Charging test method and charging equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to the communication field, and discloses a charging test method and a charging device which can test a price rule which is effective in the future on the prior network device. The charging test method comprises the following steps: receiving a charging message; if a charging number received in the charging message is a testing number, amending the charging time of the charging message into time within a time period of the effective charging rule to be tested, namely virtual time; and charging the message by the prior network device by using the charge rule to be tested according to the virtual time. A testing number assembly is arranged; if the charging number received in the charging message belongs to a number in the testing number assembly, the charging number is determined into the testing number.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to the charging test technology. Background technique [0002] With the increasingly diverse and rich types of communication services, problems such as flexible tariff policies, endless tariff packages, and complex compatibility fees between tariff packages have led to more and more communication billing systems (Billing System, "BS" for short). more complicated. [0003] At present, the billing standards commonly adopted by network operators include billing by time, billing by traffic, and monthly billing. [0004] Specifically, billing by time means that the exchange that controls the call connection simply records the numbers and start and end times of both parties to form a bill, and the BS bills according to the time recorded in the bill; billing by traffic refers to The network management records the data flow of a certain port to achieve the purpose of billing; monthly billing mea...

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[0007] However, the inventors of the present invention have found that there are following disadvantages in the current method for predicting the tariff of this new service: a set of backup equipment and dial testing equipment needs to be configured and maintained, and the cost is relatively high; or adjust the time of the dial-up device for verification, making the control of the verification time inflexible; in addition, there may be differences between the backup device and the dial-up device used in the prediction and the actual BS in the network, which will directly As a result, the predicted result is different from the result of the new service actually being put into the existing network, so when the new service and charging standard are applied to the existing network, loopholes such as billing errors will occur and cause unnecessary losses

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