WO2022063075A1 - Procédé et appareil de facturation, dispositif de communication et support de stockage lisible - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil de facturation, dispositif de communication et support de stockage lisible Download PDF

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WO2022063075A1
WO2022063075A1 PCT/CN2021/119286 CN2021119286W WO2022063075A1 WO 2022063075 A1 WO2022063075 A1 WO 2022063075A1 CN 2021119286 W CN2021119286 W CN 2021119286W WO 2022063075 A1 WO2022063075 A1 WO 2022063075A1
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杜宗鹏
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刘鹏
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张晓秋
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  • the present disclosure belongs to the field of fixed or wireless communication technologies, and in particular relates to a charging method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a readable storage medium.
  • the broadband access server performs charging according to the customized service of the user.
  • Common charging methods may be statistics based on duration, statistics based on traffic, and the like. Therefore, the charging method in the related art is relatively simple, and it is difficult to meet the diversified requirements in the case of a relatively complex service and a charging policy with a relatively complex demand.
  • the purpose of the embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a charging method, an apparatus, a communication device and a readable storage medium, so as to solve the problem that the charging method in the related art is relatively simple and it is difficult to meet the diversified demands.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a charging method, which is applied to a terminal, including:
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal;
  • the first traffic statistics information is used by the network access device to compare the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information, and the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information are compared between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information. If the deviation satisfies the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable, or if the deviation of the first traffic statistical information and the second traffic statistical information does not meet the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable. The above first traffic statistics information is unreasonable;
  • the second traffic statistics information is generated by the network access device.
  • the method before the determining that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal, the method further includes:
  • the determining that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal includes:
  • the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal.
  • the function information is an IPv6-based segment routing function (IPv6Based Segment Routing Function, SRv6 FUCNT) that supports a statistical function of the network access device;
  • the function information includes a LOC field, a FUNCT field and an ARGS field, wherein, the LOC field is used to route and forward the message to the network access device, the FUNCT field is used to point to the SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function, and the ARGS field is used to point to a specific statistics type.
  • the receiving function information of the network access device includes:
  • the function information of the network access device is received through the extended option field of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
  • DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • the first traffic statistics information is stored in a segment routing header of the first packet.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a charging method, which is applied to a network access device, including:
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal;
  • the method further includes:
  • the second traffic statistical information is generated by a network access device
  • Charging is performed according to the first traffic statistics information.
  • the method further includes:
  • the first packet further includes a terminal signature; before the comparing the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information, the method further includes:
  • the validity of the terminal is determined according to the terminal signature.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a charging apparatus, applied to a terminal, including:
  • a first determining module configured to determine that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal
  • a first sending module configured to send a first packet to the network access device
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal;
  • the first traffic statistics information is used by the network access device to compare the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information, and the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information are compared between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information. If the deviation satisfies the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable, or if the deviation of the first traffic statistical information and the second traffic statistical information does not meet the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable. The above first traffic statistics information is unreasonable;
  • the second traffic statistics information is generated by the network access device.
  • the device further includes:
  • a first receiving module configured to receive function information of the network access device
  • the first determining module is specifically configured to: determine, according to the function information, that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal.
  • the function information is an SRv6Function of the network access device that supports a statistical function;
  • the function information includes a LOC field, a FUNCT field, and an ARGS field, where the LOC field is used for routing and forwarding packets to all
  • the network access device the FUNCT field is used to point to the SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function, and the ARGS field is used to point to a specific statistics type.
  • the first receiving module is specifically configured to: receive the function information of the network access device through the extended option field of the dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP.
  • the first traffic statistics information is stored in a segment routing header of the first packet.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a charging apparatus, which is applied to a network access device, including:
  • a second receiving module configured to receive the first message sent by the terminal
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal; the apparatus further includes:
  • a comparison module configured to compare the first traffic statistical information with the second traffic statistical information; wherein the second traffic statistical information is generated by a network access device;
  • a second determining module configured to determine that the first traffic statistics information is reasonable when the deviation between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information satisfies a preset condition
  • a charging module configured to perform charging according to the first traffic statistics information.
  • the device further includes:
  • a third determining module configured to determine that the first traffic statistics information is unreasonable when the deviation between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information does not meet a preset condition
  • the second sending module is configured to send alarm information to the terminal, wherein the alarm information is used to indicate that the first traffic statistics information is unreasonable.
