WO2016078449A1 - 一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置 - Google Patents

一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置 Download PDF

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WO2016078449A1
WO2016078449A1 PCT/CN2015/086941 CN2015086941W WO2016078449A1 WO 2016078449 A1 WO2016078449 A1 WO 2016078449A1 CN 2015086941 W CN2015086941 W CN 2015086941W WO 2016078449 A1 WO2016078449 A1 WO 2016078449A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of electronic information technology, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for interactive information in online charging.
  • OCS Online Charging System
  • the network device that is responsible for the CTF (Charging Trigger Function) needs to report the charging information to the OCS in real time. For example, after receiving the CCR message sent by the network device that bears the CTF, the OCS sends a CCA message carrying the Trigger (trigger condition) to the network device that undertakes the CTF. And the network device that is responsible for the CTF monitors whether the charging event corresponding to the Trigger occurs in real time, and the network device that assumes the CTF when the charging event occurs will report the charging information or the request information of the re-authorization to the OCS through the dynamic Trigger mechanism, thereby The OCS is enabled to obtain the charging information when the charging event occurs in real time.
  • Trigger Trigger condition
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for interacting information in online charging, which can reduce the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and reduce the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for interacting information in online charging, where the method includes:
  • the charging triggering function CTF device receives a credit control response CCA message that is sent by the online charging system OCS and carries a non-real-time triggering condition, and the CCA message is used to respond to the CTR message that is sent by the CTF device and carries the quota request CCR message.
  • the non-real-time triggering condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time triggering condition is to trigger the CTF device to record the before and after the occurrence of the corresponding event when the corresponding event occurs.
  • the fee information and does not trigger the CTF device to report the recorded charging information to the OCS;
  • the CTF device Before the CTF message is sent to the OCS, the CTF device records the charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition;
  • the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the recording, before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time triggering condition includes:
  • the CTF device saves the quota usage information and/or the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the information of the event corresponding to the condition is triggered in real time, and the information of the quota usage information after the occurrence of the non-real-time trigger condition and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition is restarted.
  • the method before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, the method further includes:
  • the CCR message includes at least two containers;
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the method before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, the method further includes:
  • the billing information before the occurrence of each event occurring at the same time is placed in the same container.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs The quota usage information of the corresponding rate group and/or information of events corresponding to all non-real-time trigger conditions.
  • the method before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, the method further includes:
  • the same partial information in the billing information of the different containers is placed outside the container.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition The quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the real-time trigger condition and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition sent by the OCS in the current reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time triggering condition The quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the occurrence of the piece and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition that the OCS has sent.
  • the eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect if the information in the container is the non-real-time trigger condition The information before the event occurs, and the non-real time trigger condition is further included in the container;
  • the container does not include any non-real-time trigger condition. .
  • each of the containers included in the CCR message respectively carries a serial number
  • the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order so that the OCS distinguishes the respective containers in chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • any one of the first to the ninth possible implementation manners of the first aspect in the tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, if the CCA message sent by the OCS is carried in When the real-time trigger condition and the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition are the same, the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS when the event occurs.
  • any one of the first to the tenth possible implementation manners of the first aspect in the eleventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the CTF device has received the OCS The non-real time trigger condition sent, the method further includes:
  • the CTF device When the CTF device receives the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries a new non-real-time trigger condition, the CTF device replaces the received non-real-time trigger condition with the new non-real-time trigger condition.
  • any one of the first to the eleventh possible implementation manners of the first aspect in the twelfth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,
  • the CTF device receives a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries an empty non-real-time trigger condition, where the empty non-real-time trigger condition does not correspond to any event;
  • the CTF device invalidates the currently used non-real time trigger condition.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for interacting information in online charging, where the method includes:
  • the online charging system OCS receives the charging trigger function.
  • the CTF device sends the quota. Requested credit control request CCR message;
  • the quota, the non-real-time triggering condition is that when the corresponding event occurs, the CTF device is triggered to record the charging information before and after the occurrence of the corresponding event, and the CTF device is not triggered to report to the OCS. Recorded billing information;
  • the CCS receives the CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and carries the charging information.
  • the CCR message that carries the charging information includes the charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time triggering condition.
  • the CCR message carrying the charging information includes at least two containers, and the events corresponding to the non-real-time triggering conditions are calculated before and after each occurrence Fee information, placed in separate containers.
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs The quota usage information of the corresponding rate group and/or information of events corresponding to all non-real-time trigger conditions.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition The quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the real-time trigger condition and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition sent by the OCS in the current reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition The quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the occurrence of the piece and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition that the OCS has sent.
  • the non-real time trigger condition is further included in the container,
  • the information in the container is information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition;
  • the information in the container is the information before the event that the non-real-time triggering condition is last occurred, until the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS. .
  • each of the containers included in the CCR respectively carries a serial number
  • the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order
  • the OCS distinguishes the respective containers in chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for interacting information in online charging, where the apparatus includes:
  • a receiving module configured to receive a credit control response CCA message that is sent by an online charging system OCS and that carries a non-real-time triggering condition, where the CCA message is used to respond to a CCR message sent by the CTF device that carries a quota request,
  • the non-real-time triggering condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time triggering condition is: when the corresponding event occurs, the triggering charging trigger function CTF device records before and after the corresponding event occurs. Accounting information, and does not trigger the CTF device to report the recorded charging information to the OCS;
  • a storage module configured to record billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, before sending the credit control request CCR message to the OCS next time;
  • a sending module configured to send a CCR message to the OCS, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time triggering condition.
  • the storage module is further configured to: before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, the non-real-time trigger condition
  • the billing information before and after each occurrence of the corresponding event is respectively placed in different containers, and the CCR message includes at least two containers;
  • the charging information includes: quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, and is not real-time.
  • a trigger condition one or more of the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location change, an assigned QoS value change, an accessed wireless network type change, a service gateway address One or more of a change, a service gateway type change, a time zone change of the user, and a service network PLMN change;
  • the information of the event corresponding to the non-real time trigger condition includes at least: a user location, an allocated QoS value, and an accessed The value of one or more of the wireless network type, the serving gateway address, the serving gateway type, the time zone in which the user is located, and the serving network PLMN.
  • the storage module is further configured to: when the events corresponding to the at least two non-real-time trigger conditions occur simultaneously, The billing information before the occurrence of each event occurring at the same time is placed in the same container.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs Quota usage information of the corresponding rate group and/or information of events corresponding to all non-real-time trigger conditions;
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all occurrences in the current reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and non-real-time trigger conditions sent by all the OCS Information about the corresponding event;
  • the device further includes: a processing module, configured to determine whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS; if yes, the different The same part of the information in the billing information of the container is placed outside the container.
  • a processing module configured to determine whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS; if yes, the different The same part of the information in the billing information of the container is placed outside the container.
  • any one of the first to third possible implementation manners of the third aspect in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, if the information in the container is the non- And the non-real-time trigger condition is further included in the container, where the real-time trigger condition corresponds to the information before the event occurs;
  • the container does not include any non-real-time trigger conditions.
  • any one of the first to the fourth possible implementation manners of the third aspect in a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, are respectively carried A serial number, the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS distinguishes the respective containers in chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • the receiving module is further configured to The CTF receives the CCA that is sent by the OCS and carries the new non-real-time trigger condition, where the CTF device has received the non-real-time trigger condition sent by the OCS;
  • the processing module is further configured to replace the received non-real-time trigger condition with the new non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the receiving module is further configured to receive the The CCA message sent by the OCS carrying an empty non-real-time trigger condition, the empty non-real-time trigger condition does not correspond to any event;
  • the processing module is further configured to invalidate the currently used non-real time trigger condition.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for interacting information in online charging, where the apparatus includes:
  • a receiving module configured to receive a credit control request CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and that carries the quota request
  • a processing module configured to determine a non-real-time trigger condition according to the quota request
  • a sending module configured to send, to the CTF device, a credit control response CCA message carrying a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, where the non-real-time trigger condition refers to
  • the CTF device is triggered to record the charging information before and after the occurrence of the corresponding event, and the CTF device is not triggered to report the recorded charging information to the online charging system OCS;
  • the receiving module is further configured to receive a CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and that carries charging information, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each event of the non-real-time triggering condition.
  • the carrying The CCR message of the billing information includes at least two containers; the billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition is respectively placed in a different container;
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the information in the container includes: the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs Quota usage information of the corresponding rate group and/or information of events corresponding to all non-real-time trigger conditions;
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all occurrences in the current reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and non-real-time trigger conditions sent by all the OCS Corresponding event information.
  • any one of the first to the second possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect in a third possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, if the container further includes the non-real time a triggering condition, where the information in the container is information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition occurs;
  • the information in the container is the information before the event that the non-real-time triggering condition is last occurred, until the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS. .
