates a charging bill. If the third charging information is not found, the third message is sent to the gateway control plane, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the element of the charging information identifier set may be one or more, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.
- the third charging information identifier can be Including one or any combination of the following: a value generated by a gateway control plane, a user equipment identity UE ID, a user equipment address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context index.
- the gateway forwarding plane receives the request message actively sent by the gateway control plane, and the gateway forwarding plane searches for the matching charging information according to the request message, and sends the matching charging information to the gateway control plane. In this way, the fault tolerance of the system can be effectively improved, and the reliability of the billing can be ensured.
- the gateway control plane will be described by using the UGW-C in the SAE architecture of the 3GPP evolved network as an example, and the gateway forwarding plane will be UGW-U. Give an example for explanation. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a gateway device decoupled from other network control planes and forwarding planes.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the UGW-C sends a first charging policy to the UGW-U.
- the first charging policy includes a charging information identification set for identifying charging information.
- the element of the charging information identifier set may include one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the UGW-C, a UE ID (identification), a UE IP (Internet Protocol) address, and a UE entry index. , context index. It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the selection of the identifier of the charging information and the manner of identifying the charging information are not limited.
- the UGW-U sends the first charging information to the UGW-C.
- step 301 after receiving the first charging policy sent by the UGW-C, the UGW-U obtains the charging information identifier set.
- the UGW-U records the corresponding first charging information identifier in the collected first charging information, and sends the first charging information to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-C detects that the link of the Sg interface is faulty.
- the UGW-U detects that the link of the Sg interface is faulty.
- both the UGW-C and the UGW-U detect the link fault on the Sg interface.
- the UGW-C saves the first charging information.
- the UGW-U saves the second charging information.
- UGW-C saves the first billing letter sent by UGW-U received in step 302. Interest.
- the UGW-U collects the second charging information, records the corresponding second charging information identifier in the collected second charging information, and saves the second charging information.
- the UGW-C detects the link recovery of the Sg interface.
- the UGW-U detects the link recovery of the Sg interface.
- the UGW-U reads the second charging information.
- the UGW-U sends the second charging information to the UGW-C.
- both the UGW-C and the UGW-U detect the link recovery of the Sg interface.
- the UGW-U reads the second charging information, and sends the second charging information to the UGW-C, where the second charging information carries the second charging information identifier.
- the UGW-C combines the first charging information and the second charging information to generate a charging bill.
- the UGW-C receives the second charging information, finds the first charging information locally saved by the UGW-C according to the second charging information identifier, and combines the first charging information and the second charging information to generate a charging.
- Bill record For example, the first charging information identifier is a value 5 generated by the gateway control plane, and the second billing information identifier carried by the second billing information is also 5.
- the first charging information identifier is consistent with the second charging information identifier, and the UGW-C can find the first charging information locally saved by the UGW-C that matches the second charging information according to the second charging information identifier 5. And combining the first charging information and the second charging information.
- first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be one or multiple, and the number of the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be equal, and The embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- the manner in which the UGW-C merges the first charging information and the second charging information according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier is not limited.
- a charging bill is generated.
- the process may go to step 312, or the billing bill may be saved first.
- the charging bill is saved; or the charging bill is saved according to the indication sent by the charging gateway.
- the combination of the first charging information and the second charging information fails, the charging information may be lost and/or the second charging information may be directly discarded; or the request message is sent to the UGW-U, where the request message includes the first
- the charging information identifier the UGW-U searches for the third charging information that matches the first charging information according to the request message.
- the UGW-C sends a charging bill to the CG.
- the UGW-C sends a first charging policy to the UGW-U, where the first charging policy is performed.
- the policy includes a charging information identifier set, and the first forwarding information and the second charging information respectively saved by the UGW-C and the UGW-U are combined by the gateway forwarding plane by using the charging information to generate the charging.
- the bills can effectively improve the disaster tolerance and ensure the reliability of billing.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the UGW-C sends a first charging policy to the UGW-U.
- the first charging policy includes a charging information identification set for identifying charging information.
- the element of the charging information identifier set may include one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the UGW-C, a UE ID (identification), a UE IP (Internet Protocol) address, and a UE entry index. , context index. It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the selection of the identifier of the charging information and the manner of identifying the charging information are not limited.
- the UGW-U sends the first charging information to the UGW-C.
- step 401 after receiving the first charging policy sent by the UGW-C, the UGW-U obtains the charging information identifier set.
