Usage monitoring method and system

Abstract

The invention discloses a usage monitoring method, comprising the following steps: an online charging system (OCS) receives a usage monitoring request from policy and charging rules function (PCRF); the OCS makes a usage monitoring decision and issues a usage monitoring message to the PCRF; the PCRF makes a policy decision and issues a control policy and a usage monitoring notification to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF); the PCRF executes the usage monitoring according the control policy and the usage monitoring notification issued by the PCRF, or the OCS distributes a threshold value to users in a group according to group user subscription usage information, and issues the threshold value to the PCRF; the PCRF makes the usage monitoring decision and the policy decision and issues the control policy and usage monitoring notification to the PCEF; the PCEF executes the usage monitoring according to the control policy and usage monitoring notification issued by the PCRF. The invention correspondingly discloses a usage monitoring system. According to the invention, the usage monitoring of group user is likely to be achieved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a usage monitoring method and system. Background technique [0002] figure 1 A schematic diagram of the policy and charging control (Policy and Charging Control, PCC) architecture for mobile networks defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and the functions of each entity in the 3GPP PCC R8 architecture are described as follows: [0003] Policy and Charging Rules Function (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), formulate resource control policies for the use of network resources during the transmission process of service data flows included in the service, including Quality of Service (Quality of Service, QoS) control policies and charging Control Strategy; [0004] Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), which is used to execute the PCC rules issued by PCRF or pre-configured on PCEF, detect IP packets transmitted on the network, and identify the IP pack...

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Another example is the group user package. When users in the group experience a certain type of business, they can obtain a higher service experience within the contracted amount. When the contracted amount exceeds the contracted amount, the experience effect of the service cannot be guaranteed.

For the above-mentioned family users or group users (collectively referred to as group users), although each member of the group users can share the subscription amount, it cannot be guaranteed that the users in the group can choose the same PCRF when they attach to the network, so they cannot be used. PCRF manages the subscription usage of group users, and the existing usage monitoring mechanism cannot monitor the usage of group users

In addition, users in the group may also use different SPRs to store subscription information. For example, in actual operation, the operator chooses to set up PCRF and SPR together, so SPR is not suitable for unified management of the subscription usage of group users, and implements usage monitoring for group users

In short, there is no effective solution to implement usage monitoring for group users

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