Online billing method and system based on user traffic volume

Abstract

The invention provides an online billing method and a system based on user traffic volume. The online billing method is applied in a business operation support system, and the online billing method adopts the using frequency sliding window technology, pre-distributes usable traffic volume based on historical using amount of user business, realizes the function of online billing, reduces the repeattimes from amount to the usable traffic volume during the online billing process and improves the billing efficiency, thereby leading the distributed initial traffic volume to be in line with the using habits of a user as far as possible, reducing the expected interaction times between a business control network element and the online billing system during the online billing process to a constantand reducing the concurrent pressure of the online billing system. The usable volume of the follow-up business in the conversation is computed by adopting the exponential backoff algorithm with a threshold, thereby reducing computational complexity; and balances of pre-reserved accounts are re-distributed according to the using status of system resources of various businesses in a business system, thereby improving the utilization rate of idle business resources. The method can be directly applied in the existing online billing system and have higher application values.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of online charging of a business operation support system, in particular to an online charging method and system based on user traffic. Background technique [0002] With the continuous advancement of network integration and the continuous maturity of service provision technologies, new services and value-added services are constantly emerging. It has become an urgent need for operators to build a service operation support system that supports multi-service integration. Service charging is one of the core functions of the service operation support system. An Online Charging System (OCS) that supports multi-service real-time charging is the key to realizing multi-service operation and reducing operator revenue loss. [0003] The 3rd Generation Partnership Organization 3GPP standard defines two payment modes and two charging modes. The payment mode is divided into prepayment and postpayment according to the relationshi...

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Problems solved by technology

The advantage of the offline billing method is that it can provide complex tariff plans and flexible preferential policies, but it mainly has the following disadvantages: (1) Bad debts and bad debt risks caused by malicious arrears of low-credit users and "last business use" are difficult to obtain Effective control causes huge economic losses to operators every year; (2) users cannot query account balances in real time and grasp consumption details at any time; (3) balance processing can only be carried out after the user's business use is over and detailed bills are generated, lacking The function of terminating the service during the user's business use, so it cannot well support the development of high-risk and high-value services, which limits the types of services supported by the billing system

Based on the online billing method implemented by the intelligent network, domestic operators currently complete it through the service control point SCP (Service Control Point) of the intelligent network. The types of services it supports are limited; (2) It is difficult to support users' personalized tariff policies and preferential policies, and it is difficult to support various flexible packages and multi-service bundles

[0005] In the online billing method based on the inverse calculation of service availability, the service volume inversion method is divided into two categories: one is the direct method, which calculates the service availability based on the inverse function of the tariff policy, and directly calculates it based on the inverse function of the tariff policy and the account balance The disadvantage of service availability is that it is impossible to solve the inverse function for each price function because operators provide flexible tariff strategies and various preferential strategies, so its scope of application is limited; the other is the indirect method, Use the probe method to search for the price function through trial calculation, and use the dichotomy method to indirectly obtain the service availability through trial calculation based on the billing strategy and account balance. There are the following disadvantages: (1) Multiple processing of the amount from the amount is required in online billing processing The billing efficiency is low due to the inverse calculation of service availability; (2) When a user uses one account to pay for multiple services, the billing system needs to deal with the problem of balance distribution

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