- the UGW-U records the corresponding first charging information identifier in the collected first charging information, and sends the first charging information to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-C sends a first message to the UGW-U indicating that the UGW-U saves the charging information.
- the UGW-C saves the first charging information.
- the UGW-U saves the second charging information.
- the UGW-C may send a first message to the UGW-U indicating that the UGW-U holds the charging information, while saving the received first charging information.
- the UGW-U saves the second charging information collected after receiving the first message according to the first message. And corresponding second accounting information identifier is recorded in the collected second charging information.
- the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane save the accounting information in time, and the accounting information will not be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- the UGW-C sends a second message to the UGW-U indicating that the UGW-U sends the charging information.
- the UGW-U reads the second charging information.
- the UGW-U sends the second charging information to the UGW-C.
- the second message is sent to the UGW-U, where the second message is used to instruct the UGW-U to send the second charging information.
- the UGW-U reads the second charging information according to the second message, and sends the second charging information to the UGW-C, where the second charging information carries the second charging information identifier.
- the UGW-C combines the first charging information and the second charging information to generate a charging bill.
- the UGW-C receives the second charging information, finds the first charging information locally saved by the UGW-C according to the second charging information identifier, and combines the first charging information and the second charging information to generate a charging. Bill record.
- the UGW-C may preset the correspondence between the elements of the charging identifier set and notify the UGW-IL. For example, the value 2 generated by the UGW-C matches the UE ID h.
- the UGW-C may find the first charging information locally saved by the UGW-C that matches the second charging information according to the second charging information identifier h, and merge the first charging information and the second charging information. .
- first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be one or multiple, and the number of the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier may be equal, and The embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- the manner in which the UGW-C merges the first charging information and the second charging information according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier is not limited.
- a charging bill is generated.
- the process may go to step 410, or the billing bill may be saved first.
- the charging bill is saved; or the charging bill is saved according to the indication sent by the charging gateway.
- the charging information may be lost and/or the second charging information may be directly discarded; or the request message is sent to the UGW-U, where the request message includes the first
- the charging information identifier the UGW-U searches for the third charging information that matches the first charging information according to the request message.
- the UGW-C sends a charging bill to the CG.
- the UGW-C sends a first charging policy to the UGW-U, where the first charging policy includes a charging information identifier set.
- the first forwarding information and the second charging information respectively saved by the UGW-C and the UGW-U can be combined to generate a charging bill by using the charging information to identify the gateway forwarding plane, thereby effectively improving the disaster tolerance capability. Guarantee the reliability of billing.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 5 the same or similar processes as those in Fig. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the corresponding description is omitted.
- 301-310 in the process of Figure 5 is similar to Figure 3.
- Figure 5 differs from Figure 3 in that:
- the UGW-C fails to combine the first charging information and the second charging information.
- the charging information may be recorded to be lost and/or the second charging information may be directly discarded; or the process proceeds to step 512.
- UGW-C sends a request message to UGW-U.
- a request message is sent to the UGW-U, and the request message includes a first billing information identifier.
- the UGW-U searches for the third charging information.
- the UGW-U searches for the third charging information matching the first billing information according to the request message sent by the UGW-C in step 512.
- the UGW-U sends the third charging information to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-C combines the first charging information and the third charging information to generate a charging bill.
- the UGW-C sends a charging bill to the CG.
- the UGW-C receives the third charging information sent by the UGW-U, and the third charging information carries the third charging information identifier, according to the first charging.
- the information identifier and the third billing information identifier combine the first billing information and the third billing information.
- the corresponding relationship of the first billing information and the second billing information is merged, and details are not described herein again.
- a charging bill is generated.
- the UGW-C sends the charging bill to the CG.
- UGW-C can also save the billing CDR first. For example, when it is detected that the link between the UGW-C and the charging gateway CG is faulty, the charging bill is saved.
- first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier may be one or multiple, and the number of the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier may be equal,
- the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- the manner in which the UGW-C merges the first charging information and the second charging information according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier is not limited.
- the UGW-U sends a charging information loss indication to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-C receives the third message sent by the UGW-U, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the UGW-U receives the request message that is sent by the UGW-C, and the UGW-U searches for the matching charging information according to the request message, and sends the information to the UGW-C. In this way, the fault tolerance of the system can be effectively improved, and the reliability of charging can be ensured.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the method of Figure 6 consists of The gateway control plane executes.