  • each of the containers included in the CCR respectively carries a serial number
  • the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order
  • the OCS distinguishes the respective containers in chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • the method and device for interacting information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time trigger condition, and record the non-real-time trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS every time the event corresponding to the condition occurs, so that the CTF device does not need to report to the OCS every time the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition occurs.
  • Fee information can record the charging information before and after the event, and need to report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, compared to the solution for reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is sent to the OCS in a CCR message, so that the CTF device can report the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency of interaction also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are flowcharts of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are flowcharts of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are flowcharts of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10a is a flowchart of information interaction of a specific application scenario according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart of another method for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for interacting information in online charging according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a CTF device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an OCS device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the embodiment of the present invention may be applied to an online charging system, where the online charging system includes at least a CTF device and an OCS, where the CTF device is a network device that can perform a charging trigger function, for example, a GGSN (Gateway GSN, gateway)
  • GGSN Gateway GSN, gateway
  • a device capable of performing a charging trigger function, such as a GSN), a P-GW (Packet Data Network Gateway), a PDG (Packet Data Gateway), or the like, may be referred to as a CTF device in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the specific type and device model of the CTF device can be selected according to a specific network environment.
  • the GGSN can be used as a CTF device; (Evolved Packet Core) network, P-GW can be used as CTF device; in WLAN (Wireless) In Local Area Networks (WLAN), ePDG can be used as a CTF device.
  • the CBR device sends a CCR (Credit Control Request) message to the OCS for convenience of description.
  • the OCS sends a CCA (Credit Control Answer) message to the CTF device for explanation.
  • the CCR message and the CCA message may carry the information or the data content required to be exchanged in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the CCR message may carry the quota request of the specified rate group; the CCA message may carry the quota authorization information and trigger.
  • the condition is (Trigger), so that the CTF device monitors the event corresponding to the Trigger according to the received CCA message, and sends a CCR message to the OCS for the event that occurs, the CCR message carries the reported charging information, and the OCS sends the information to the CTF device.
  • Trigger Trigger
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a method for interacting information in online charging. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes:
  • the charging trigger function The CTF device receives the credit control response CCA message that is sent by the online charging system OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the CCA message is used to respond to a CCR message sent by the CTF device that carries a quota request, where the non-real-time Trigger corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time Trigger refers to When the corresponding event occurs, the CTF device is triggered to record the charging information before and after the occurrence of the corresponding event, and the CTF device is not triggered to report the recorded charging information to the OCS.
  • the corresponding event may be one or more preset events, such as one or more of the following:
  • the CTF device receives a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries a change of the user's location, or carries a CCA message that changes the user group information and changes the time zone of the user.
  • non-real-time Trigger can be implemented in multiple ways
  • a non-real-time Trigger is represented by a new Trigger format (here, Record-Trigger is taken as an example) different from the existing Trigger format:
  • the existing Trigger format may be modified, and a sub-AVP is added to indicate a non-real-time Trigger (here, Deferred-Trigger-Type is taken as an example), which includes one or more specific non-real-time Triggers. (contains one or more child Trigger-Type):
  • the non-real-time Trigger is included in the Deferred-Trigger-Type.
  • the CTF device After receiving the AVP, the CTF device includes the non-real-time Trigger in the Deferred-Trigger-Type from the Trigger list of the Trigger-Type sub-AVP of the Trigger AVP. Excluded, the remaining Trigger is used as a real-time Trigger.
  • the existing Trigger format may be modified, and the non-real-time Trigger is specified by means of grouping (the non-real-time Trigger is indicated by Non-Real-Trigger, and the real-time Trigger is indicated by Real-Trigger):
  • the CTF device may also determine whether the corresponding event needs to be monitored according to the service usage of the user, if the corresponding event does not need to be monitored, CTF devices ignore non-real-time Trigger.
  • the CTF device records, before the CCR message is sent to the OCS, the charging information before and after each event of the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the CTF device can obtain the charging information recorded in the CTF device when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, and the non-real-time Trigger corresponds to the event that the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS.
  • the granularity adopted by the CTF device to record the charging information may be the Rating Group granularity, or the Rating Group granularity and the Service ID granularity, and the granularity of the network device records of the CTF and the reported granularity are consistent, and the recording is performed.
  • the granularity of the report may be the reporting granularity specified in the charging rule delivered by the Policy and Charging Function (PCRF).
  • the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS.
  • the CCR message includes charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and the CTF sends the CCR message to the OCS when the reporting condition is met.
  • the reporting conditions here may be: quota exhaustion, quota expiration, event corresponding to the real-time Trigger, and the like.
  • the CTF device encapsulates the charging information before and after each event, for example, if the reporting granularity is the Rating Group granularity, the charging information of the Rating Group granularity is encapsulated;
  • the reporting granularity is the intersection of the Rating Group and the Service ID, and the accounting information of the intersection of the Rating Group and the Service ID is encapsulated.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence. Billing information.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • 102 may be specifically implemented as 1021 as shown in FIG. 2:
  • the CTF device saves the quota usage information and/or the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, each time the non-real-time Trigger corresponding event is detected.
  • the information of the event corresponding to the condition is triggered in real time, and the information about the quota usage information after the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition is restarted.
  • the CTF device may save the quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the occurrence of the non-real-time trigger condition, and the CTF device may save the CCR message to the OCS.
  • the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and the information about the quota usage information recorded in the CTF device and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, and the non-real-time Trigger corresponding The information about the quota usage information and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event occurs, and after obtaining the quota usage information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition,
  • the recording process of the charging information is restarted, and the information of the quota usage information after the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger and/or the event corresponding to the non-
  • a method for interacting information in online charging can pass a CTF device Receiving the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carrying the non-real-time Trigger, before the CCR message is sent to the OCS, the CTF device saves the quota usage information and/or the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the non-real-time Trigger occurs.
  • the information about the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger is recorded, and the information about the quota usage after the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger is restarted, and the recorded charging information is carried to the OCS.
  • the CCR message is such that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after each event of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the CCR message includes at least two containers.
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the CCR message includes charging information before and after each event of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and the CCR message includes at least two containers, and the CTF device generates the charging information and the occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger event.
  • the post-billing information is placed in different containers. If there are multiple non-real-time Trigger events, there will be a corresponding number of containers recorded each time.
  • the charging information before the event corresponding to the Trigger occurs, and there is a container that records the information before the event that the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS after the last occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the CTF device before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, the CTF device may be implemented as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 on the basis of any implementation manner as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. Any of the implementations shown:
  • the billing information before the occurrence of each event occurring at the same time is placed in the same container.
  • the CTF device combines the billing information corresponding to the plurality of non-real-time Triggers, so that the record information is reported to the OCS as a container.
  • the information in the container includes: a rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger Quota usage information and/or information about all events corresponding to non-real-time Trigger.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information is sent to the OCS in different containers in a CCR message, so that the CTF device can report the charging information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency of information exchange between them also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the implementation may be implemented as shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8. the way:
  • the CTF device determines whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers.
  • the same part of the billing information of the different containers is placed outside the container.
  • the billing information in the different containers is not processed.
  • the CTF device determines the charging information, and determines whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers. If some accounting information in different containers reported by the same CCR message is the same, The same billing information is placed outside the container and reported as a PS-information level, thereby avoiding the reporting of a large amount of duplicate information.
  • Each Service-Data-Record may correspond to a non-real-time Trigger or a plurality of concurrent non-real-time Trigger billing information sets before or after the occurrence, if any of the Service-Data-Record in the PS-information A parameter with the same value, such as Location, carries only one Location AVP at the PS-information level, and the Location AVP is no longer carried in all Service-Data-Records.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the billing information before and after each occurrence is placed in different containers, and the same part of the information of the different containers is placed outside the container, and the CCR carrying the recorded billing information is sent to the OCS.
  • the message is such that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after each event of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event occurs in the event that the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, and the charging information is respectively placed in different containers. And placing the same part of the information in the different container's billing information outside the container, reducing the storage resource, and carrying the billing information before and after the event is carried in a time when the billing information needs to be reported to the OCS. Reporting to the OCS in the CCR message to avoid the CTF device Frequent reporting of accounting information to the OCS reduces the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the information in the container may include: the non-real-time Trigger corresponding to the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger The quota usage information of the rate group and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS in the current reporting period.
  • the current reporting period is the time interval from the last reporting of the charging information to the reporting of the charging information next time.
  • the billing information in the container is divided into the quota usage information and the information corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the report only the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger delivered by the OCS and the quota usage information are carried in the container.
  • the information of events corresponding to non-real-time Triggers that are not delivered or not generated by other OCSs is not carried, and information of events corresponding to non-real-time Triggers that are not carried by these containers may be carried outside the container.
  • the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS changes the Location. If a Location change occurs in a reporting period, when the report is triggered, the container only encapsulates the information and quota usage information before and after the change of the Location.
  • the value of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger is not carried in the PS-information level, and the value of the event corresponding to the other non-real-time Trigger is the current information, as shown in Table 2:
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the billing information before the occurrence of each event occurs in the same container, and sends a CCR message carrying the recorded billing information to the OCS, so that the CTF device goes to the OCS every time.