  • the first message further includes a terminal signature;
  • the device further includes:
  • a fourth determining module configured to determine the type of the first traffic statistics information
  • the fifth determining module is configured to determine the legitimacy of the terminal according to the terminal signature.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being When executed, the processor implements the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or implements the steps of the method according to the second aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method according to the first aspect is implemented steps, or steps of implementing the method according to the second aspect.
  • the terminal may send a first packet to the network access device, where the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic .
  • the terminal can initiate traffic charging, thereby supporting the terminal to adjust the charging policy in real time according to the service requirements, thereby realizing a flexible charging method and satisfying diversified requirements.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a charging method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a charging process in a specific example of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the format of the SRv6 accounting function SRv6Accounting FUNCT in a specific example of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • first, second, etc. in the description and claims of the present disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that embodiments of the present disclosure can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and distinguished by "first,” “second,” etc.
  • the objects are usually of one type, and the number of objects is not limited.
  • the first object may be one or more than one.
  • Question 2 The billing of terminal traffic depends on the credibility of the operator and the traffic filters (Traffic Filters) pre-configured by the operator. It is difficult for the user terminal to participate, and there is no data-driven (Data-Driven) capability, that is, the current mechanism does not provide the ability to negotiate between users and operators. For example, when a user temporarily has an important file that needs to be transferred or an important meeting needs to be attended, it is impossible to go to the operator on-site to customize related services and then access the business. This on-demand billing method is difficult for operators to predict, or it can be configured in real time, requiring a more flexible activation method and billing model.
  • Data-Driven data-driven
  • the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a charging method.
  • the terminal starts the charging of special traffic, so that the terminal can adjust the charging policy in real time according to the service requirements, so as to realize flexible charging method and meet the diversified needs; further, the terminal can be included in the charging operation to realize the
  • the billing method negotiated by operators can improve the intelligence of network services.
  • the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applicable to some scenarios with relatively complex charging, including but not limited to mobile network mobile edge computing (Mobile Edge Computing, MEC) scenarios, and the like.
  • MEC Mobile Edge Computing
  • the separation of the user plane and the control plane can be supported to facilitate flexible deployment of the user plane.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a charging method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to a terminal. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:
  • Step 11 Determine that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal.
  • the charging method in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be used for application-aware networking (Application-aware Networking, APN), and a network-based programmable charging mechanism may be adopted.
  • APN Application-aware Networking
  • a network-based programmable charging mechanism may be adopted.
  • network programmability it means that in addition to the basic forwarding based on the destination address of the message, the network device can flexibly support other operations, such as source routing, new protocol/field parsing, etc., so as to support on-demand processing of data traffic , to provide a simpler and differentiated service mechanism.
  • the terminal can propose its own traffic requirements and start charging for special traffic.
  • the network programming involved in this embodiment is mainly SRv6 network programming in a segment routing header (Segment Routing Header, SRH).
  • the terminal Under the above function of initiating charging by the terminal, the terminal is allowed to call related charging functions.
  • the above-mentioned function of charging initiated by the terminal may be SRv6 FUNCT.
  • Step 12 Send the first packet to the network access device.
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the network access device is, for example, a terminal egress gateway, and the terminal egress gateway may also be referred to as a user egress gateway, an egress gateway, a billing gateway, or the like.
  • the network access device may be a charging gateway, that is, may be one of the charging points for terminal traffic.
  • the terminal may send the first packet.
  • the first message can be a data message, that is, inserting relevant information such as SRv6 FUNCT information into the original data message to obtain the first message, or it can be a separate message whose header is consistent with the data message (for example, contains The same source and destination addresses), the constructed packet also contains SRv6 FUNCT information, but may not contain a specific payload.
  • the first packet can be sent at a specific time interval, or sent on demand, and does not need to be sent all the time.
  • the terminal may send a first packet to the network access device, where the first packet is used to start the charging of special traffic. billing.
  • the terminal can initiate traffic charging, thereby supporting the terminal to adjust the charging policy in real time according to the service requirements, thereby realizing a flexible charging method and satisfying diversified requirements.
  • the embodiments of the present disclosure extend the network programming capability in the data plane, for example, extend the SRv6 network programming charging, which can implement a more flexible charging method compared to the charging method on the control plane in the related art. Further, incorporating the terminal into the charging operation to implement the charging method negotiated with the operator can improve the intelligence of the network service.
