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Charging method and system for distinguishing user charging rules

A technology of rules and user categories, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problem of inability to differentiate billing, and achieve the effect of flexible and accurate billing

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-18
ZTE CORP
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[0023] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charging method and system for distinguishing user charging rules, so as to solve the problem in the above-mentioned prior art that differentiated charging cannot be performed for internal user groups and user categories to which users belong

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[0080] image 3 It shows a signaling flow chart of a service request process for distinguishing user categories according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, specifically including the following steps:

[0081] Step 301, after the terminal accesses the home base station, the home base station will perform a verification process on the terminal, and determine the identity of the terminal by comparing the terminal's identity with the list of internal user groups; at this time, the home base station knows the internal user group the terminal is in identification and user category (e.g. owner or guest);

[0082] Step 302, the network may send a terminal under the home base station due to downlink data or signaling, and trigger the terminal to initiate a service request process by paging the terminal. There is no signaling connection and it is in an idle state. At this time, the terminal initiates a service request process.

[0083] Step 303, the terminal sends a service re...

Embodiment 2

[0098] Figure 4 It shows a signaling flow chart of handover when both the mobility management unit and the serving gateway are unchanged according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. When this process occurs, both the serving gateway and the mobility management unit of the terminal remain unchanged, and the mobility management unit needs to update the internal user group identifier and user type information to the serving gateway. The specific steps involved are as follows:

[0099] Step 401 , when the terminal is in the connected state, if it enters the destination HNB cell from the source BTS cell, it initiates a handover process and accesses the HNB cell.

[0100] Step 402, if the source base station is a macro base station, the destination HNB triggers the terminal to initiate a tracking area update process through air interface signaling.

[0101] In step 403, the terminal sends a tracking area update request message to the mobility management unit, and the messa...

Embodiment 5

[0107] Step 408, the packet data gateway sends an update bearer response message to the serving gateway.

[0108] Step 409, the serving gateway sends an update bearer response message to the mobility management unit.

[0109] Step 410, the evolved system and the terminal complete subsequent tracking area update procedures.

[0110] The above process provides a handover process from a non-HNB cell to a HNB cell, mainly for the service gateway and the packet data gateway to know the internal user group and user type of the HNB cell.

[0111] This embodiment may also be used in a scenario where a terminal is handed over from a home base station of an internal user group to a home base station of another internal user group.

[0112] If the terminal is handed over from the home base station to the macro base station, then the core network will send the tracking area identifier to the serving gateway and the packet data gateway in the above steps 405 and 406 in the subsequent trac...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a charging method and a system for distinguishing user charging rules. The method comprises the following steps: determining an internal user group which a terminal belongs to and the user category of the terminal in the internal user group after the terminal sends a service request; selecting a corresponding charging rule according to the internal user group and the user category; and adding the group identification of the internal user group, the category information of the user category and the corresponding charging rule in the bill of the required service for charging. Because the group identification and the category information are notified to a service gateway and a grouping data gateway, the charging method overcomes the disadvantage that the prior art cannot carry out differentiated charging according to the internal user group which a user belongs to and the user category of the user. Therefore, the charging method can distinguish different internal user groups and different user categories to realize flexible and accurate charging.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a charging method and system for distinguishing user charging rules. Background technique [0002] In order to maintain the competitiveness of the third-generation mobile communication system in the communication field, provide users with faster rate, lower delay, and more personalized mobile communication services, and at the same time reduce the operating costs of operators, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project , Third Generation Partnership Project) standard working group is working on the research of Evolved Packet System (EPS for short). figure 1 A schematic diagram showing a system structure of an evolution system according to a related art, such as figure 1 As shown, the entire EPS system is divided into two parts: a wireless network (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, referred to as E-UTRAN) and a core network (Evolved Packet Core, referred to as EPC). The...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/24H04M15/00H04L12/14
CPCH04L12/1403H04L12/1428H04L12/1485H04W4/24
Inventor 孙扬周晓云卢飞王静梁爽朱进国王志海
Owner ZTE CORP
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