  • the reported CCR message carries the charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and the events that occur at the same time, when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, compared with the prior art.
  • the accounting information before the occurrence is placed in the same container, and the occupied container is reduced.
  • the charging information of each event before and after the event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS.
  • the CTF device is prevented from reporting the charging information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the information in the container may further include: the non-real-time Trigger corresponding to the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, corresponding to the implementation manner as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG.
  • the non-real-time Trigger corresponding event sent by all OCSs is carried in the container before the non-real-time Trigger occurs, where the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs.
  • the value of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger that does not occur does not carry the value of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger that the other OCS does not deliver.
  • the container that encapsulates the charging information of the last non-real-time Trigger corresponding event to the reporting point may carry the value of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS, or does not carry any non-real-time Trigger.
  • the value of the event wherein the value of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger that is not carried by the container is carried in the PS-information level parameter.
  • the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS changes the Location and the QoS changes. If a Location change occurs in a reporting period, the container will simultaneously encapsulate the Location value before and after the change of the Location.
  • QoS value other OCS does not deliver information corresponding to non-real-time Trigger, such as: time zone, service gateway change, etc., carried in the PS-information level, and the values of events corresponding to other non-real-time Trigger are current information, as shown in Table 3 Shown as follows:
  • the container further includes the non-real-time Trigger;
  • the container does not include any non-real-time Trigger.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the billing information recorded by the CTF device is sent to the OCS and the recorded billing is carried to the OCS before the last occurrence of the billing information, and the event that is not generated by the non-real-time Trigger, until the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS.
  • the information CCR message is such that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after each event of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event occurs when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, and the event occurs last time after the event occurs. Until the CTF device sends the information before the CCR message to the OCS, and when the accounting information needs to be reported to the OCS, the charging information of each event before and after the event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS, thereby avoiding frequent CTF devices. Reporting the charging information to the OCS reduces the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • each container included in the CCR message may carry a serial number, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS is based on the sequence number of the respective containers according to the chronological order. Distinguish the individual containers.
  • Each container carries a serial number so that the OCS can distinguish each container based on the serial number.
  • the OCS can also identify the container for the charging information after the last non-real-time Trigger change according to the Trigger information carried by the container, that is, whether the Trigger-type is carried, or the serial number of the container.
  • the CTF device places the billing information corresponding to multiple non-real-time Triggers in the same container at the same time, so that the OCS can know the concurrent events.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • Each time before the occurrence of the charging information, and each of the containers included in the CCR message carries a serial number, and sends a CCR message carrying the recorded charging information to the OCS, so that the CTF device reports the CCR message to the OCS every time. It carries the billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention is capable of recording the charging information before and after the event occurs, and the CCR message includes the foregoing, when the event corresponding to the event is reported in the CCR message.
  • Each container carries a serial number, so that the OCS can distinguish the containers according to the serial number of each container according to the chronological order, and when the accounting information needs to be reported to the OCS, the accounting information before each occurrence of the event.
  • the information is transmitted to the OCS in a CCR message, so that the CTF device frequently reports the charging information to the OCS, which reduces the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and also reduces the information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS. pressure.
  • the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS, that is, the CTF device takes it as Real-time Trigger.
  • the CTF device When the CTF device receives the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the new non-real-time Trigger, the CTF device replaces the received non-real-time Trigger with the new non-real-time Trigger.
  • the OCS sends a non-real-time Trigger to the CTF device during the charging session declaration period, and the non-real-time Trigger is still in effect.
  • the new non-real-time Trigger replaces the non-real-time Trigger that was delivered before. Real-time Trigger is invalid.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS. The frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • FIG. 1 is taken as an example, and the implementation manner shown in FIG. 9 can also be implemented:
  • the CTF device receives a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries an empty non-real-time Trigger.
  • the empty non-real-time Trigger does not correspond to any event.
  • the CTF device invalidates a non-real-time Trigger currently used.
  • the CCS sends a CCA message carrying an empty non-real-time Trigger to the CTF device, where the empty non-real-time Trigger does not carry any specific event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, the CTF device invalidates all non-real-time Trigger currently used. .
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence.
  • Charging information when the CTF device receives a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries an empty non-real-time Trigger, the CTF device invalidates the currently used non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for interacting information in online charging. As shown in FIG. 10, the method includes:
  • the online charging system OCS receives the charging triggering function CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and carries the quota request.
  • the OCS determines a non-real-time Trigger according to the quota request, and sends a CRM message carrying a non-real-time Trigger to the CTF device.
  • the non-real-time Trigger corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time Trigger refers to: when the corresponding event occurs, triggering the CTF device to record the charging information before and after the event occurs, and The CTF device is not triggered to report the recorded charging information to the OCS.
  • the OCS receives a CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and carries charging information.
  • the CCR message includes an event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before and after each occurrence of the event. Billing information.
  • the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS; the OCS sends a CCA message to the CTF device; wherein the CCR message can carry the quota request of the specified rate group, the CCA message can carry the quota authorization information and the Trigger; the CTF device receives the CCA according to the received The message monitors the event corresponding to the Trigger, and sends a CCR message to the OCS when the event corresponding to the Trigger occurs.
  • the CCR message carries the charging information encapsulated by the report; the OCS sends the CTF device to confirm the received charging information. CCA message.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence. Billing information.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • 203 may be specifically implemented as 2031 as shown in FIG. 11:
  • the quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger is saved, and the stored usage information of the non-real-time Trigger is saved. And the information about the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and the information about the quota usage information after the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and the CTF device saves the non-real time before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • Rates for non-real-time Trigger before Trigger occurs The quota usage information of the group and/or the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and restarts recording the quota usage information after the non-real-time Trigger occurs and/or the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and records the non-real-time Trigger
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, and the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time. Billing information before and after the occurrence.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the CCR message carrying the charging information includes at least two containers; and the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs before and after each occurrence. Billing information is placed in separate containers.
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the information in the container may include: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the occurrence of the non-real-time Trigger and/or information of events corresponding to all non-real-time Triggers.
  • the information in the container may further include: a plurality of non-real-time Triggers, which means that the events corresponding to the plurality of non-real-time Triggers occur simultaneously, and the charging information of the container is before the occurrence of the events corresponding to the multiple non-real-time Trigger Billing information.
  • the information in the container may further include: a location before the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger The quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition and the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS;
  • the information in the container may further include: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger, and events corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS. Information. That is, regardless of whether the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger sent by the OCS occurs, the non-real-time Trigger is included in the container as long as it is delivered by the OCS.
  • the information in the container includes quota usage information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the information in the container is information after the last occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger until the CTF device sends a CCR message to the OCS.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information is sent to the OCS in a different container in a CCR message, so that the CTF device frequently reports the charging information to the OCS, thereby reducing the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency of information exchange between them also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • Each of the containers included in the CCR message carries a serial number, the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are used by the OCS according to the serial number of the respective containers according to the chronological order. Distinguish the individual containers.
  • a method for interacting information in online charging can receive a CCA message that is sent by an OCS and carries a non-real-time Trigger through a CTF device, and send a CCR to the OCS next time.
  • the accounting information of each event before and after the non-real-time Trigger event is recorded, and each container included in the CCR message carries a serial number, and sends a CCR message carrying the recorded charging information to the OCS, so that
  • the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after each event of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention is capable of recording the charging information before and after the event occurs, and the CCR message includes the foregoing, when the event corresponding to the event is reported in the CCR message.
  • Each container carries a serial number, so that the OCS can distinguish the containers according to the serial number of each container according to the chronological order, and carry the billing information before and after the event in a CCR when the billing information needs to be reported to the OCS.
  • the message is reported to the OCS, so that the CTF device frequently reports the charging information to the OCS, which reduces the frequency of information exchange between the CTF device and the OCS, and reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • an implementation manner as shown in FIG. 12 may also be included:
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from frequently reporting the accounting information to the OCS, and reduces the information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency of interest exchange also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • an implementation manner as shown in FIG. 13 may also be included:
  • the OCS sends a CCA message carrying an empty non-real-time Trigger to the CTF device.
  • the empty non-real-time Trigger does not correspond to any event, so that the CTF device invalidates the currently used non-real-time Trigger after receiving the CCA message carrying the empty non-real-time Trigger.
  • the method for receiving the information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence.
  • Charging information when the CTF device receives a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries an empty non-real-time Trigger, the CTF device invalidates the currently used non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus 15 for applying online exchange information in a CTF device.
  • the apparatus 15 may include: a receiving module 151, a storage module 152, and a sending module 153. Processing module 154. among them:
  • the receiving module 151 is configured to receive a credit control response CCA message that is sent by the online charging system OCS and that carries a non-real-time trigger condition, where the CCA message is used to respond to the CTC message that is sent by the CTF device and carries a quota request CCR message.