- the gateway control plane when detecting a link failure with the gateway forwarding plane, may not save the charging information of some users sent by the gateway forwarding plane according to the indication identifier and/or according to the indication identifier.
- the accounting information of a certain type of data service type sent by the gateway forwarding plane is saved.
- the gateway control plane may save only the charging information of some users sent by the gateway forwarding plane according to the indication identifier and/or save only the charging information of a certain type of data service type sent by the gateway forwarding plane according to the indication identifier. It should be understood that the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the indication manner of the indication identifier.
- the charging policy may be sent to the gateway forwarding plane, where the charging policy includes an indication identifier.
- the charging policy may be configured on the control plane of the gateway, or may be sent by the PCRF to the control plane of the gateway. The present invention does not limit this.
- the elements of the indication identifier set in the embodiment of the present invention may be one or more, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.
- some charging information may be saved or not saved when the link between the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane is faulty by indicating the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane. This increases the flexibility of billing.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention. The method of Figure 7 is performed by the gateway forwarding plane.
- the gateway forwarding plane when detecting a link fault between the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane, may not save the user that is collected in the link fault phase of the gateway control plane according to the indication identifier.
- Fee information and/or indications are not saved according to the indication and appear on the gateway control plane Accounting information of a certain type of data service type collected during the link failure phase.
- the gateway forwarding plane may save only the charging information of some users collected in the link failure phase of the gateway control plane according to the indication identifier, and/or save only one of the link fault phases collected at the gateway control plane according to the indication identifier.
- Billing information for the type of data service type It should be understood that the manner of indicating the indication is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the gateway control plane may be configured to send a charging policy, where the charging policy includes an indication identifier.
- the charging policy may be configured on the gateway control plane, or
- the PCRF is actively sent to the control plane of the gateway, which is not limited by the present invention.
- the elements of the indication identifier set in the embodiment of the present invention may be one or more, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.
- some charging information may be saved or not saved when the link between the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane is faulty by indicating the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane. This increases the flexibility of billing.
- the gateway control plane will be described by using UGW-C in the SAE architecture of the 3GPP evolved network as an example, and the gateway forwarding plane will be described by using UGW-U as an example.
- the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a gateway device decoupled from other network control planes and forwarding planes.
- the elements of the indication identifier set in the embodiment of the present invention may be one or more, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention. It should also be understood that the selection of the elements of the set of indications in the embodiments of the present invention is merely exemplary and not limiting of the embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the UGW-C sends a second charging policy to the UGW-U.
- the second charging policy includes indicating the identifier set.
- the element indicating the identifier set is not saved for the charging information with the UE ID being w.
- the UGW-U sends the fourth charging information to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-U collects the fourth charging information of the user whose UE ID is w, records w in the fourth charging information, and sends the fourth charging information to the UGW-C.
- the UGW-C detects that the Sg interface is faulty.
- the UGW-U detects that the link of the Sg interface is faulty.
- UGW-C and UGW-U are checked when the link between UGW-C and UGW-U fails.
- the link of the Sg interface is faulty.
- the UGW-C determines whether to save the fourth charging information.
- the UGW-C may not save the fourth charging information, and optionally, directly discard the fourth charging information.
- the UGW-U determines whether to save the fifth charging information.
- the UGW-U collects the fifth charging information of the user whose UE ID is w.
- the embodiment of the present invention can save or not save certain charging information when the link between the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane is faulty by indicating that the UGW-U and the UGW-C are identified. This increases the flexibility of billing.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of Figure 9 is performed by the billing gateway CG.
- Gateway entity Packet Data Serving Node
- WASN WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Access Serving Network, WiMAX Access Service Network
- UGW-C User Plane Call Control
- the fifth message may be sent to the first gateway, where the fifth message is used to indicate that the first gateway sends the second message.
- the second charging bill receives the second charging bill sent by the first gateway.
- the time of the delay may be preset by the charging gateway and notified to the first gateway, and may also be first.
- the gateway is preset, which is not limited by the present invention.
- the charging gateway instructs the first gateway to save the charging bill or delay the sending of the billing bill.
- the first gateway saves in time.
- the billing bill will not cause the billing bill to be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method for processing billing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 10 Executed by the first gateway.
- the first gateway may include a P-GW, a PDSN, a WASN or a UGW-C, and the like. It should be understood that the invention is not limited thereto.
- the fifth message sent by the charging gateway may also be received; and the second charging is sent to the charging gateway according to the fifth message. Bills.
