Billing policy information generation method and policy and billing formulation functional entity

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for generating charging policy information and a policy and charging formulation functional entity, wherein the method may include: the policy and charging formulation functional entity receives a request for establishing a bearer or changing a bearer, and the establishing or changing a bearer The bearer request carries charging mode indication information, and the charging mode indication information is used to indicate that the charging mode based on the bearer to be established or changed is a traffic-based charging mode or a connection duration-based charging mode, and Any one or a combination of event-based charging modes; the policy and charging formulation function entity sends the charging policy information corresponding to the bearer to be established or the bearer to be changed to the policy and charging execution function entity, where the charging policy information includes the charging mode indication information. In the embodiment of the present invention, charging policy information based on different charging modes is generated for different application scenarios, so as to satisfy user experience to the greatest extent.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of wireless communication, in particular to a method for generating billing policy information and a policy and billing formulation functional entity. Background technique [0002] With the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the widespread popularity of smartphones, mobile data traffic has gradually developed into a rigid demand for users and an important driving force for operators' revenue growth. Therefore, the pricing of mobile data traffic has not only become the focus of public and media attention, but also a hot issue of controversy among operators and experts. [0003] In the current 3GPP standard, the data flow-based charging methods supported by the policy and charging control (PCC, Policy and Charging Control) function mainly include the following types: flow-based charging, connection duration-based charging, and charging based on Billing for events. Traffic-based billing can ensure the fairnes...

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[0005] It can be seen from the above that the above-mentioned method of selecting the charging method in the prior art cannot switch the charging mode for specific application scenarios

If the billing method based on data traffic is used, high tariffs will be incurred in scenarios where large traffic is generated in a short period of time. For example, more and more users use mobile terminals to access online video websites to watch videos, Hundreds of megabytes of data traffic are generated within an hour, so most users will choose other access methods with lower costs such as WLAN to access such services; on the other hand, if the billing method based on connection In the scenario of time connection and small amount of data, users do not fully enjoy the user experience brought by data traffic during the connection time

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