  • the non-real-time triggering condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time triggering condition is: when the corresponding event occurs, the charging triggering function CTF device is triggered to record the charging information before and after the event occurs. And does not trigger the CTF device to the The OCS reports the recorded charging information;
  • the storage module 152 is configured to record, before the next time the credit control request CCR message is sent to the OCS, the billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition;
  • the sending module 153 is configured to send a CCR message to the OCS, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time triggering condition.
  • the storage module 152 is configured to: when the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding event occurs, the CTF device saves the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs.
  • the storage module 152 is further configured to: before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, separately place the charging information before and after the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the CCR message includes at least two containers;
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the storage module 152 is further configured to: when the events corresponding to the at least two non-real-time trigger conditions occur simultaneously, place the billing information before the occurrence of each event in the same container.
  • the information in the container may include: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, and/or all non-real time The information of the event corresponding to the trigger condition.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all occurrences of the OCS in the current reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and events corresponding to all non-real-time trigger conditions that the OCS has sent. information.
  • the processing module 154 is configured to determine, before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers; if yes, the different containers are counted The same part of the information in the fee information is placed outside the container
  • the container further includes the non-real-time trigger condition; if the information in the container is After the last occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, until the CTF device sends the information before the CCR message to the OCS, the container does not include any non-real-time trigger condition.
  • each of the containers included in the CCR message carries a serial number, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS distinguishes the chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • Individual containers carries a serial number, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS distinguishes the chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • the sending module 153 is further configured to: when the real-time trigger condition carried in the CCA message sent by the OCS is the same as the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, when the event occurs, the OCS is generated. Send the CCR message.
  • the receiving module 151 is further configured to: when the CTF receives the CCA that is sent by the OCS and carries a new non-real-time trigger condition, where the CTF device has received the OCS
  • the non-real-time trigger condition is further used by the processing module 154 to replace the received non-real-time trigger condition with the new non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the receiving module 151 is further configured to receive a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and that carries an empty non-real-time trigger condition, where the empty non-real-time trigger condition does not correspond to any event; the processing module 154, Also used to invalidate the non-real-time trigger conditions currently in use.
  • the device for interacting information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • Billing information before and after each occurrence, and to OCS The CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information of each event before and after the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a device 16 that can be applied to the online charging in the OCS device.
  • the device 16 may include: a receiving module 161, a processing module 162, and a sending module 163. ,among them:
  • the receiving module 161 is configured to receive a credit control request CCR message that is sent by the charging trigger function CTF device and that carries the quota request.
  • the processing module 162 is configured to determine a non-real-time trigger condition according to the quota request
  • the sending module 163 is configured to send, to the CTF device, a credit control response CCA message carrying a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time trigger condition is
  • the CTF device is triggered to record the charging information before and after the event occurs, and the CTF device is not triggered to report the recorded charging information to the online charging system OCS.
  • the receiving module 161 is further configured to receive a CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and that carries the charging information, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each event of the non-real-time triggering condition.
  • the CCR message carrying the charging information includes at least two containers; the charging information before and after each event of the non-real-time triggering condition is placed in a different container.
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location Change, assigned QoS value change, access to wireless network type change, service One or more of a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a time zone change of the user, and a service network PLMN change; the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition includes at least: a user location, an allocated QoS value, and a location The value of one or more of the wireless network type of access, the service gateway address, the type of service gateway, the time zone in which the user is located, and the serving network PLMN.
  • the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location Change, assigned QoS value change, access to wireless network type change, service One or more of a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a time zone change of the user, and
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, and/or all non-real-time triggers Information about the event corresponding to the condition.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and the current All information corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition sent by the OCS in the reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all the Information about the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition that the OCS has sent.
  • the information in the container is information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition; if the container does not include any The information in the container is the information before the event that the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS after the last occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • each of the containers included in the CCR respectively carries a serial number
  • the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order
  • the OCS distinguishes the respective containers according to the serial number of the respective containers according to chronological order.
  • the device for interacting information in the online charging can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger every time before and after the occurrence.
  • Billing information can record the charging information before and after the event occurs when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, and compares the need for the event information to be generated in real time.
  • the accounting information is sent to the OCS in a CCR message.
  • the CTF device frequently reports the accounting information to the OCS, which reduces the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency of information exchange also reduces the pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a structure of a CTF device 170.
  • the CTF device 170 includes: at least one processor 171, such as a CPU, at least one network interface 174 or other user interface 173, and a memory 175.
  • Communication bus 172 is used to implement connection communication between these components.
  • a user interface 173 is also included, including a display, a keyboard or a pointing device (eg, a mouse, a trackball, a touchpad, or a tactile display).
  • the memory 175 may include a high speed RAM memory and may also include a non-volatile memory such as at least one disk memory.
  • the memory 175 can optionally include at least one storage device located remotely from the aforementioned processor 171.
  • the memory 175 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or their extended set:
  • Operating system 1751 including various system programs for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks;
  • the application 1752 includes various applications for implementing various application services.
  • the application 1752 includes, but is not limited to, a receiving module 151, a storage module 152, a sending module 153, and a processing module 154.
  • each module in the application 1752 refers to the corresponding modules in the embodiment shown in FIG. 15 , and details are not described herein.
  • the network interface 174 is configured to: receive a credit control response CCA message that is sent by the online charging system OCS and that carries a non-real-time trigger condition, where the CCA message is used to respond to the credit control that is sent by the CTF device and that carries the quota request.
  • the non-real-time triggering condition is corresponding to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time triggering condition is: when the corresponding event occurs, triggering the charging trigger function CTF device to record the corresponding The charging information before and after the event occurs, and does not trigger the CTF device to report the recorded charging information to the OCS;
  • the storage unit 175 is configured to record, before the next time the CCR message is sent to the OCS, the billing information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition;
  • the network interface 174 is further configured to send a CCR message to the OCS, where the CCR message includes charging information before and after each occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the memory 175 is specifically configured to: when the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding event occurs, the CTF device saves the non-real-time trigger condition corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition The quota usage information of the rate group and/or the information of the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and restarts recording the information of the quota usage information after the occurrence of the non-real-time trigger condition and/or the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the memory 175 is further configured to: before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, separately set the charging information before and after the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition to be different.
  • the CCR message includes at least two containers;
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the memory 175 is further configured to: when the events corresponding to the at least two non-real-time trigger conditions occur simultaneously, place the billing information before the occurrence of each event in the same container.
  • the processor 171 is configured to determine, before the CTF device sends the CCR message to the OCS, whether the same part exists in the charging information of different containers; if yes, calculate the different container The same part of the information in the fee information is placed outside the container.
  • the information in the container may include: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, and/or all non-real time The information of the event corresponding to the trigger condition.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and the current Information of events corresponding to non-real-time trigger conditions sent by the OCS in the reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all the Information about the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition that the OCS has sent.
  • the container further includes the non-real-time trigger condition; if the information in the container is After the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition occurs last time, until the CTF device sends the information before the CCR message to the OCS, the container does not include any non-real-time trigger condition.
  • each of the containers included in the CCR message carries a serial number, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS distinguishes the chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • Individual containers carries a serial number, and the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order, so that the OCS distinguishes the chronological order according to the serial numbers of the respective containers.
  • the network interface 174 is further configured to: if the real-time trigger condition carried in the CCA message sent by the OCS is the same as the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, send the event to the OCS when the event occurs.
  • the CCR message is further configured to: if the real-time trigger condition carried in the CCA message sent by the OCS is the same as the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, send the event to the OCS when the event occurs.
  • the CCR message if the real-time trigger condition carried in the CCA message sent by the OCS is the same as the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition
  • the network interface 174 is further configured to: when the CTF receives the CCA that is sent by the OCS and carries a new non-real-time trigger condition, where the CTF device has received the non-transmission sent by the OCS.
  • the real-time trigger condition; the processor 171 is further configured to replace the received non-real-time trigger condition with the new non-real-time trigger condition.
  • the network interface 174 is further configured to: receive a CCA message that is sent by the OCS and that carries an empty non-real-time trigger condition, where the empty non-real-time trigger condition does not correspond to any event; the processor 171 is further configured to: Invalid currently used non-real-time trigger condition
  • the CTF device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can receive the CCA message that is sent by the OCS and carries the non-real-time Trigger through the CTF device, and record the events corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger before and after the CCR message is sent to the OCS next time. Fee information, and sent to OCS to carry the recorded
  • the CCR message of the charging information is such that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after the occurrence of the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS. The frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the embodiment of the present invention further provides a structure of an OCS device 180.
  • the OCS device 180 includes: at least one processor 181, such as a CPU, at least one network interface 184 or other user interface 183, and a memory 185.
  • Communication bus 182 is used to implement connection communication between these components.
  • a user interface 183 is also included, including a display, a keyboard or a pointing device (eg, a mouse, a trackball, a touchpad, or a tactile display).