- a non-limiting embodiment of the charging information processing method of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the example of FIG.
- the delay time may be preset by the charging gateway and notified to the first gateway, and may also be preset by the first gateway.
- the invention is not limited thereto.
- the charging gateway instructs the first gateway to save the charging bill or delay the sending of the billing bill.
- the first gateway saves in time.
- the billing bill will not cause the billing bill to be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- the first gateway will be described by taking UGW-C as an example. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the first gateway may also be a P-GW, a PDSN, or a WASN.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a process of a charging information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the UGW-C sends a first charging bill to the CG.
- the CG sends a fourth message indicating that the UGW-C saves the charging bill to the gateway.
- the UGW-C saves the second charging bill.
- the UGW-C receives the charging information sent by the UGW-U, and generates and saves the second charging bill.
- the CG sends a fifth message indicating that the UGW-C sends the charging bill to the gateway.
- the UGW-C reads the second charging bill.
- the UGW-C sends a second charging bill to the CG.
- the CG of the embodiment of the invention instructs the UGW-C to save the billing bill, when the UGW-C and the CG
- the UGW-C saves the accounting bills in time and does not cause the bills to be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- Example. The embodiments of the present invention can be applied to a gateway forwarding plane, a gateway control plane, a first gateway or a charging gateway in various communication systems.
- 12 illustrates an embodiment of a device, in which the device 1200 includes a transmit circuit 1202, a receive circuit 1203, a power controller 1206, a decode processor 1205, a processor 1206, a memory 1207, and an antenna 1201.
- the processor 1206 controls the operation of the device 1200, which may also be referred to as a central processing unit CPU or processor.
- Memory 1207 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to processor 1206. A portion of the memory 1207 may also include non-volatile line random access memory (NVRAM).
- device 1200 may be embedded or may itself be a wireless communication device such as a mobile telephone, and may also include a carrier that houses transmit circuitry 1202 and receive circuitry 1203 to allow for data transmission between device 1200 and a remote location. receive. Transmitting circuit 1202 and receiving circuit 1203 can be coupled to antenna 1201.
- bus system 1210 which in addition to the data bus includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1210 in the figure.
- Apparatus 1200 can also include a processor 1206 for processing signals, and further includes a power controller 1204, a decoding processor 1205. .
- Processor 1206 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities.
- each step of the foregoing method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1206 or an instruction in a form of software.
- the foregoing decoding processor may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic. Devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
- the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or executed.
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor, decoder or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may be directly implemented as a hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software modules can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory 1207.
- the decoding unit reads the information in the memory 1207, and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with the hardware.
- FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a gateway control plane according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the gateway control plane 1300 of FIG. 13 includes a transmitting unit 1301, a memory 1302, a receiving unit 1303, and a processor 1304.
- the sending unit 1301 is configured to send, to the gateway forwarding plane, a charging information identification set for identifying charging information.
- the memory 1302 is configured to save the first charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the first charging information carries the first charging information identifier, and the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the receiving unit 1303 is configured to receive the second charging information that is sent by the gateway forwarding plane and is saved by the gateway forwarding plane, where the second charging information carries the second charging information identifier, where the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set. .
- the processor 1304 is configured to identify the first charging information saved by the merged memory 1302 and the second charging information received by the receiving unit 1303 according to the first charging information identifier and the second charging information.
- the gateway control sends the charging information identifier set to the gateway forwarding plane, and the first billing information and the second meter saved by the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway forwarding plane respectively by the element gateway forwarding plane of the charging information identifier set
- the fee information is combined to generate a billing CDR, which can effectively improve the disaster tolerance and ensure the reliability of billing.
- the gateway control plane 1300 can implement the operations related to the gateway control plane in the embodiments of Figures 1 through 5, and therefore will not be described in detail to avoid repetition.
- the element of the charging information identifier set includes one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a terminal address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context. index.
- the processor 1304 is specifically configured to combine the first charging information saved by the memory 1302 and the received by the receiving unit 1303 according to the correspondence between the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier.
- the second billing information is described.
- the memory 1302 is specifically configured to save the first charging information; when the processor 1304 detects the forwarding plane with the gateway When the link recovery occurs, the receiving unit 1303 is specifically configured to receive the second charging information saved by the gateway forwarding plane and sent by the gateway forwarding plane.
- the sending unit 1301 sends the first cancellation to the gateway forwarding plane.
- the memory 1302 is specifically configured to save the first charging information, where the first message is used to instruct the gateway forwarding plane to save the second charging information.
