14 results about "Online charging system" patented technology

The invention discloses an automatic fault handling cooperative control method and system, and relates to the technical field of power distribution network scheduling and fault management, and the method comprises the steps: generating a fault log in a distribution network OMS system, or enabling a dispatcher to manually add a log in an OCS system; transmitting the log to an OCS (Online Charging System) of the local and municipal bureau, and generating a programmed operation instruction according to the log; the method comprises the following steps: receiving a programmed instruction in a provincial distribution network OMS system, executing triple review, and then automatically associating the instruction with a fault log work order; arranging according to task operation steps and automatically executing in sequence; and in the task execution process, the operation state is pushed to the field end and the scheduling end in real time, and abnormal information is acquired and processed. The method supports programmed cooperative control, equipment state automatic verification, work order automatic execution and real-time monitoring, distribution network scheduling production efficiency is improved, power grid risks are reduced, power supply reliability is improved, and dispatchers are liberated from heavy instruction issuing.

The disclosure relates to a system (108) and a method (500) for connecting a user equipment (UE) (104) from a first network (106) to a second network (110). The method (500) receive (502), at the second network (110), a request associated with the UE (104) from the first network (106), and triggers (504), by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) (306), a service request towards an online charging system (OCS) (310) based on the received request. The method (500) receives (506) a response message at the PCRF (306) based on the triggered service request and extracts (508) attributes associated with the response message. The method (500) evaluates (510) one or more policies based on determining that the extracted attributes meet at least one condition defined on a policy rule engine and connecting (512) the UE (104) to the second network (110) based on the one or more evaluated policies.

Aspects of the invention enhance the capabilities of the Message as a Platform (“MaaP”) by adding interfaces thereto so that the platform directly interfaces with the Online Charging System (“OCS”), the Policy and Charging Rules Function (“PCRF”), the Equipment Identity Register (“EIR”), the Cloud Database (“COB”) and the Home Subscriber Server (“HSS”) without middle layer or without using Rich Communication Services (“RCS”) as an intermediary. Moreover, embodiments of the invention may create a user interface of the MaaP so that users may configure parameters to interact with the network nodes right from the user interface.

The present disclosure relates to a system(108) and a method(500) for managing interface sessions. The system(108) receives a first set of signals indicative of 5 request for services from a network entity via a network. The system(108) determines whether a Policy Counter ID (PCID) is to be requested from an Online Charging System (OCS) based on a set of parameters received via the first set of signals. The system(108) transmits a second set of signals indicative of a request to receive the PCID from the OCS. The system(108) receives the PCID to fulfil request for the services made by the network entity. The system(108) determines whether the PCID needs to be requested from the OCS by applying logical operators to the set of parameters. The system(108) provides precedence to a first subset of the set of parameters over a second subset of parameters.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RATING NETWORK SERVICES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK 5 Disclosed is an Online Charging System (OCS) (208) for rating network services in a communication network (100), and methods (500) (600) thereof. The OCS (208) includes a rule engine (310) to receive template(s) comprises rating condition(s) and rating action(s), for rating network service(s). The rule engine (310) further generates rule(s) for rating the network service(s) by mapping each 10 rating condition with a corresponding rating action. Furthermore, the rule engine (310) integrates the rule(s) for rating the one or more network services to the OCS (208). The OCS (208) further includes a data parser (304) and a rating engine (308). The data parser (304) receives transaction request(s) for account(s) comprising network data translates it to parametric value(s) for network parameters of the 15 communication network (100). The rating engine (308) identifies the network service(s) based on the parametric values and rates the network service(s) using the rule(s). 5 20

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method, performed by a Policy Charging Function (PCF), comprising: transmitting, to a Session Management Function (SMF), an energy policy related to energy credit controlling, receiving, from the SMF, an event notification; and, transmitting, to an Application Function (AF), the event notification, wherein the policy is transmitted from the PCF to Online Charging System (OCS) via the SMF, wherein the event notification is triggered at the OCS and transmitted from the OCS to the PCF via the SMF in case that the OCS identifies AMF SMF that the policy includes energy control policy and aggregate energy cost is larger than energy credit limit based on the policy.