  • the memory 185 may include a high speed RAM memory and may also include a non-volatile memory such as at least one disk memory.
  • the memory 185 can optionally include at least one storage device located remotely from the aforementioned processor 181.
  • the memory 185 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or their extended set:
  • An operating system 1851 comprising various system programs for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks
  • the application 1852 includes various applications for implementing various application services.
  • the application 1852 includes, but is not limited to, a receiving module 161, a processing module 162, and a transmitting module 163.
  • each module in the application 1852 refers to the corresponding modules in the embodiment shown in FIG. 16 , and details are not described herein.
  • the network interface 184 is configured to receive a credit control request CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and that carries the quota request.
  • the processor 181 is configured to determine a non-real-time trigger condition according to the quota request.
  • a network interface 184 configured to send, to the CTF device, a credit control that carries a non-real-time trigger condition Responding to the CCA message, the non-real-time triggering condition corresponds to one or more quotas of a rate group, and the non-real-time triggering condition is to trigger the CTF device to record the corresponding event when the corresponding event occurs. Before and after the charging information, and does not trigger the CTF device to report the recorded charging information to the online charging system OCS;
  • the network interface 184 is further configured to receive a CCR message that is sent by the CTF device and that carries the charging information, where the CCR message that carries the charging information includes an event corresponding to the non-real-time triggering condition before and after each occurrence. Billing information.
  • the CCR message carrying the charging information includes at least two containers; the charging information before and after each event of the non-real-time triggering condition is placed in a different container.
  • the charging information includes one or more of quota usage information recorded by the CTF device, non-real-time trigger condition, and event information corresponding to a non-real-time trigger condition, where the non-real-time trigger condition includes: a user location One or more of a changed, assigned QoS value change, a changed wireless network type change, a service gateway address change, a service gateway type change, a user time zone change, and a service network PLMN change; the non-real time trigger condition
  • the information of the corresponding event includes at least: a value of one or more of a user location, an assigned QoS value, a type of wireless network accessed, a service gateway address, a service gateway type, a time zone in which the user is located, and a serving network PLMN.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the non-real-time trigger condition occurs, and/or all non-real-time triggers Information about the event corresponding to the condition.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and the current Information of events corresponding to non-real-time trigger conditions sent by the OCS in the reporting period.
  • the information in the container includes: quota usage information of the rate group corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition, and all the Information about the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition that the OCS has sent.
  • the capacity is information before the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition; if the container does not include any non-real-time trigger condition, the information in the container is the event corresponding to the non-real-time trigger condition. After one occurrence, until the CTF device sends the information before the CCR message to the OCS.
  • each of the containers included in the CCR respectively carries a serial number
  • the serial numbers of the respective containers are arranged in chronological order
  • the OCS distinguishes the respective containers according to the serial number of the respective containers according to chronological order.
  • An OCS device can receive a CCA message that is sent by an OCS and carries a non-real-time Trigger through a CTF device, and record a non-real-time Trigger event before and after each occurrence of the CCR message before sending the CCR message to the OCS next time.
  • the charging information is sent to the OCS, and the CCR message carrying the recorded charging information is sent to the OCS, so that the CCR message reported by the CTF device to the OCS carries the charging information before and after the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger.
  • the present invention can record the charging information before and after the event, and report to the OCS when the event corresponding to the non-real-time Trigger occurs, as compared with the solution of reporting the charging information in real time.
  • the accounting information is received, the accounting information of each event is carried in a CCR message and reported to the OCS. This prevents the CTF device from reporting the accounting information to the OCS frequently, which reduces the information interaction between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the frequency also reduces the pressure on the transmission of information between the CTF device and the OCS.
  • the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

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Abstract

本发明实施例公开了一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置，涉及电子信息技术领域，能够降低CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，并且降低CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。本发明的方法包括：计费触发功能CTF设备接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息；所述CTF设备在下一次向所述OCS发送信用控制请求CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息。本发明适用于在线计费系统。

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一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置
本申请要求于2014年11月18日提交中国专利局、申请号为201410660401.X，发明名称为“一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置”的中国专利申请的优先权，其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本发明涉及电子信息技术领域，尤其涉及一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置。
背景技术
随着越来越多的在线业务被使用，运营商需要实时监控用户使用在线业务的情况，并针对用户使用的在线业务实时结算资费。目前，常用OCS(Online Charging System，在线计费系统)进行在线计费。
为了保证通过OCS进行在线计费的准确性，需要由承担CTF(Charging Trigger Function，计费触发功能)的网络设备实时向OCS上报计费信息。例如：OCS在接收到了承担CTF的网络设备发送的CCR消息之后，向承担CTF的网络设备发送携带了Trigger(触发条件)的CCA消息。并由承担CTF的网络设备实时监控Trigger对应的计费事件是否发生，并在计费事件发生时承担CTF的网络设备将通过动态Trigger机制将计费信息或重授权的请求信息上报给OCS，从而使得OCS能够实时获取计费事件发生时的计费信息。
但在实际应用中，由于用户终端会经常发生QoS(Quality of Service，服务质量)改变、位置更新等情况，使得在短时间内会频繁发生计费事件，则承担CTF的网络设备就需要频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，从而增加了承担CTF的网络设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，增加了承担CTF的网络设备 和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
发明内容
本发明实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置，能够降低CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，并且降低CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
为达到上述目的，本发明实施例采用如下技术方案：
第一方面，本发明的实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，所述方法包括：
计费触发功能CTF设备接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
所述CTF设备在下一次向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
结合第一方面，在第一方面的第一种可能的实现方式中，所述记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次出现前后的计费信息，包括：
在每次检测到所述非实时触发条件对应事件发生时，所述CTF设备保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录所述非实时触发条件发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第一方面，或第一方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式中，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分 别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
结合第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第三种可能的实现方式中，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
结合第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第四种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第五种可能的实现方式中，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
所述CTF设备判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；
若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
结合第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第六种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式，在第一方面的第七种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事 件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第一方面的第二至第七种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第一方面的第八种可能的实现方式中，若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；
若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
结合第一方面的第二至第八种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第一方面的第九种可能的实现方式中，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
结合第一方面、第一方面的第一至第九种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第一方面的第十种可能的实现方式中，若所述OCS发送的CCA消息中携带的实时触发条件和非实时触发条件对应的事件相同时，则在所述事件发生时，所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息。
结合第一方面、第一方面的第一至第十种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第一方面的第十一种可能的实现方式中，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件，所述方法还包括：
当所述CTF设备再次收到所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA消息时，所述CTF设备利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
结合第一方面、第一方面的第一至第十一种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第一方面的第十二种可能的实现方式中，还包括：
所述CTF设备接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；
所述CTF设备无效当前使用的非实时触发条件。
第二方面，本发明的实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，所述方法包括：
在线计费系统OCS接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额 请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
所述OCS根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件，并向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
所述OCS接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
结合第二方面，在第二方面的第一种可能的实现方式中，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
