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Billing method for prepayment user to send SMS upon cross-network roaming

A short message, prepaid technology, applied in prepaid telephone system, accounting/billing service, message/mail/announcement, etc., can solve the problem of lack of flexibility, poor operability, and users cannot choose payment methods independently. question

Active Publication Date: 2008-01-16
CHINA TELECOM CORP LTD
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However, in this way, operators need to reserve a separate number segment for prepaid users, and users cannot choose the payment method independently, and cannot switch between prepaid and postpaid
[0004] The above two methods can theoretically realize the short message service of prepaid users when roaming between networks, but the operability is not strong. The former requires cooperation between operators, and the latter lacks flexibility.

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[0012] Referring to Fig. 1, the processing procedure performed by the home short message center after the prepaid user roaming in the network according to the present invention sends a short message will be described in detail. When a user who has subscribed to an intelligent network service roams to another operator's network and sends a short message, the user's home short message center receives the MAP-MO-FORWARD-SHORT-MESSAGE message sent by the user, and then according to the The GT number of the sender in the SCCP layer of the message is used to judge whether the message comes from another operator's network, thereby judging whether the user is roaming between networks. Each operator has certain rules when planning the GT of the equipment. Generally, it can be judged whether the message comes from another operator's network according to the CC (Country Code) and NDC (National Destination Code) in the GT number.

[0013] If it is judged that the message does not come fr...

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The invention relates to a charging method of short message sent by prepaid service users in roaming state between networks. The method includes the following steps: after a short message center of the home network receives a MAP-MO-FORWARD-SHORT-MESSAGE sent by the user, judging whether the message is from network of other operators by analyzing GT number of the sender in SCCP layer of the message to judge whether the user terminal is roaming among networks; if the user terminal is determined to in the roaming state, the short message center of the home network obtains calling subscription information of the user via a data recovery route of MAP protocol; determining the user is a prepaid one or a postpaid one according to the calling subscription information; and charging the short message according to correspondent processing method.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to mobile communication, and specifically relates to a billing method for prepaid subscribers to send short messages when roaming between networks. Background technique [0002] At present, in the mobile network, prepaid subscribers do not realize roaming between networks, so prepaid subscribers cannot send short messages while roaming between networks. If the prepaid user roams to other operator's network and sends a short message, the MSC (Mobile Switching Center) of the visited place sends a MAP-MO-FORWARD-SHORT-MESSAGE (Mobile Application Part originates forwarding short message) message to the home place short message center. The current short message center cannot judge which network the message is sent from, nor can it judge whether the user is a prepaid subscriber or a postpaid subscriber, so there is a billing problem. [0003] At present, if it is necessary to realize the sending of short messages by ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04Q7/38H04M17/00H04M15/00H04Q7/22H04W4/14H04W4/24H04W8/12
Inventor 邢燕霞马欣孙震强于建港
Owner CHINA TELECOM CORP LTD
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