The invention provides a communication method and a communication device, which are applied to the field of communication. In the technical scheme of the invention, the offline call detailed list generated by the mobile switching center is associated with the online call detailed list generated by the online charging system through the identifier of the first call, and the online charging system rolls back the billing of the online call according to the online call detailed list and charges and deducts the whole call according to the offline call detailed list. Therefore, the charging error is eliminated.

A method and an apparatus for information exchange in online charging in order to reduce frequency of information exchange between a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) device and an Online Charging System (OCS), and reduce a pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS, where the method includes receiving, by a CTF device, a credit control answer (CCA) message that carries a non-real-time Trigger and sent by an OCS, recording, by the CTF device, charging information before and after a corresponding event of the non-real-time Trigger happens each time before sending a credit control request (CCR) message to the OCS next time, and sending, by the CTF device, the CCR message to the OCS.

Disclosed is a method performed by an IP Multimedia System, IMS (140), of a communication network. The method comprises receiving information of a call initiation or a call reception by a wireless communication device (110), the information comprising an ID indicative of a subscriber of the wireless communication device (110). The method further comprises sending information of the initiated or received call to an online charging system, OCS (150), the information comprising the ID indicative of the subscriber of the wireless communication device (110), receiving, from the OCS (150) and in response to the sending, a pointer referring to a notification picture, and sending the pointer to the wireless communication device (110). Hereby it is possible for an operator to send notification pictures to its subscribers. Disclosed are also methods performed by the OCS (150) and the wireless communication device (110).

Systems and methods are described for throttling service associated with the user in a network. The online charging system (OCS) 408 sends a notification along with policy counter IDs (PCIDs) in the spending limit control notification / SNR messages over an interface. When a spending-status-notification-request (SNR) notification is transmitted from the online charging system (OCS) or charging function (CHF) 408 to the policy control function (PCF) or policy and charging rules function (PCRF) 404 over the interface, the PCRF initiates a re-auth request (RAR) / SM policy control update notification message towards the PGW / SMF 402 with the updated ADC rules.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for control of balance account access to a balance account, the method being performed by a network node in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving requests for accessing the balance account. The method includes determining whether there are a plurality of requests for accessing the balance account. Upon determination that there are a plurality of requests for access of the balance account, the method includes deciding to split the balance account into one or more sub-balances. The method includes redirecting the plurality of requests to access the one or more sub-balances. Corresponding network node, online charging system, OCS, and computer program products are also disclosed.

The application provides a power distribution system and an online charging system for an electric engineering machinery, and relates to the technical field of engineering machinery. The power distribution system comprises a power distribution box, at least one online charging power distribution unit, a power cable and a charging cable; a power supply interface and a charging interface are arranged on the online charging power distribution unit; the power distribution box is electrically connected to the power supply interface through the power cable; the online charging power distribution unit is arranged on an electric engineering machinery; and the charging interface is electrically connected to a charging gun of the electric engineering machinery through the charging cable to perform online charging power distribution for the electric engineering machinery. Through the scheme provided in the application, the online charging power distribution unit can move with the electric engineering machinery, and a fixed charging pile is not needed to be installed, so that the electric engineering machinery can realize work and charging simultaneously.

The present application is applied to the field of communications. Provided are a communication method and a communication apparatus. In the technical solution of the present application, an offline call detail record generated by a mobile switching center is associated, by means of an identifier of a first call, with an online call detail record generated by an online charging system, and the online charging system rolls back the charging of an online call on the basis of the online call detail record and performs charging and deduction on the entire call on the basis of the offline call detail record, so as to eliminate a charging error.

A computer-implemented method for mitigating leakage for a telecommunications service provider includes receiving real-time call detail records (CDRs) from an online charging system (OCS) for multiple wireless devices. The CDRs comprise information regarding telecommunication sessions, with a number of CDRs per time segment corresponding to a number of sessions. The method includes associating each CDR with a cluster using a network service product type, creating aggregated sub-clusters of CDRs, and predicting, by an artificial intelligence (AI) model using the aggregated sub-clusters and number of CDRs per time segment, whether the sub-clusters are associated with leakage. Responsive to predicting a particular sub-cluster is associated with leakage, the method performs an action to mitigate the leakage. The method further includes re-predicting whether the particular sub-cluster is associated with additional leakage and performing an additional action to mitigate the additional leakage if predicted.