结合第二方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第二方面的第二种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第二方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第二方面的第三种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第二方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第二方面的第四种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事 件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第二方面的第二至第四种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第二方面的第五种可能的实现方式中，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；
若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
结合第二方面的第一至第五种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第二方面的第六种可能的实现方式中，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
第三方面，本发明的实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，所述装置包括：
接收模块，用于接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发计费触发功能CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
存储模块，用于在下一次向所述OCS发送信用控制请求CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
发送模块，用于向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
结合第三方面，在第三方面的第一种可能的实现方式中，所述存储模块，还用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时 触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
结合第三方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第三方面的第二种可能的实现方式中，所述存储模块，还用于当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
结合第三方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第三方面的第三种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
所述装置还包括：处理模块，用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
结合第三方面、第三方面的第一至第三种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第三方面的第四种可能的实现方式中，若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；
若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所 述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
结合第三方面、第三方面的第一至第四种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第三方面的第五种可能的实现方式中，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
结合第三方面、第三方面的第一至第五种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第三方面的第六种可能的实现方式中，所述接收模块，还用于当所述CTF再次收所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA时，其中，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件；
所述处理模块，还用于利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
结合第三方面、第三方面的第一至第六种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第三方面的第七种可能的实现方式中，所述接收模块，还用于接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；
所述处理模块，还用于无效当前使用的非实时触发条件。
第四方面，本发明的实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，所述装置包括：
接收模块，用于接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
处理模块，用于根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件；
发送模块，用于向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向在线计费系统OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
所述接收模块，还用于接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
结合第四方面，在第四方面的第一种可能的实现方式中，所述携带 了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中；
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
结合第四方面的第一种可能的实现方式，在第四方面的第二种可能的实现方式中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
结合第四方面、第四方面的第一至第二种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第四方面的第三种可能的实现方式中，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；
若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
结合第四方面的第一至第三种可能的实现方式中的任意一项，在第四方面的第四种可能的实现方式中，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法及装置，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备没有必要在非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生时向OCS上报计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时触发条件对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将每一次事件发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
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本发明实施例可以适用于一种在线计费系统，所述在线计费系统至少包括CTF设备和OCS，其中，CTF设备为可以承担计费触发功能的网络设备，例如：GGSN(Gateway GSN，网关GSN)、P-GW(分组数据网网关)、PDG(Packet Data Gateway，分组数据网关)等能够承担计费触发功能的设备都可以称为本发明实施例中的CTF设备。需要说明的是，CTF设备的具体类型以及设备型号可以依据具体的网络环境进行选择，举例来说：在GPRS(General Packet Radio Service，通用分组无线服务技术)中，GGSN可以作为CTF设备；在EPC(Evolved Packet Core，演进分组核心)网络中，P-GW可以作为CTF设备；在WLAN(Wireless  Local Area Networks，无线局域网络)中，ePDG可以作为CTF设备。CTF设备与OCS之间具体的信息交互方式以及所传输的信息类型，在本发明实施例中并不做限定，为了便于描述，以CTF设备向OCS发送CCR(Credit Control Request，信用控制请求)消息，OCS向CTF设备发送CCA(Credit Control Answer，信用控制应答)消息为了进行说明。其中，CCR消息和CCA消息中都可以携带信息或本发明实施例中所需交互的数据内容，比如在CCR消息中可以携带着指定费率组的配额请求；CCA消息可以携带配额授权信息和触发条件(Trigger)，以便于CTF设备根据接收到的CCA消息监控Trigger对应的事件，并针对发生的事件向OCS发送CCR消息，CCR消息携带着上报所封装的计费信息；OCS向CTF设备发送用来确认已接收到上报的计费信息的CCA消息。
本发明实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，如图1所示，所述方法包括：
101、计费触发功能CTF设备接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的信用控制应答CCA消息。
其中，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时Trigger对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时Trigger是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息。
需要说明的是，非实时Trigger中，对应的事件可以是一种或多种预设的事件，比如可以包括表一中的一个或多个：
用户位置变化
分配的QoS变化
接入的无线网络变化
服务网关(SGSN、SGW)地址变化
服务网关(SGSN、SGW)类型变化
用户所处时区变化
服务网络的PLMN变化
用户群组信息变化
表一
例如：CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了用户位置变化的CCA消息，或者携带了用户群组信息变化和用户所处时区变化的CCA消息。
需要说明的是，非实时Trigger可以有多种实现方式；
例如：在本发明实施例中通过一种区分于现有Trigger格式的新的Trigger格式(这里以Record-Trigger为例)，来表示非实时Trigger：
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再例如：在本发明实施例中，可以修改现有的Trigger格式，增加一个子AVP来指明非实时Trigger(这里以Deferred-Trigger-Type为例)，其包含一个或多个具体的非实时Trigger(包含一个或多个子Trigger-Type)：
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其中，将非实时Trigger包含在Deferred-Trigger-Type中，CTF设备在收到AVP后，将包含在Deferred-Trigger-Type中的非实时Trigger从Trigger AVP的Trigger-Type子AVP所带的Trigger列表中剔除，剩余的其他Trigger作为实时Trigger。
再例如：在本发明实施例中，可以修改现有的Trigger格式，通过分组的方式来指明非实时Trigger(这里以Non-Real-Trigger指明非实时Trigger，以Real-Trigger指明实时Trigger)：
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可选的，CTF设备接收到OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息之后，还可以根据用户的业务使用情况对是否需要监控对应的事件发生进行判断，若不需要监控对应的事件发生，则CTF设备忽略非实时Trigger。
102、所述CTF设备在下一次向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
CTF设备在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，当非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，CTF设备可以获取非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时CTF设备中所记录的计费信息，并作为非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的计费信息，并在获取非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的计费信息后，重新开始计费信息的记录流程，并将重新开始记录的计费信息作为非实时Trigger对应的事件发生后的计费信息。在本发明实施例中，CTF设备记录计费信息时所采取的粒度可以是Rating Group粒度，或Rating Group粒度和Service ID粒度，承担CTF的网络设备记录的粒度和上报的粒度保持一致，且记录的粒度可以是PCRF(Policy and Charging Function，策略和计费控制功能)下发的计费规则中指定的上报粒度。
103、所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息。
其中，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，所述CTF在上报条件满足时向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息。这里的上报条件可以是：配额用完、配额过期、实时Trigger所对应的事件发生等。
例如：在费率组对应的实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，CTF设备封装每一次事件发生前后的计费信息，比如：若上报粒度是Rating Group粒度，则封装Rating Group粒度的计费信息；若上报粒度是Rating Group和Service ID交集粒度，则封装该Rating Group和Service ID交集粒度的计费信息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图1所示的实现方式的基础上，102可以具体实现为如图2所示的1021：
1021、在每次检测到所述非实时Trigger对应事件发生时，所述CTF设备保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录所述非实时Trigger发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
CTF设备在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，当非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，CTF设备可以保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并获取非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时CTF设备中所记录的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并作为非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并在获取非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息后，重新开始计费信息的记录流程，并将重新开始记录非实时Trigger发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备 接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，CTF设备保存所述非实时Trigger发生前的非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录非实时Trigger发生后的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图1或图2所示的实现方式的基础上，如图3或图4所示，在103之前还可以包括104：
104、将所述非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
其中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器。
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
在本发明实施例中，CCR消息包括非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，且CCR消息包括至少两个容器，CTF设备将非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前计费信息与发生后的计费信息分别放置在不同的容器中，若有多次非实时Trigger对应的事件发生，则会有相应数量的容器记录每一次非实 时Trigger对应的事件发生前的计费信息，并有一个容器记录非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
本发明实施例中，在如图3或图4所示的任意一项实现方式的基础上，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还可以实现为如图5或图6所示的任意一项实现方式：
105、当至少两个非实时Trigger对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
若多个非实时Trigger对应的事件同时出现时，则CTF设备将同时出现的多个非实时Trigger对应的计费信息合并记录，以便于将记录信息作为一个容器上报给OCS。
本发明实施例中，在如图3或图4所示的实现方式的基础上，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时Trigger发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。
需要说明的是，不管OCS是否下发了事件对应的非实时Trigger，在每个容器中都会上报所有非实时Trigger对应的信息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并分别放置在不同的容器中，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中的不同的容器中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图3或图4所示的实现方式的基础上，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还可以实现为如图7或图8所示的实现方式：
106、所述CTF设备判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分。
107、若在不同容器的计费信息中存在相同的部分，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
若在不同容器的计费信息中不存在相同的部分，则所述在不同容器的计费信息不作处理。
在本发明实施例中，CTF设备对计费信息进行判断，判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分，若同一CCR消息所上报的不同容器中的部分计费信息相同，则将相同的计费信息放在在容器之外，作为PS-information级的信息上报，从而避免大量重复信息的上报。
例如：若同一CCR消息所上报的不同容器中的计费信息所对应的用户时区相同，则在PS-information级的AVP中上报该信息，且各个容器中不再携带用户时区信息，若不相同，则将时区信息封装在不同的容器中上报。其中，每个Service-Data-Record可以对应一个非实时Trigger或多个同时出现的非实时Trigger发生前或发生后的计费信息集合，若该PS-information下所有的Service-Data-Record中某一参数值相同，如Location，则仅在PS-information级携带一个Location AVP，所有的Service-Data-Record中不再携带Location AVP。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，并将不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，并将不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外，减少存储资源，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备 频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图3或图4所示的实现方式的基础上，所述容器中的信息可以包括：所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。
本发明实施例中，本次上报周期为上次上报计费信息到下次上报计费信息的时间间隔。
