CN1744643A - Charging method based on mobile data communication net - Google Patents
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The method is in use for carrying out charging for user to use mobile data service. The method builds coincidence relation between each service quality and rate of each charging mode. The collection device for charging information in mobile data communication network sends service quality of mobile data service used by user, and charging information in each charging mode under service quality provided to the charging system. Based service quality of mobile data service used by user, the charging system queries the coincidence relation to determine rate in each charging mode corresponding to the service quality provided. Moreover, combining with received charging information, the charging system calculates communication fee and content fee for user under the service quality provided. The invention carries out calculating fees respectively for user to use services in different QoS.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the billing technology field in the communications network system, relate in particular to a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network.
Background technology
Continuous development along with the mobile data communication network technology, various mobile data services, as multimedia messaging service, MMS (MMS, Multimedia Messaging Service), location service (LCS, LocationServices), payment transaction and WAP (wireless application protocol) WAP browse service etc. thereof launch to use day by day, therefore because the continuous appearance of comparatively rich and varied mobile data services, will inevitably propose higher requirement to operation mode, particularly the charging way to operator proposes higher requirement.
For the appearance of mobile data services, mobile operator need communicate the two dimension of expense and content fee to the user who has applied for mobile data services respectively and charge, and below the definition of communication expense and content fee is introduced respectively, and is as follows:
Communication expense: mobile operator has built mobile communications network, and the user has used the mobile communications network resource, and mobile operator just need collect the Internet resources usage charges to the user, and described Internet resources usage charges are communication expense; Communication expense generally uses the flow/duration of Internet resources or monthly payment to charge according to the user.
Content fee the: because (CP of content supplier, Content Provider) for providing content resource, the user who has applied for mobile data services browses, the user has browsed the content resource that CP provides, the CP of content supplier just need collect the content resource usage charges to the user, and described content resource usage charges are content fee; The charging of content fee is handled and is acted on behalf of charge by mobile operator, and in general, content fee can charge by the flow/duration of bar (as every MMS is charged), user's browsing content resource or monthly payment mode etc.
Wherein the charging way of foregoing expense and rate can be consulted the back decision jointly by mobile operator and content supplier.
See also Fig. 1, this figure is the charge system work schematic diagram of mobile data communication network in the prior art; As shown in Figure 1, the communication expense charge information is normally at the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN of 2G network/2.5G network/3G network, Serving GPRS Support Node)/GGSN (GGSN, Gate GPRS Supporting Node)/packet data serving node (PDSN, Packet DataService Node)/network access server (NAS, Network Access Server) upward collections such as (following are long-range connecting system (RAS, Remote Access Server System) 1 with above these node unified Definition); And the content fee charge information is normally at Wireless Application Protocol Gateway (WAP GW, WirelessApplication Protocol Gateway) 2 or on service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 3, gather, and the generation ticket, and unification is unified clearing by operation subsystem (OSS).
In the charge system as shown in Figure 1, wherein WAP business (referring to that real-time requires lower business, as Email or MMS etc.) is to finish protocol conversion and agent functionality by Wireless Application Protocol Gateway WAP GW 2; But not WAP business (referring to the business that real-time is had relatively high expectations, as mobile multi-media service etc.) is without WAP GW 2, is directly sent to by long-range connecting system RAS 1 and carries out protocol analysis on service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 3; Charge system (Billing SYS, BillingSystem) 4 chargings of finishing pre-payment communication expense and content fee are handled, and the SP/CP3 and the user that will charge carried out authentication process, and finish different content chargeed and carry out wholesale price (specify a price for every type content and be the content charging wholesale price), wherein charge system Billing SYS 4 can be shared by a plurality of equipment and finishing.
Wherein the charge mode of communication expense is: gather the information that the user uses Internet resources by RAS 1, as use flow, the duration of Internet resources, and with user's relevant network information (as information such as RAS address, access codes) of surfing the Net, RAS 1 sends to Billing SYS4 with the information of gathering by the communication expense interface then, and the charging that is communicated expense by Billing SYS 4 is handled.
Wherein the charge mode of content fee is: the information (only having identified the situation of being gathered user's browsed content resource information by WAP GW 2 among Fig. 1) of being gathered user's browsing content resource by WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3.WAP GW 2 at first will obtain calling subscriber's number information, and in order to obtain calling number (MSISDN), need be from authentication, authorize, accounting server (aaa server, Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) 5 transmit the remote dial user capture (RADIUS of coming, RemoteAccess Dail-In User Service) extraction user's (MSISDN in the solicited message of agreement, the IP address) right, the packet that sends according to the user obtains user's IP address again, because the IP address is unique, so from (MSISDN, the IP address) centering can obtain calling number MSISDN, if gather content fee charging information needed, then need WAP GW 2 that the MSISDN that obtains is sent to SP/CP 3 by SP/CP3.WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 also will gather URL(uniform resource locator) (URL entrained in the user request information, Uniform Resource Locator) information, or the characteristic value of carrying among the URL (as operation code SERVER ID etc.), WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 send to Billing SYS 4 with the characteristic value of carrying among the MSISDN that collects and URL information or the URL etc. by the content fee interface, are handled by the charging that Billing SYS 4 carries out content fee according to reception information.