  • the above-mentioned first packet may include first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal, where the first traffic statistics information is used by the network access device to compare the first traffic statistics information with second traffic statistics information, and when the deviation between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information satisfies a preset condition (for example, less than a preset threshold), it is determined that the first traffic statistics information is reasonable, or, in the first In a case where the deviation between the traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information does not meet the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistics information is unreasonable.
  • the second traffic statistics information is generated by the network access device.
  • the network access device determines that the first traffic statistics information is reasonable, charging may be performed according to the first traffic statistics information.
  • the network access device may send alarm information to the terminal, or even disconnect the service; the alarm information is used to indicate that the first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal is unreasonable. This can ensure the normal operation of business services.
  • the foregoing first traffic statistics information may be stored in a segment routing header (Segment Routing Header, SRH) of the first packet.
  • SRH Segment Routing Header
  • the terminal calls the SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function of the network access device, it can occupy the length of four SIDs in the segment identifier (Segment Identifier, SID) list (list) of the SRH header. It is used to store the SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function, the second SID and the third SID are used to store the signature information of the terminal, and the fourth SID is used to store the first traffic statistics information.
  • SID Segment Identifier
  • the first traffic statistics information included in the above-mentioned first packet may be encrypted information.
  • the first packet may also include a terminal signature to verify the legitimacy of the terminal.
  • the terminal uses the encryption key to sign the first packet and encrypt the first traffic statistics to protect user privacy.
  • the network access device After acquiring the first packet, the network access device first determines the terminal identifier according to the terminal session to further determine the encryption key of the terminal, and then decrypts the terminal signature according to the encryption key to verify the legitimacy of the terminal. In the case of deciphering the first traffic statistics information, so as to determine whether the first traffic statistics information is reasonable.
  • the terminal may receive function information of the network access device, and then may determine, according to the function information, that the network access device supports the function of charging by the terminal.
  • the function to initiate billing may be sent by a network access device such as a terminal egress gateway, or may be sent by some servers such as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, DHCP) server, which is not limited.
  • a network access device such as a terminal egress gateway
  • DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • the terminal egress gateway can send relevant SRv6 FUNCT information to the terminal to allow the terminal to call related charging functions.
  • the above-mentioned function information may be an SRv6 Function of a network access device that supports a statistical function; the function information may include a LOC (location) field, a FUNCT (function) field, and an ARGS (parameter) field, wherein the LOC (location) field
  • the field is used to route and forward the message to the network access device
  • the FUNCT field is used to point to an SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function
  • the ARGS field is used to point to a specific statistics type.
  • the above-mentioned receiving the function information of the network access device may be: the terminal receives the function information of the network access device through the extended option field of the dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a charging method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the method is applied to a network access device.
  • the network access device is, for example, a terminal egress gateway.
  • the terminal egress gateway may also be It is called user egress gateway, egress gateway, billing gateway, etc.
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • Step 21 Receive the first message sent by the terminal.
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the network access device may be a charging gateway, that is, may be one of the charging points for terminal traffic.
  • the terminal may send the first packet.
  • the first message can be a data message, that is, inserting relevant information such as SRv6 FUNCT information into the original data message to obtain the first message, or it can be a separate message whose header is consistent with the data message (for example, contains The same source and destination addresses), the constructed packet also contains SRv6 FUNCT information, but may not contain a specific payload.
  • the first packet can be sent at a specific time interval, or sent on demand, and does not need to be sent all the time.
  • the terminal can initiate traffic charging, so as to support the terminal to adjust the charging policy in real time according to the service requirements, so as to realize a flexible charging method and meet the diversified requirements.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal; after receiving the first packet sent by the terminal, the method further includes:
  • the second traffic statistical information is generated by a network access device
  • Charging is performed according to the first traffic statistics information.
  • the method further includes:
  • the first packet further includes a terminal signature
  • the network access device may also determine the type of the first traffic statistics information, such as the duration, Or traffic, and the legitimacy of the terminal is determined according to the terminal signature.
  • the network access device may determine the type of the first traffic statistics information according to the parameter information in the first packet.
  • a network access device such as an egress gateway can send relevant SRv6 FUNCT information to a terminal such as a client (Client), allowing the user to call related charging functions.
  • This related SRv6 FUNCT such as the END.ACC function described later, is a variant of SRv6's END function.
