A method and device for converged billing

A technology that integrates billing and billing requests. It is applied in the field of communications and can solve problems such as complex coordination and cooperation, complex billing system processing, and limited flexibility.

Active Publication Date: 2021-02-23
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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The billing architecture that separates online billing and offline billing makes operators face complex coordination and cooperation between multiple systems when configuring products, which limits the flexibility of service provisioning for operators. In the fifth-generation mobile communication technology (5rd-generation , 5G) There will be many restrictions on industry application support, and because the billing system is limited by the intervention of external systems on online billing and offline billing, the billing system is complicated

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[0157] Example 1: Use the quota identifier to distinguish between online charging and offline charging. In this example, the third message includes third indication information, and the third indication information is a quota identifier. The content of the third message is as follows:

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[0159] Example 2: Use online and offline indication to distinguish between online charging and offline charging. In this example, the third message includes third indication information corresponding to the first data stream and fourth indication information corresponding to the second data stream. The content of the third message is as follows:

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[0161] In example 1 and example 2, RG is a rate group. It should be understood that if there is no specially identified quota application in the request, it is an online charging request by default.

[0162] It should be understood that the first message may further include third indication information corresponding to the first data stream, or the first message may further include fourth indication information corresponding to the second data stream, or the first message may further include may include third indication information corresponding to the first data stream and fourth indication information corresponding to ...

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The present application provides a method and device for converged charging, which realizes requesting online charging and offline charging based on online and offline converged charging sessions, and simplifies the charging architecture. The method includes: the session management function determines the charging type of the first data flow and the second data flow, and the charging type is online charging or offline charging; the session management function determines according to the first data flow and the the charging type of the second data flow, and send a first message to the charging server through the online and offline integrated charging session, the first message includes the first online charging request for the first data flow, or the first A message includes a first offline charging request for the second data flow, or the first message includes a first online charging request for the first data flow and a first offline charging request for the second data flow request, the online and offline converged charging session is used to send the first online charging request and the first offline charging request.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the communication field, and more specifically, to a method and device for converged charging. Background technique [0002] At present, the charging frameworks of the third generation mobile communication technology (3rd-generation, 3G) and the fourth generation mobile communication technology (4rd-generation, 4G) include two systems of online charging and offline charging. In the online charging system, charging trigger function (Charging Trigger Function, CTF) through R o The interface is connected with an online charging function (Online Charging Function, OCF). CTF in offline billing system through R f The interface is connected with a charging data function (ChargingData Function, CDF). The billing architecture that separates online billing and offline billing makes operators face complex coordination and cooperation between multiple systems when configuring products, which limits the flexibility of service p...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14H04L29/08H04M15/00
CPCH04W4/24H04L12/1407H04L67/14H04M15/66H04M15/64H04M15/65H04M15/8228H04L12/14H04M15/00H04M15/62H04M15/853H04M15/854H04L65/40H04W80/10
Inventor 柴晓前
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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