将容器中的计费信息分成配额使用信息和对应非实时Trigger的信息，在上报时，仅仅在容器中携带OCS下发的且发生了的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息和配额使用信息，而不携带其他OCS未下发的或者未发生的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，这些容器未携带的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息可以携带在容器之外。
例如：OCS下发的非实时Trigger为Location发生变化，假定一个上报周期中发生了一次Location变化，则触发上报时，容器中仅封装Location发生变化前和发生变化后的信息及配额使用信息，而不携带其他非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，其他非实时Trigger对应的事件的值携带在PS-information级，而且其他非实时Trigger对应的事件的值为当前的信息，具体如表二所示：
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本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中，减少占用的容器，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图3或图4所示的实现方式的基础上，所述容器中的信息还可以包括：所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。
具体的，在所述非实时Trigger出现时，在容器中携带了所有OCS发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件在所述非实时Trigger出现前的值，这里包括发生了的非实时Trigger对应的事件的值和未发生的非实时Trigger对应的事件的值，不携带其他OCS未下发对应的非实时Trigger对应的事件的值。
具体的，封装最后一个非实时Trigger对应事件出现后到上报点这段时间的计费信息的容器可以携带所有OCS发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件在上报时的值，或者不携带任何非实时Trigger对应事件的值，其中，所述容器没有携带的非实时Trigger对应的事件的值携带在PS-information级参数中。
例如：OCS下发的非实时Trigger为Location发生变化、QoS发生变化，假定一个上报周期中发生了一次Location变化，则触发上报时，容器中同时封装Location发生变化前和发生变化后的Location值和QoS值，其他OCS未下发对应非实时Trigger的信息，比如：时区、服务网关变化等，携带在PS-information级，而且其他非实时Trigger对应的事件的值为当前的信息，具体如表三所示：
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本发明实施例中，在上述实现方式的基础上，若容器中的信息为所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时Trigger；
若容器中的信息为所述非实时Trigger对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时Trigger。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，且非实时Trigger对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至CTF设备向OCS发送CCR消息之前，CTF设备记录的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且事件最后一次发生后，直至CTF设备向OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器可以分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。每个容器携带一个序列号，以便于OCS可以根据序列号区分各个容器。OCS还可以根据容器携带的Trigger信息，即是否携带Trigger-type，或容器的序列号来识别最后一个非实时Trigger变化后的计费信息放置的容器。CTF设备将同时出现的多个非实时Trigger对应的计费信息放置在同一个容器中，使得OCS能够获知同时发生的事件。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前的计费信息，且CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，以便于OCS根据各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分各个容器，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前的计费信 息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
若所述OCS发送的CCA消息中携带的实时Trigger和非实时Trigger对应的事件相同时，则在所述事件发生时，所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息，即：CTF设备将其作为实时Trigger。
当所述CTF设备再次收到所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时Trigger的CCA消息时，所述CTF设备利用所述新的非实时Trigger替换所述已接收的非实时Trigger。
OCS在该计费会话声明周期内向该CTF设备下发过非实时Trigger，且目前该非实时Trigger还在生效中，则新的非实时Trigger替换之前下发的非实时Trigger，即之前下发非实时Trigger无效。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；当CTF设备再次收到OCS发送的携带了新的非实时Trigger的CCA消息时，CTF设备利用新的非实时Trigger替换已接收的非实时Trigger。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图1至图8所示的实现方式的基础上，以图1为例，还可以实现为如图9所示的实现方式：
108、所述CTF设备接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息。
其中，所述空的非实时Trigger不对应任何事件。
109、所述CTF设备无效当前使用的非实时Trigger。
若OCS向CTF设备下发了一个携带着空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息，其中，空的非实时Trigger未携带任何具体的非实时Trigger对应的事件，则CTF设备无效当前使用的所有非实时Trigger。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；当CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息，CTF设备无效当前使用的非实时Trigger。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例提供一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，如图10所示，所述方法包括：
201、在线计费系统OCS接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息。
202、所述OCS根据所述配额请求确定非实时Trigger，并向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时Trigger的信用控制应答CCA消息。
其中，所述非实时Trigger对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时Trigger是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息。
203、所述OCS接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息。
其中，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的 计费信息。
如图10a所示，原有CTF设备与OCS之间具体的信息交互流程如下：
CTF设备向OCS发送CCR消息；OCS向CTF设备发送CCA消息；其中，在CCR消息中可以携带着指定费率组的配额请求，CCA消息可以携带配额授权信息和Trigger；CTF设备根据接收到的CCA消息监控Trigger对应的事件，并在Trigger对应的事件发生时向OCS发送CCR消息，CCR消息携带着上报所封装的计费信息；OCS向CTF设备发送用来确认已接收到上报的计费信息的CCA消息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图10所示的实现方式的基础上，203可以具体实现为如图11所示的2031：
2031、在所述CTF设备每次检测到所述非实时Trigger对应事件发生时，所保存的所述非实时Trigger发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，以及重新开始记录所述非实时Trigger发生后的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，CTF设备保存所述非实时Trigger发生前的非实时Trigger所对应的费率 组的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录非实时Trigger发生后的配额使用信息和/或所述非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图10或图11所示的实现方式的基础上，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
所述容器中的信息可以包括：所述非实时Trigger发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。
所述容器中的信息还可以包括：多个非实时Trigger，则意味着该多个非实时Trigger对应的事件同时发生，该容器的计费信息为该多个非实时Trigger对应的事件的发生前的计费信息。
所述容器中的信息还可以包括：所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的所 述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息；
所述容器中的信息还可以包括：所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的所述非实时Trigger所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件的信息。即：不管该OCS发送的非实时Trigger对应的事件是否发生，只要该非实时Trigger是OCS下发的，则包含在该容器中。
本发明实施例中，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时Trigger，则若容器中的信息包括所述非实时Trigger对应的事件发生前的配额使用信息。
若容器中不包括任何非实时Trigger，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时Trigger对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并分别放置在不同的容器中，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中的不同的容器中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述各个容器的序列号用于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消 息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，且CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，以便于OCS根据各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分各个容器，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图10所示的实现方式的基础上，还可以包括如图12所示的实现方式：
204、若所述OCS再次确定了新的非实时Trigger，则将携带了所述新的非实时Trigger的CCA消息向所述CTF设备发送，以便于所述CTF设备利用所述新的非实时Trigger替换所述已接收的非实时Trigger。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；当CTF设备再次收到OCS发送的携带了新的非实时Trigger的CCA消息时，CTF设备利用新的非实时Trigger替换已接收的非实时Trigger。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信 息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例中，在如图10所示的实现方式的基础上，还可以包括如图13所示的实现方式：
205、所述OCS向所述CTF设备发送携带了空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息。
其中，所述空的非实时Trigger不对应任何事件，以便于所述CTF设备在接收到所述携带了空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息之后，无效当前使用的非实时Trigger。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；当CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了空的非实时Trigger的CCA消息，CTF设备无效当前使用的非实时Trigger。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例还提供了一种可以应用在CTF设备上的在线计费中交互信息的装置15，如图14所示，所述装置15可以包括：接收模块151、存储模块152、发送模块153、处理模块154。其中：
接收模块151，用于接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发计费触发功能CTF设备记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述 OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
存储模块152，用于在下一次向所述OCS发送信用控制请求CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
发送模块153，用于向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
可选的，所述存储模块152，具体用于在每次检测到所述非实时触发条件对应事件发生时，所述CTF设备保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录所述非实时触发条件发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
可选的，所述存储模块152，还用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
可选的，所述存储模块152，还用于当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
在一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息可以包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在再一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS 发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在再一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
所述处理模块154，用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外
上述实现方案中，若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
可选的，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
可选的，所述发送模块153，还用于若所述OCS发送的CCA消息中携带的实时触发条件和非实时触发条件对应的事件相同时，则在所述事件发生时，向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息。
可选的，所述接收模块151，还用于当所述CTF再次收所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA时，其中，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件；所述处理模块154，还用于利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
可选的，所述接收模块151，还用于接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；所述处理模块154，还用于无效当前使用的非实时触发条件。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS 发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例还提供了一种可以应用在OCS设备上的在线计费中交互信息的装置16，如图15所示，所述装置16可以包括：接收模块161、处理模块162、发送模块163，其中：
接收模块161，用于接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
处理模块162，用于根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件；
发送模块163，用于向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向在线计费系统OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
所述接收模块161，还用于接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
其中，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服 务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
在一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在另一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的信息。
在再一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在上述实现方案中，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
可选的，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
本发明实施例提供的一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向 OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例还提供了一种CTF设备170的结构，如图16所示，该CTF设备170包括：至少一个处理器171，例如CPU，至少一个网络接口174或者其他用户接口173，存储器175，至少一个通信总线172。通信总线172用于实现这些组件之间的连接通信。可选的，还包含用户接口173，包括显示器，键盘或者点击设备(例如，鼠标，轨迹球(trackball),触感板或者触感显示屏)。存储器175可能包含高速RAM存储器，也可能还包括非不稳定的存储器(non-volatile memory)，例如至少一个磁盘存储器。存储器175可选的可以包含至少一个位于远离前述处理器171的存储装置。
在一些实施方式中，存储器175存储了如下的元素，可执行模块或者数据结构，或者他们的子集，或者他们的扩展集:
操作系统1751，包含各种系统程序，用于实现各种基础业务以及处理基于硬件的任务；
应用程序1752，包含各种应用程序，用于实现各种应用业务。
应用程序1752中包括但不限于接收模块151、存储模块152、发送模块153、处理模块154。
应用程序1752中各模块的具体实现参见图15所示实施例中的相应模块，在此不赘述。
具体地，网络接口174用于：接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发计费触发功能CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
存储器175，用于在下一次向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
网络接口174，还用于向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
可选的，存储器175，具体可以用于在每次检测到所述非实时触发条件对应事件发生时，所述CTF设备保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录所述非实时触发条件发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
