Online charging method, communication device and communication system

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an online charging method, a communication device and a communication system. The online charging method comprises the following steps of: obtaining attribute information and service charging request of an access device; determining access network type corresponding to the attribute information of the access device according to a pre-established mapping relation between the attribute information of the access device and the access network type; transmitting the service charging request and the determined access network type to an online charging system, so as to enable the online charging system to perform online charging according to the service charging request and the access network type. In the embodiment of the invention, practical access network type of the access device is determined, and the access network type is transmitted to the online charging system for charging services of different access networks, so that uniform online charging of the a plurality of network services is implemented.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an online charging method, a communication device and a communication system. Background technique [0002] In the current narrowband / broadband fixed network, wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, referred to as WLAN), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, referred to as CDMA), broadband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, referred to as WCDMA) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and other network structures usually need to deploy network elements capable of implementing functions such as Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA). In terms of prepaid billing, the AAA network element itself can be used as a prepaid service (Pre-Paid Service, referred to as PPS) to realize prepaid; ) and the Business Operation Support System (BOSS for short) to realize quasi-real-ti...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] Most of the existing AAA network elements serve a single network, and the access servers of different networks are connected to different AAA systems; the AAA network element services of each network are not integrated with their respective networks, which may lead to the following problems: repeated construction of the AAA system; Need to operate, maintain and manage multiple sets of AAA network elements, resulting in additional work; different AAA systems cannot share the ability of OCS converged billing, and cannot share packages with voice / data services of other networks, thus affecting the promotion of full-service operations

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