- the sending unit 1301 is further configured to send a second message to the gateway forwarding plane, where the second message is used to instruct the gateway forwarding plane to send the second charging information.
- the gateway control plane and the gateway forwarding plane save the accounting information in time, and the accounting information will not be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- the processor 1304 is further configured to: if the first charging information and the second charging information are successfully combined, generate a charging bill; if the first charging information and the second charging information If the merge fails, the charging information is lost, or the sending unit 1301 is further configured to send a request message to the gateway forwarding plane, where the request message includes the first charging information identifier, so that the gateway forwarding plane searches for the first charging information according to the request message. Matching third billing information.
- the receiving unit 1303 is further configured to: if the gateway forwarding plane finds the third charging information, receive the third charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the third charging information carries the third meter.
- the fee information identifier, the third charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set; the processor 1304 is further configured to merge the first charging information and the third according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier Billing information.
- the receiving unit 1303 is further configured to: if the gateway forwarding plane does not find the third charging information, receive a third message sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the gateway control plane actively sends a request message to the gateway forwarding plane, so that the gateway forwarding plane searches for matching charging information, and sends the matching charging information to the gateway control plane. In this way, the fault tolerance of the system can be effectively improved, and the reliability of the billing can be ensured.
- FIG. 14 is a structural block diagram of a gateway forwarding plane according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the gateway forwarding plane 1400 of FIG. 14 includes a receiving unit 1401, a first transmitting unit 1402, a memory 1403, and a second transmitting unit 1404.
- the receiving unit 1401 is configured to receive a charging information identifier set sent by the gateway control plane for identifying charging information, and the receiving unit 1401 sends the charging information identifier set to the first sending unit 1402 and the second sending unit 1404.
- the first sending unit 1402 is configured to send the first charging information to the gateway control plane, where the first charging information carries the first charging information identifier, and the first charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set.
- the memory 1403 is configured to save the second billing information.
- the second sending unit 1404 is configured to send the second charging saved by the memory 1403 to the gateway control plane.
- the information that the second charging information carries the second charging information identifier, where the second charging information identifier is an element of the charging information identifier set, so that the gateway control plane merges according to the first charging information identifier and the second charging information identifier.
- the gateway control sends the charging information identifier set to the gateway forwarding plane, and the first billing information and the second meter saved by the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway forwarding plane respectively by the element gateway forwarding plane of the charging information identifier set
- the fee information is combined to generate a billing CDR, which can effectively improve the disaster tolerance and ensure the reliability of billing.
- the gateway forwarding plane 1400 can implement the operations related to the gateway forwarding plane in the embodiments of FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, and therefore, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described in detail.
- the element of the charging information identifier set includes one or any combination of the following: a value generated by the gateway control plane, a user equipment identifier UE ID, a terminal address UE IP, a UE entry index, or a context. index.
- the memory 1403 is specifically configured to: when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane, save the second charging information; the second sending unit 1404 is specifically configured to: when detecting and controlling the gateway When link recovery occurs, the second charging information is sent to the gateway control plane.
- the receiving unit 1401 is further configured to receive a first message sent by the gateway control plane, where the memory 1403 is specifically configured to save the second charging information according to the first message received by the receiving unit 1401. Further, the receiving unit 1401 is further configured to receive the second message sent by the gateway control plane. The second sending unit 1404 is specifically configured to send the second charging information to the gateway control plane according to the second message received by the receiving unit 1401.
- the gateway forwarding plane saves the accounting information in time, and the accounting information is not lost. In this way, the disaster tolerance of the system is improved.
- the receiving unit 1401 is further configured to receive a request message sent by the gateway control plane, where the request message includes a first charging information identifier, and the gateway forwarding plane may further include a processor 1405, where the processor 1405 is used. And searching for the third charging information that matches the first charging information according to the request message.
- the second sending unit 1404 is further configured to send to the gateway control plane.
- the third charging information, the third charging information carries the third charging information identifier, and the third meter
- the fee information is identified as an element of the charging information identification set, so that the gateway control plane combines the first charging information and the third charging information according to the first charging information identifier and the third charging information identifier;
- the second sending unit 1404 is further configured to send a third message to the gateway control plane, where the third message is used to indicate that the charging information is lost.