  • the SID of a node in SRv6 is also called a FUNCT, which generally includes the LOC (location): FUNCT (function) field, a total of 128 bits (bits).
  • the specific LOC field length and FUNCT field length are pre-configured, such as the LOC field.
  • the length is 64bits
  • the length of the FUNCT field is 64bits.
  • the FUNCT part can also include the ARGS (parameter) field.
  • the format of the SID of SRv6 is LOC:FUNCT:ARGS, and the lengths of the FUNCT field and ARGS field also need to be pre-configured. Nodes using this function need to know relevant length information.
  • these SIDs are generally distributed through protocols such as Exterior Gateway Protocol (IGP) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), so that network nodes can perform network programming.
  • IGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
  • BGP Border Gateway Protocol
  • the Client concerned in this application is not a network node, but a terminal node, and does not run the IGP/BGP network protocol. Therefore, if the Client wants to invoke the capabilities of the network node, it can send the FUNCT of the gateway through some other means. It is given to the client, and then the client performs relatively simple network programming. The reason why the client can only support relatively simple network programming is that the client can understand less network information.
  • the terminal can receive the SRv6SID through a DHCPv6 message, that is, the above-mentioned related SRv6 FUNCT.
  • the DHCP server can issue the relevant charging SRv6 Function to the terminal through DHCPv6.
  • the DHCP server is the above-mentioned charging point, that is, the egress gateway of the terminal traffic, or the DHCP server knows the charging point/exit of the terminal Gateway information, and know its SID for billing to send relevant information to the terminal.
  • the terminal can propose related service requirements to the network through the APN mechanism.
  • the network can better provide services on demand by carrying business requirements in the data packets, for example, entering different tunnels (tunnels) or source routing (Segment Routing, SR) strategies on the network side.
  • the corresponding charging process may include:
  • Step 31 The terminal and the egress gateway (authentication point access device) complete the authentication and authorization.
  • Step 32 The terminal and the egress gateway complete DHCP address allocation.
  • Step 33 The egress gateway and the authentication server initiate an accounting process, for example, the egress gateway sends an Accounting-Request Start to the authentication server, and receives an Accounting-Response fed back by the authentication service.
  • Step 34 The terminal accesses the Internet (Internet) network.
  • Step 35 The terminal needs to access special services, such as MEC services.
  • Step 36 The terminal starts the special service through the APN message, and the APN message may carry the terminal identification ID, service level agreement (Service Level Agreement, SLA) information, and the like.
  • service level agreement Service Level Agreement, SLA
  • Step 37 Through the SRv6-specific FUNCT of the egress gateway, the terminal starts the statistics of special services, such as starting the statistics of special traffic, and adds it to the message as needed and sends it to the egress gateway, such as sending an APN message, at least including the flow identifier (Flow ID), billing statistics, etc.
  • special services such as starting the statistics of special traffic
  • APN message at least including the flow identifier (Flow ID), billing statistics, etc.
  • the above-mentioned sent message needs to include a relevant signature, encrypted accounting information, and the like.
  • the above-mentioned FUNCT does not need to be inserted into the data packet of each flow, and may be sent at a specific time interval, or sent on demand. Specifically, it can be inserted in a data packet, or a separate packet with a packet header consistent with the data packet is constructed, and does not contain a specific payload (Payload), and then the SRH header of the FUNCT containing SRv6 is inserted. .
  • Step 38 The egress gateway performs charging according to the terminal identifier and the identifier Flow ID of the user flow. If the received packet contains traffic statistics (the packet contains the gateway's SRv6 Accounting FUNCT), the packet is forwarded normally, and the relevant information is recorded for processing.
  • traffic statistics the packet contains the gateway's SRv6 Accounting FUNCT
  • the above-mentioned terminal identifier may be an Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) address of the terminal, or other identifiers.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • the above Flow ID may be carried in the APN encapsulation, or may be carried in other locations in the IPv6 packet.
  • the above Flow ID can be encapsulated according to the format specified in the APN, and can also reuse the flow label (Flow label) field of IPv6, for example.
  • the above Flow ID can also be selected as other content, such as a quintuple of terminal traffic, such as source address, destination address, source port, destination port, and protocol type.
