On-line charging method, service control point, amalgamation charging point and system

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for billing on-line, a service control point, a convergent billing point and a system thereof, and belongs to the field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: receiving the authentication billing request information transmitted by the service control point, wherein the authentication billing request information is packed with the Diameter protocol; unpacking the authentication charging request information according to the Diameter protocol, and executing authentication billing according to the information carried in the unpacked information. The service control point comprises a receiving module, a packing module and a transmitting module. The convergent billing point comprises an information receiving module, an unpacking module and an authentication billing module. The system comprises a service node, a service control point and a convergent billing point. The invention receives the authorization billing request information which is packed by the Diameter protocol through the convergent billing point CBP in the pre-charging short message service. The CBP executes authorization billing after unpacking therefore the convergent billing across service can be realized and the flexibility of billing on-line is increased.

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Online charging method, service control point, converged charging point and system technical field The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to an online charging method, a service control point, a converged charging point and a system. Background technique The prepaid short message service refers to the short message service provided to prepaid users, and its charging is based on the short message charging protocol carried by TCP / IP. The authentication charging of prepaid short message and the process of billing back are as follows: prepaid user sends short message to SMSC (ShortMessageServiceCenter, short message center); After SMSC receives this short message, to the SCP ( ServiceCotrolPoints, service control point) sends the authentication charging request message; After the SCP receives the authentication charging request message, it processes it, and after the authentication deduction is successful, it returns the authentication response message...

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Problems solved by technology

The online charging method in the prior art uses an internal message interface for information interaction between the SCP and service nodes, which can only realize charging for a certain kind of business, and cannot realize integrated charging across services, and the charging is inflexible

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