- the gateway control plane actively sends a request message to the gateway forwarding plane, so that the gateway forwarding plane searches for matching charging information, and sends the matching charging information to the gateway control plane. In this way, the fault tolerance of the system can be effectively improved, and the reliability of the billing can be ensured.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the structure of a gateway control plane according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the gateway control plane 1500 of Fig. 15 includes a transmitting unit 1501, a receiving unit 1502, and a processor 1503.
- the sending unit 1501 is configured to send the indication identifier set to the gateway forwarding plane.
- the receiving unit 1502 is configured to receive fourth charging information sent by the gateway forwarding plane, where the fourth charging information carries an indication identifier, where the indication identifier is an element indicating the identifier set.
- the processor 1503 is configured to determine, according to the indication, whether to save the fourth charging information received by the receiving unit, when detecting a link failure with the gateway forwarding plane.
- the gateway control plane 1500 can implement the operations related to the gateway control plane in the embodiments of Figs. 6 to 8, and therefore will not be described in detail in order to avoid redundancy.
- the sending unit 1501 is specifically configured to send a charging policy to the gateway forwarding plane, where the charging policy includes an indication identifier set.
- some charging information may be saved or not saved when the link between the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane is faulty by indicating the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane. This increases the flexibility of billing.
- the gateway forwarding plane 1600 of FIG. 16 includes a receiving unit 1601, a transmitting unit 1602, and a processor 1603.
- the receiving unit 1601 is configured to receive a set of indication identifiers sent by the gateway control plane;
- the sending unit 1602 is configured to send fourth charging information to the gateway control plane, where the fourth charging information carries an indication identifier, where the indication identifier is an element of the indication identifier set received by the receiving unit;
- the processor 1603 is configured to determine, according to the indication identifier received by the receiving unit 1601, whether to save the fifth charging information collected in the link failure phase of the gateway control plane when detecting a link failure with the gateway control plane.
- the gateway forwarding plane 1600 can implement the operations related to the gateway forwarding plane in the embodiments of FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, and therefore, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described in detail.
- the receiving unit 1601 is specifically configured to receive a charging policy sent by a gateway control plane, where the charging policy includes the indication identifier set.
- some charging information may be saved or not saved when the link between the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane is faulty by indicating the gateway forwarding plane and the gateway control plane. This increases the flexibility of billing.
- FIG. 17 is a structural block diagram of a charging gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the charging gateway 1700 of Fig. 17 includes a receiving unit 1701 and a transmitting unit 1702.
- the receiving unit 1701 is configured to receive a first charging bill sent by the first gateway.
- the sending unit 1702 is configured to send a fourth message to the first gateway, where the fourth message is used to indicate that the first gateway saves the second charging bill or is used to instruct the first gateway to delay sending the second charging information.
- the charging gateway 1700 can implement the operations related to the charging gateway in the embodiments of FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, and therefore, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described in detail.
- the sending unit 1702 is further configured to send a fifth message to the first gateway, where the fifth message is used to instruct the first gateway to send the second charging bill; the receiving unit 1701 is further configured to receive the first The second charging bill sent by the gateway.
- the charging gateway instructs the first gateway to save the charging bill or delay the sending of the billing bill.
- the first gateway saves the billing in time. The bill will not cause the billing bill to be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- FIG. 18 is a structural block diagram of a first gateway according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the first gateway 1800 of Fig. 18 includes a transmitting unit 1801, a receiving unit 1802, and a memory 1803. Gateway entity), PDSN (Packet Data Serving Node), WASN (WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Access Serving Network, WiMAX Access Service Network), or UGW-C, etc. It should be understood that the present invention does not limit this.
- the sending unit 1801 is configured to send the first charging bill to the charging gateway.
- the receiving unit 1802 is configured to receive a fourth message sent by the charging gateway.
- the memory 1803 is configured to save the second charging bill according to the fourth message received by the receiving unit or delay sending the second charging bill according to the fourth message.
- the first gateway 1800 can implement the operations related to the first gateway in the embodiments of FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, and therefore, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described in detail.
- the receiving unit 1802 is further configured to receive a fifth message sent by the charging gateway.
- the sending unit 1801 is further configured to send the second charging bill to the charging gateway according to the fifth message received by the receiving unit. .
- the charging gateway instructs the first gateway to save the charging bill or delay the sending of the billing bill.
- the first gateway saves the billing in time. The bill will not cause the billing bill to be lost. In this way, the system's disaster tolerance is improved.
- the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other ways.
- the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
- the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
- there may be another division manner for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed.
- the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be electrical, mechanical or otherwise.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solution of the embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
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