  • the SRv6 Accounting FUNCT can record the message information of the terminal, for example: 1) the gateway determines the terminal identifier according to the terminal session, thereby further determining the key of the terminal; 2) the gateway decrypts the signature of the terminal to verify the legitimacy of the terminal; 3 ) The gateway decrypts the traffic statistics of the terminal and compares it with its own traffic statistics. If the deviation is within a certain reasonable range, it determines that the traffic statistics are reasonable and charges; and if the deviation exceeds a certain reasonable range, Then start the traffic capture function, and alert the terminal, or even cut off the service.
  • Step 39 The gateway performs information feedback.
  • the gateway may inform the terminal through a certain way. For example, you can construct an IPv6 packet sent to the terminal, which does not contain actual user data information, but contains some type length value (Tag Length Value, TLV) information in the packet header (such as the destination address option extension in IPv6) Header (Destination Options Header, DOH) options, or in the Payload), to notify the reasonable or unreasonable traffic statistics.
  • TLV Tag Length Value
  • some TLV information can also be inserted into the message of the terminal, and the message arrives at the server, and the server inserts the relevant information into a feedback message of this flow, and the insertion position can also be in the options of the DOH.
  • the SRv6 Accounting FUNCT may have the following features:
  • the terminal uses this key to sign the message content and encrypt the accounting information (to protect user privacy).
  • the gateway uses this key to identify the relevant terminal and decrypt the relevant information.
  • the gateway can send the relevant SRv6 FUNCT to the terminal, allowing users to Related billing function calls.
  • DNS Domain Name System
  • SLAAC Stateless Address Auto Configuration
  • the SRv6 Accounting FUNCT in the message sent by the terminal can be stripped at the gateway, for example, inserted as a separate SRH header.
  • SRv6 Accounting FUNCT can be as shown in Figure 4, which includes at least encrypted traffic statistics, signature (such as the first 128 bits of 256bits signature), signature cont. (stores other parts of the signature) and SRv6 Accounting FUNCT (ARGs).
  • signature such as the first 128 bits of 256bits signature
  • signature cont. stores other parts of the signature
  • SRv6 Accounting FUNCT ARGs
  • SRv6 Accounting FUNCT is A1::00AC:0001
  • A1 is the address of the gateway
  • 00AC is FUNCT
  • 0001 is a parameter, which means statistics by traffic.
  • the signature occupies two SRv6 SID spaces
  • the encrypted traffic information occupies one SRv6 SID space.
  • this FUNCT follows the LOC:FUNCT:ARGS format of SRv6 and can be called the END.ACC function.
  • the feature of this function is that it is used for billing, and the three 128-bit SIDs that follow are provided for the information of this function, such as the direction from the terminal Client to the "billing point".
  • the order of the SIDs in Figure 4 is reversed, mainly because in the SRH header of IPv6, the SID list list is reversed, and it needs to be processed from the back to the front according to the remaining segment (Segment Left, SL) pointer.
  • the packet without END.ACC inserted on the Client is ⁇ E::,D::>
  • an END.ACC function corresponding to 00AC can be executed (the function of this function is not only Only need to read the current SID, and also need to read the previous three 128bits information) for verification, and directly subtract 4 from SL to 0 such as SL, then perform the stripping of the SRH header, and finally become ⁇ E::, D::>.
  • a new DHCPv6 option field (Option), such as 200, can be applied for, which is specially used to carry the SIDs of the gateway.
  • the type (type) of END.ACC in this embodiment can be set to 100, and it is assumed that this option_gateway_SID can optionally carry multiple SRv6 SIDs, and this is only one of them.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the apparatus is applied to a terminal.
  • the charging apparatus 50 may include:
  • the first determining module 51 is configured to determine that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal;
  • a first sending module 52 configured to send a first packet to the network access device
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal;
  • the first traffic statistics information is used by the network access device to compare the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information, and the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information are compared between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information. If the deviation satisfies the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable, or if the deviation of the first traffic statistical information and the second traffic statistical information does not meet the preset condition, it is determined that the first traffic statistical information is reasonable. The above first traffic statistics information is unreasonable;
  • the second traffic statistics information is generated by the network access device.
  • the charging device 50 further includes:
  • a first receiving module configured to receive function information of the network access device
  • the first determining module 51 is specifically configured to: determine, according to the function information, that the network access device supports the function of charging initiated by the terminal.