可选的，存储器175，还用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
可选的，存储器175，还用于当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
可选的，处理器171，用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
在一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息可以包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在另一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在再一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在上述实现方案中，若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
可选的，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
可选的，网络接口174，还用于：若所述OCS发送的CCA消息中携带的实时触发条件和非实时触发条件对应的事件相同时，则在所述事件发生时，向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息。
可选的，网络接口174，还用于：当所述CTF再次收所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA时，其中，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件；处理器171，还用于利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
可选的，网络接口174，还用于：接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；处理器171，还用于无效当前使用的非实时触发条件
本发明实施例提供的一种CTF设备，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录 的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本发明实施例还提供了一种OCS设备180的结构，如图17所示，该OCS设备180包括：至少一个处理器181，例如CPU，至少一个网络接口184或者其他用户接口183，存储器185，至少一个通信总线182。通信总线182用于实现这些组件之间的连接通信。可选的，还包含用户接口183，包括显示器，键盘或者点击设备(例如，鼠标，轨迹球(trackball),触感板或者触感显示屏)。存储器185可能包含高速RAM存储器，也可能还包括非不稳定的存储器(non-volatile memory)，例如至少一个磁盘存储器。存储器185可选的可以包含至少一个位于远离前述处理器181的存储装置。
在一些实施方式中，存储器185存储了如下的元素，可执行模块或者数据结构，或者他们的子集，或者他们的扩展集:
操作系统1851，包含各种系统程序，用于实现各种基础业务以及处理基于硬件的任务；
应用程序1852，包含各种应用程序，用于实现各种应用业务。
应用程序1852中包括但不限于接收模块161、处理模块162、发送模块163。
应用程序1852中各模块的具体实现参见图16所示实施例中的相应模块，在此不赘述。
具体地，网络接口184，用于接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
处理器181，用于根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件；
网络接口184，用于向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制 应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向在线计费系统OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
所述网络接口184，还用于接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
其中，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
在一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在另一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在再一种可选的实现方案中，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
在上述实现方案中，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容 器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
可选的，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
本发明实施例提供的一种OCS设备，能够通过CTF设备接收OCS发送的携带了非实时Trigger的CCA消息，在下一次向OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，并向OCS发送携带了所记录的计费信息的CCR消息，使得CTF设备每一次向OCS上报的CCR消息中携带有非实时Trigger对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。相比较于现有技术中每次事件发生时都实时上报计费信息的方案，本发明能够在非实时Trigger对应的事件发生时，先记录事件发生前后的计费信息，并在需要向OCS上报计费信息的时候，将事件每一次发生前后的计费信息携带在一个CCR消息中向OCS上报，从而避免CTF设备频繁地向OCS上报计费信息，降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息交互频率，也降低了CTF设备和OCS之间的信息传输的压力。
本说明书中的各个实施例均采用递进的方式描述，各个实施例之间相同相似的部分互相参见即可，每个实施例重点说明的都是与其他实施例的不同之处。尤其，对于设备实施例而言，由于其基本相似于方法实施例，所以描述得比较简单，相关之处参见方法实施例的部分说明即可。
本领域普通技术人员可以理解实现上述实施例方法中的全部或部分流程，是可以通过计算机程序来指令相关的硬件来完成，所述的程序可存储于计算机可读取存储介质中，该程序在执行时，可包括如上述各方法的实施例的流程。其中，所述的存储介质可为磁碟、光盘、只读存储记忆体(Read-Only Memory，ROM)或随机存储记忆体(Random Access Memory，RAM)等。
以上所述，仅为本发明的具体实施方式，但本发明的保护范围并不局限于此，任何熟悉本技术领域的技术人员在本发明揭露的技术范围内，可轻易想到 的变化或替换，都应涵盖在本发明的保护范围之内。因此，本发明的保护范围应该以权利要求的保护范围为准。

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  1. 一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，其特征在于，所述方法包括：
    计费触发功能CTF设备接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
    所述CTF设备在下一次向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
    所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次出现前后的计费信息，包括：
    在每次检测到所述非实时触发条件对应事件发生时，所述CTF设备保存所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息，并重新开始记录所述非实时触发条件发生后的配额使用信息和/或非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  3. 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法，其特征在于，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
    将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
    所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位 置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
  4. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
    当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
  5. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  6. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，还包括：
    所述CTF设备判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；
    若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
  7. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  8. 根据权利要求3所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  9. 根据权利要求3-8中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，
    若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；
    若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
  10. 根据权利要求3-9中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述CCR消息 中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
  11. 根据权利要求1-10中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，若所述OCS发送的CCA消息中携带的实时触发条件和非实时触发条件对应的事件相同时，则在所述事件发生时，所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息。
  12. 根据权利要求1-11中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件，所述方法还包括：
    当所述CTF设备再次收到所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA消息时，所述CTF设备利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
  13. 根据权利要求1-12中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，还包括：
    所述CTF设备接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；
    所述CTF设备无效当前使用的非实时触发条件。
  14. 一种在线计费中交互信息的方法，其特征在于，所述方法包括：
    在线计费系统OCS接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
    所述OCS根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件，并向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
    所述OCS接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
  15. 根据权利要求14所述的方法，其特征在于，所述携带了计费信息的CCR 消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中。
    所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
  16. 根据权利要求15所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  17. 根据权利要求15所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  18. 根据权利要求15所述的方法，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  19. 根据权利要求16-18中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，
    若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；
    若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
  20. 根据权利要求15-19中任意一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排 列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
  21. 一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，其特征在于，所述装置包括：
    接收模块，用于接收在线计费系统OCS发送的携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述CCA消息用于响应所述CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发计费触发功能CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向所述OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
    存储模块，用于在下一次向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前，记录所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息；
    发送模块，用于向所述OCS发送CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
  22. 根据权利要求21所述的装置，其特征在于，所述存储模块，还用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，将所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中，所述CCR消息包括至少两个容器；
    所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
  23. 根据权利要求22所述的装置，其特征在于，所述存储模块，还用于当至少两个非实时触发条件对应的事件同时发生时，将同时发生的各个事件发生前的计费信息放置在相同容器中。
  24. 根据权利要求22所述的装置，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括： 所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
    或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
    或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
    所述装置还包括：处理模块，用于在所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送所述CCR消息之前，判断在不同容器的计费信息中是否存在相同的部分；若存在，则将所述不同容器的计费信息中相同的部分信息放置在容器之外。
  25. 根据权利要求21-24中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，
    若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息，则所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件；
    若所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息，则所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件。
  26. 根据权利要求21-25中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述CCR消息中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，以便于所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
  27. 根据权利要求21-26中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述接收模块，还用于当所述CTF再次收所述OCS发送的携带了新的非实时触发条件的CCA时，其中，所述CTF设备已接收到所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件；
    所述处理模块，还用于利用所述新的非实时触发条件替换所述已接收的非实时触发条件。
  28. 根据权利要求21-27中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述接收模 块，还用于接收所述OCS发送的携带了空的非实时触发条件的CCA消息，所述空的非实时触发条件不对应任何事件；
    所述处理模块，还用于无效当前使用的非实时触发条件。
  29. 一种在线计费中交互信息的装置，其特征在于，所述装置包括：
    接收模块，用于接收计费触发功能CTF设备发送的携带了配额请求的信用控制请求CCR消息；
    处理模块，用于根据所述配额请求确定非实时触发条件；
    发送模块，用于向所述CTF设备发送携带了非实时触发条件的信用控制应答CCA消息，所述非实时触发条件对应一个费率组的一个或多个配额，所述非实时触发条件是指：当对应的事件发生时，触发所述CTF设备记录所述对应的事件发生前后的计费信息，且并不触发所述CTF设备向在线计费系统OCS上报所记录的计费信息；
    所述接收模块，还用于接收所述CTF设备发送的携带了计费信息的CCR消息，所述CCR消息包括所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息。
  30. 根据权利要求29所述的装置，其特征在于，所述携带了计费信息的CCR消息包括至少两个容器；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件每一次发生前后的计费信息，分别放置在不同的容器中；
    所述计费信息包括：所述CTF设备记录到的配额使用信息，非实时触发条件，和非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息中的一个或多个，所述非实时触发条件包括：用户位置改变、分配的QoS值改变、所接入的无线网络类型改变、服务网关地址改变、服务网关类型改变、用户所处时区改变和服务网络PLMN改变中的一个或多个；所述非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息至少包括：用户位置、分配的QoS值、所接入的无线网络类型、服务网关地址、服务网关类型、用户所处时区和服务网络PLMN中的一个或多个的值。
  31. 根据权利要求30所述的装置，其特征在于，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用 信息和/或所有非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
    或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和本次上报周期内所有发生了的所述OCS发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息；
    或者，所述容器中的信息包括：所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的所述非实时触发条件所对应的费率组的配额使用信息和所有所述OCS已发送的非实时触发条件对应的事件的信息。
  32. 根据权利要求29-31中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，若所述容器中还包括所述非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件发生前的信息；
    若所述容器中不包括任何非实时触发条件，则所述容器中的信息为所述非实时触发条件对应的事件最后一次发生后，直至所述CTF设备向所述OCS发送CCR消息之前的信息。
  33. 根据权利要求30-32中任意一项所述的装置，其特征在于，所述CCR中包括的各个容器分别携带一个序列号，所述各个容器的序列号按照时间顺序排列，所述OCS根据所述各个容器的序列号依据时间顺序区分所述各个容器。
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