Charging control method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses a charging control method and device. The embodiment of the invention provides a conversation control method which comprises the following steps that: a first conversation with a business network element is set up according to the business request of the business network element; a second conversation with an online charging system (OCS) is set up, wherein the second conversation is used for transferring the messages of the first conversation between the business network element and the OCS, so that the business of the first conversation is charged; if any fault of the OCS is detected, the second conversation is disconnected, and the business network element is authorized to continue the business of the first conversation according to preset configuration; and if the fault of the OCS is detected to be recovered, the second conversation is set up again, and different messages are sent to the OCS in the second conversation according to the received message type of the first conversation. According to the invention, because a conversation control device is adopted, when the OCS fails to work, the conversation business is not suspended suddenly or charged offline without being monitored, so that the reliability and the continuity of the conversation business of users are ensured, and the problem of potential user losses caused by the loss of the monitoring to the conversation business of the users is solved.

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technical field [0001] The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of wireless communication, and more specifically, to a charging control method and device. Background technique [0002] Among the communication services used by users, some require real-time signal control. The real-time signal control is realized through an online charging system (Online Charging System, OCS for short). When the OCS fails, the session between the OCS and the network device will be interrupted. After the OCS recovers from the fault, the session messages initiated by the network device will continue to be reported to the OCS. If the session message is an intermediate message of a new session, since the OCS has not received the initial message of the session, when the OCS receives the intermediate message, it will consider it an illegal session, resulting in long-term offline charging of the session In this state, it cannot be monitored by OCS in real time. Therefore, the ...

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Problems solved by technology

Waiting for the user to request to access the Internet again, which will cause the GGSN to re-establish a session with the OCS, which will cause interruption of the user's Internet access process and affect the user's real-time experience of using services

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