Charging method and device

A technology of billing identification and billing system, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problems affecting the efficiency, cost and accuracy of quota management, and achieve the effect of solving online billing, improving accuracy and improving network efficiency

Active Publication Date: 2019-01-15
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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In this case, different user planes may have the same rate group. Using the current online information control mechanism, a quota granted by OCS will be divided into different

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[0059] The name of the network element involved in the embodiment of this application does not limit the device itself. Specifically, the name of the session management function itself does not constitute a limitation on the device. In practice, it can be other names, such as SessionManager. The name of the policy control function itself does not constitute a restriction on the device. In practice, it can be another name, such as Policy Controller. The name of the user plane function itself does not constitute a restriction on the device. In practice, it can be other names, such as User Plane Function Entity. The name of the online charging system does not restrict the device. In practice, it can be another name, such as the charging system, or other names. Here is a unified description, and will not be repeated below.

[0060] The solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be used in 5G and other systems in the future.

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The embodiment of the present application provides a charging method including a session management function (SMF) determines a data stream routed on each user plane function (UPF) and a rating groupcharging key corresponding to the data stream; each UPF transmits, to an online charging system OCS, a quota request for at least one charging key having no available quota on the UPF; the SMF receives a quota granted by the OCS for the at least one charging key on the UPF, and delivers the granted quota to the UPF; the SMF receives the quota usage information corresponding to at least one quota reported by at least one UPF; and the SMF sends, to the OCS, a charge report message generated according to the quota usage information corresponding to the at least one quota. The method solves the problem of online charging under network architecture with multiple user planes.

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Technical field [0001] This application relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a charging method and device. Background technique [0002] The current basic mechanism of online charging is: the charging trigger function (Charging Trigger Function, CTF) applies to the online charging system (Online Charging System, OCS) to reserve a quota for a certain rate group (Rating Group), and the OCS grants the quota , CTF performs quota management, quota usage and charging information collection, and when it monitors that the charging report condition (trigger condition) is met, it reports the collected charging information to the charging system. [0003] In the 4G network, the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) at the gateway is the CTF, and the PCEF will determine the calculation based on the charging policy issued by the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF). Charge mode (online charging or offline charging), statistical method (traffic or duration...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14H04M15/00
CPCH04L12/1407H04L12/1485H04M15/64H04M15/66H04M15/80H04L12/14H04M15/00H04W4/24H04M15/77H04M15/773H04M15/785H04M15/54H04M15/60H04M15/8235H04M2215/70H04M2215/784H04M2215/8125H04M2215/815
Inventor 柴晓前
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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