  • the function information is an SRv6 Function of the network access device that supports a statistical function;
  • the function information includes a LOC field, a FUNCT field, and an ARGS field, where the LOC field is used for routing and forwarding packets to In the network access device, the FUNCT field is used to point to an SRv6 Function that supports the statistics function, and the ARGS field is used to point to a specific statistics type.
  • the first receiving module 52 is specifically configured to: receive the function information of the network access device through the extended option field of the dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP.
  • the first traffic statistics information is stored in a segment routing header of the first packet.
  • the charging apparatus 50 in this embodiment of the present disclosure can implement each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the apparatus is applied to a network access device, such as a terminal egress gateway.
  • the terminal egress gateway may also be It is called user egress gateway, egress gateway, billing gateway, etc.
  • the charging device 60 may include:
  • the second receiving module 61 is configured to receive the first message sent by the terminal
  • the first packet is used to start charging for special traffic.
  • the first packet includes first traffic statistics information generated by the terminal; the charging device 60 further includes:
  • a comparison module configured to compare the first traffic statistical information with the second traffic statistical information; wherein the second traffic statistical information is generated by a network access device;
  • a second determining module configured to determine that the first traffic statistics information is reasonable when the deviation between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information satisfies a preset condition
  • a charging module configured to perform charging according to the first traffic statistics information.
  • the charging device 60 further includes:
  • a third determining module configured to determine that the first traffic statistics information is unreasonable when the deviation between the first traffic statistics information and the second traffic statistics information does not meet a preset condition
  • the second sending module is configured to send alarm information to the terminal, wherein the alarm information is used to indicate that the first traffic statistics information is unreasonable.
  • the first message further includes a terminal signature
  • the charging device 60 further includes:
  • a fourth determining module configured to determine the type of the first traffic statistics information
  • the fifth determining module is configured to determine the legitimacy of the terminal according to the terminal signature.
  • the charging apparatus 60 in the embodiment of the present disclosure can implement the various processes of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, including a memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor During execution, each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 can be implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.
  • the communication device may be the above-mentioned terminal or network access device.
  • an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device 70 , including a bus 71 , a transceiver 72 , an antenna 73 , a bus interface 74 , a processor 75 and a memory 76 .
  • the communication device 70 further includes programs or instructions stored on the memory 76 and executable on the processor 75 .
  • the program or instruction when executed by the processor 75, each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 can be implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
  • bus architecture (represented by bus 71), which may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, will include one or more processors, represented by processors 75, and memory, represented by memory 76.
  • the various circuits are linked together.
  • the bus 71 may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein.
  • Bus interface 74 provides an interface between bus 71 and transceiver 72 .
  • Transceiver 72 may be a single element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium.
  • the data processed by the processor 75 is transmitted on the wireless medium through the antenna 73 , and further, the antenna 73 also receives the data and transmits the data to the processor 75 .
  • the processor 75 is responsible for managing the bus 71 and general processing, and may also provide various functions including timing, peripheral interface, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. Instead, memory 76 may be used to store data used by processor 75 in performing operations.
  • the processor 75 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or a complex programmable logic Logic device (Complex Programmable logic device, CPLD).
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
  • FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
  • CPLD complex Programmable logic device
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which programs or instructions are stored, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, each process of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 can be implemented, and The same technical effect can be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
  • Computer-readable media includes both persistent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media, and can be implemented by any method or technology for storage of information.
  • Information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of programs, or other data.
  • Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase-change memory (Phase-Change Random-Access Memory, PRAM), static random-access memory (Static Random-Access Memory, SRAM), dynamic random-access memory (Dynamic Random Access Memory) Memory, DRAM), other types of random access memory (Random-Access Memory, RAM), read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), Digital Video Disc (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cartridge Magnetic tape, tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be
  • the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation.
  • the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to related technologies.
  • the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) ), including several instructions for causing a service classification device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

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Des modes de réalisation de la présente divulgation concernent un procédé et un appareil de facturation, un dispositif de communication et un support de stockage lisible, qui se rapportent au domaine technique de la communication. La solution de mise en oeuvre spécifique comprend les étapes suivantes : la détermination, par un terminal, du fait qu'un dispositif d'accès au réseau prend en charge la fonction de facturation initiée par le terminal ; et l'envoi d'un premier paquet au dispositif d'accès au réseau, le premier paquet étant utilisé pour commencer la facturation pour un trafic spécial.
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