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Online charging method and online charging system

A billing system and billing execution function technology, applied in the communication field, can solve problems such as lack of specific specifications, lower user service experience, and tariff disputes, and achieve the effect of improving service experience

Active Publication Date: 2015-11-25
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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[0007] 2) Unit reserved event charging (EventchargingwithReservation), PCEF applies for a quota to OCS once, OCS grants PCEF a certain quota, and locks the corresponding quota at the same time, but does not actually deduct
[0008] 3) Session charging with Reservation is applicable to session services. PCEF applies for quotas to OCS multiple times. OCS grants PCEF a certain quota and locks the corresponding quota at the same time, but does not actually deduct
[0009] In the process of realizing the present invention, the inventors found that the prior art has at least the following problems: In the online charging mode, specific use of the three modes of immediate event charging, unit reserved event charging or unit reserved session charging Which one is decided by PCEF or PCRF, there is no specific specification in the prior art
If the session-based online billing is used, PCEF applies for quotas from OCS in stages. The quotas applied for each time are the quotas used by the business at the time. When the quotas are used up, the application for quotas in the next stage of the business will be carried out. When the balance of the user account in OCS is insufficient, PCEF fails to apply for the quota, and the business is interrupted this time; but the used business quota has already been billed to the user, for example: when downloading a movie, the user account in OCS is found when the download is halfway through. The balance is insufficient and the business is interrupted, but the downloaded traffic has already been billed to the user. Such a billing mechanism is prone to tariff disputes, which reduces the user's service experience

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[0072] refer to figure 2 , figure 2 It is a flow chart of an embodiment of an online charging method provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The online charging method includes:

[0073] S201: Obtain the total quota information required by the business.

[0074] S202: Judging whether the balance of the user account is sufficient to complete the business according to the total quota information required by the service and the balance of the user account, and generating a judgment result.

[0075] S203: When the judgment result is yes, perform quota management to realize online charging.

[0076] In practical applications, when the judgment result is yes, quota management is performed between the PCEF and the OCS to realize the online charging function; specifically, the OCS obtains the first quota from the quota application message sent by the PCEF, and the user The first quota is drawn from the balance of the account and sent to the PCEF, and online charging is...

Embodiment 2

[0080] refer to image 3 , image 3 It is a flow chart of an embodiment of an online charging method provided by Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the OCS obtains the total quota information required by the service and the balance of the user account, so as to realize the online charging function; wherein, the total quota information required by the service is carried in the quota application message sent by the PCEF.

[0081] The online charging method includes:

[0082] S301: Establish a bearer layer connection between the user equipment UE and the bearer network.

[0083] In practical applications, a bearer layer connection is established between the UE and the AF, PCRF and PCEF of the bearer network.

[0084] S302: Activate a service between the UE and the AF.

[0085] S303: The AF sends the policy control information of the service data flow to the PCRF of the bearer layer.

[0086] Wherein, the policy control information includes the total q...

Embodiment 3

[0103] refer to Figure 4 , Figure 4 It is a flow chart of an embodiment of an online charging method provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the OCS obtains the total quota information required by the service and the balance of the user account. When the balance of the user account is sufficient and the quota application message carries relevant indication information that the service cannot be interrupted, the balance of the user account is deducted or reserved. The total quota required for business retention. The online charging method includes:

[0104] S401: Establish a bearer layer connection between the user equipment UE and the bearer network.

[0105] In practical applications, a bearer layer connection is established between the UE and the AF, PCRF and PCEF of the bearer network.

[0106] S402: Activate a service between the UE and the AF.

[0107] S403: The AF sends the policy control information of the service data flow to the P...

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an online charging method, online charging system and a policy and charging rules function, which relate to the communication field. The online charging method includes: obtaining information of a total quota needed by services (S201); judging whether a balance of a user account is enough to complete the services according to the information of the total quota needed by the services and the balance of the user account, and generating the judging result (S202); if the judging result is yes, executing quota management and implementing online charging (S203). The online charging system includes: a first total quota obtaining module, a first judging module and an online charging module. The policy and charging rules function includes: a second total quota obtaining module, a balance obtaining module, a second judging module and a rule processing module. The embodiments of the present invention improve the service experience of users.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to an online charging method, an online charging system, and a policy and charging rule functional entity. Background technique [0002] At present, the online charging networking architecture of the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) network is as follows: figure 1 As shown, it specifically includes the following logical entities: PCRF (PolicyandChargingRulesFunction, policy and charging rule functional entity), AF (ApplicationFunction, application functional entity) connected to PCRF through Rx reference point, PCEF (PolicyandChargingEnforcementFunction) connected to PCRF through Gx reference point , Policy and Charging Enforcement Function Entity), an OCS (Online Charging System, Online Charging System) connected to the PCRF through the Sy reference point, wherein the PCEF is connected to the OCS through the Gy reference point. [0003] Based on the above-mentioned online chargi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14
CPCH04L12/14H04L12/1403H04L12/1467H04M15/00H04M15/64H04M15/66H04W4/24
Inventor 蔡慧
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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