7 results about "Convergent charging" patented technology

This application provides a charging method, an apparatus, and a system, and is applied to the field of converged charging. The method includes: After receiving a charging request message from a charging trigger function network element, a charging function network element charges a terminal device based on charging data of the terminal device, where the charging request message is for requesting to charge the terminal device, the charging data is received by the charging function network element from a dedicated charging function network element, and the dedicated charging function network element is a charging system that persistently stores user data of the terminal device. According to the foregoing solution, cross-area transmission of a large amount of charging information generated in a charging process can be reduced, to reduce signaling network load and improve cyber resilience.

The invention relates to a satellite access control method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: determining satellite attachment times of a target user, and sending the satellite attachment times to a converged charging function (CHF); the CHF is used for triggering a policy control function (PCF) to send satellite access restriction information to the NACF under the condition that the satellite attachment times meet a preset condition; and limiting the satellite access of the target user according to the received satellite access limiting information. The method can prevent the target user from excessively occupying the satellite resources, ensures the reasonable allocation of the resources, and improves the resource utilization rate.

This application provides a charging method, an apparatus, and a system, and is applied to the field of converged charging. The method includes: After receiving a charging request message from a charging trigger function network element, a first charging function network element performs charging processing on a terminal device based on user data obtained from a second charging function network element, where the second charging function network element is a network element that provides a charging service for the terminal device before the first charging function network element. According to the foregoing solution, cross-area transmission of a large amount of charging information generated in a charging process can be reduced, to reduce signaling network load and improve cyber resilience.

The invention relates to an access control method, a satellite-ground convergence network and computer equipment. The method comprises the following steps: when the balance of a current access type is lower than a balance threshold value of the current access type, a network element with a converged charging function sends a strategy updating request; the policy control function network element receives a policy update request sent by the converged charging function network element, generates an access restriction policy, and sends the access restriction policy to the network access control function network element to indicate the network access control function network element to disable a current access type according to the access restriction policy and switch to a target access type; the cost of the target access type is lower than that of the current access type. By adopting the method, the access authority is dynamically controlled according to the balance condition, the basic access capability is reserved by degrading when the balance is insufficient, the service interruption is avoided, the user access continuity is ensured, the network resource utilization rate is improved, and the user experience is further improved.

A charging reporting method for execution by Session management function (SMF) and charging function (CHF). The SMF and CHF may be implemented in a first and second core network device. The first core network device transmits a request for a supported feature. The second core network device receives a request for a supported feature for confirmation of whether the supported feature is supported by the CHF in a core network, where the supported feature comprises a converged charging service (CCS) for a service type of ambient Internet of things (AIoT). The CHF determines whether the supported feature is supported by the CHF and transmits a response for the request showing that the supported feature of the CCS is supported by the CHF when the supported feature is supported by the CHF, where the response enables signaling of protocol data unit (PDU) session charging information of the CCS for AIoT.

A charging reporting method performed by a session management function (SMF) and a charging function (CHF). The SMF and CHF may be implemented in a first core network device and a second core network device. The first core network device sends a request for a support feature. The second core network device receives a request for a support feature, the request to confirm whether the CHF in the core network supports the support feature, where the support feature includes a Converged Charging Service (CCS) for an Environmental Internet of Things (AIoT) traffic type. The CHF determines whether the CHF supports the support feature, and when the CHF supports the support feature, sends a response to the request, the response indicating that the CHF supports the support feature of the CCS, where the response enables signaling of protocol data unit (PDU) session charging information for the CCS of the AIoT.

This application discloses a fusion billing method and system for barrier-free transfer between metro and suburban railways with multiple fare rates. The method includes: acquiring structural data of the rail transit network, including station nodes, edges between adjacent stations, the length of each associated edge, and fee types, including metro fee types and suburban railway fee types; determining metro billing functions and suburban railway billing functions according to the fee types; when searching for a path between the origin and destination stations, determining the total path length of any candidate path and the path length belonging to the suburban railway for any candidate path formed; calculating the path cost of the candidate path based on the total path length and the suburban railway path length, using the fusion billing function, which includes both metro and suburban railway billing functions; and determining the shortest path from the origin to the destination station with the minimum cost by comparing the path costs corresponding to different candidate paths.