Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Third-party billing for sip sessions

A billing system, billing gateway technology, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problem of not providing and so on

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-28
LUCENT TECH INC
View PDF0 Cites 0 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

[0003] A problem with existing IMS networks is that the offline charging mechanism defined by the 3GPP standard only includes information about the calling and called parties indicating which party should be charged for the session
Existing standards do not provide such a mechanism

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Third-party billing for sip sessions
  • Third-party billing for sip sessions
  • Third-party billing for sip sessions

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0015] Figure 1-9 The following description describes specific exemplary embodiments of the invention to teach those of ordinary skill in the art how to make and use the invention. In order to teach the principles of the invention, some conventional aspects of the invention have been simplified or omitted. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate variations from these examples that fall within the scope of the invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the features described below can be combined in various ways to form multiple variations of the invention. As a result, the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments described below, but only by the claims and their equivalents.

[0016] figure 1 A communication network 100 of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is shown. Communication network 100 may comprise an IMS network or another type of communication network that supports SIP sessions or SIP transactions. Altho...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

Communication networks and associated methods are disclosed that provide third party charging for SIP sessions. A communication network of the invention comprises a session control function (e.g., an IMS CSCF), a network node (e.g., an IMS application server), and a charging system. The session control function serves a SIP session initiated between a first and second party. The network node identifies a third party to charge for the session. The network node includes a third party identifier for the third party in a SIP message for the session, and transmits the SIP message to the session control function. The session control function generates a charging message, maps the third party identifier to the charging message, and transmits the charging message that includes the third party identifier to the charging system. The charging system then initiates charging of the session to the third party based on the third party identifier.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to providing third-party charging for SIP sessions or SIP transactions in a communications network such as an IMS network. Background technique [0002] One type of communication network that is prevalent in general is the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. As proposed in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) or 3GPP2, IMS provides a common core network with an access-agnostic network architecture for converged networks. Service providers embrace this architecture in the evolution of next-generation networks. The IMS architecture was originally defined by 3GPP to provide multimedia services to mobile users over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. IP network has become the most cost-effective bearer network for transmitting video, voice and data. The IMS uses the advantages of the IP network to provide multimedia services to IMS users on the IMS platform. The s...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14H04L29/06
CPCH04L65/1016H04L12/1471H04L29/06217H04L12/14
Inventor 蔡亦钢T·秋E·H·亨里克森E-L·楼B·H·帕特尔
Owner LUCENT TECH INC