Relevant operation code SERVER ID can be increased in URL by SP/CP 3; Or increase in URL by door PORTAL, promptly handle visit door PORTAL earlier for the charging of content fee, in URL, increase characteristic value by PORTAL and return to WAP GW 2 or SP/CP 3 again.
But, because above-mentioned prior art realizes the two-dimentional charging way of communication expense and content fee in mobile data communication network, the collection of the collection of communication expense charge information and content fee charge information is separately to finish in different equipment, and the equipment of gathering the content fee charge information can not be resolved the miscellaneous service agreement, so its implementation procedure exists following inevitable defective:
1,, can not realize content fee charging processing as mobile multi-media service (comprising streaming media service, PC+ surfing Internet with cell phone business etc.) for non-WAP business without WAP GW 2;
2, when the flow rate of the flow rate of non-WAP business (as streaming media service) and WAP business is inconsistent, because RAS 1 can not resolve the type of service of different agreement, therefore the business to different agreement can not realize effective charging simultaneously;
3, for as this business of multimedia messaging service, MMS MMS by the bar communication expense, and not according to the situation of flowmeter communication expense, this charging way can only be to use the flow or the duration of Internet resources by the user that RAS 1 is gathered, deduct the flow of the shared Internet resources of each bar MMS of collection among the WAP GW 2 or the charge information that duration is used as communication expense, therefore for pressing the bar call charge service, this charging way is handled the charging of communication expense and is seemed very loaded down with trivial details.
When 4, adopting different rate modes with content, can not finish the problem of chargeing respectively for the flow of two application.
5, this charging way can not effectively solve prepaid user's real time billing problem.
The defective that the mode of mobile data services being chargeed based on above-mentioned prior art exists, the applicant has proposed to be provided with communication expense and content fee is finished by pure charge on traffic, content charge on traffic and content charging in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network ", wherein pure charge on traffic is meant that identical Internet resources use is chargeed to rate, the content charge on traffic is meant that the content resource to visiting same URL(uniform resource locator) charges, and content charging is meant that use is chargeed by bar to content resource; And setting is finished the protocol analysis that the user uses mobile data services by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network, reach and respectively the mobile data services of different agreement are carried out the collection of all kinds of charge informations, and all kinds of charge informations of gathering at the mobile data services of each agreement according to charge information collecting equipment by charge system, the mobile data services of finishing each agreement that the user is used communicate the charging processing of expense and content fee respectively, thereby have solved the defective (concrete technology implementation procedure please refer to the specific descriptions of the applicant in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network ") that above-mentioned prior art scheme is chargeed and existed mobile data services.
But, in existing mobile data communication network, because at every kind of different mobile data services, its service quality (QOS, Quality of Service) requirement is different, for example the QOS of live signal stream protocol (RTSP, Real time Stream Protocol) business need wants high than the QOS of WAP (wireless application protocol) (WAP, Wireless Application Protocol) business need; And under the busier situation of network system, the QOS height that the QOS that high-end user requires also requires than domestic consumer; Simultaneously in the ordinary course of things, the business that service quality QOS has relatively high expectations will preferentially take Internet resources in application process for QOS requires lower business; Therefore to sum up,, just require the different Q OS business that the user uses is gathered all kinds of charge informations respectively, and the business of the different Q OS that respectively user is used is chargeed according to the desired different Q OS of user.
Though the applicant can solve above-mentioned prior art scheme at all defect that exists aspect the mobile data services charging in the technical scheme of " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network " that first to file proposes, but by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication (as long-range connecting system RAS, Internet protocol gateway IP GW etc.) finish the mobile data services that the user is used simultaneously and carry out protocol analysis, under the situation of the mobile data services of each agreement being carried out all kinds of charge informations collections respectively, should not solve on the basis that the self-technique scheme realizes in the first to file scheme, the business of the different Q OS that the user is used is gathered charge information respectively, and the business of every kind of QOS that the user is used is counted the purpose of communication expense and content fee respectively, therefore this billing scheme is for the mobile data services that the user uses different Q OS, and its charging process also exists defective.
Summary of the invention
The defective that the business of the different Q OS that the user is used at can not realizing of existing in first to file is effectively chargeed the present invention proposes the charging method based on mobile data communication network that a kind of business that can solve the different Q OS that the user is used is chargeed respectively.
For addressing the above problem, the present invention proposes a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network, be used for using mobile data services to charge to the user, comprise step:
(1) sets up mapping relations between the rate of each service quality and all kinds of charging ways;
(2) by the charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network user is used the service quality of mobile data services, and all kinds of charge informations of gathering report charge system under use service quality;
(3) described charge system uses the service quality of mobile data services to inquire about described mapping relations according to the user, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of service quality correspondence of using, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under use service quality in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
Also comprise step in the wherein said step (2):
When (2-1) charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network finds that the service quality of the mobile data services that the user uses changes, give charge system with all kinds of charge informations and two service quality reportings before and after changing gathered;
Also comprise step in the described step (3):
(3-1) described charge system is inquired about described mapping relations according to the service quality before changing, the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the service quality correspondence before determining to change, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under former service quality in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive; And
Inquire about described mapping relations according to the service quality after changing, the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the service quality correspondence after determining to change, and in conjunction with user's prepayment information is carried out prepaid accounting and is handled being in the user who changes under the service quality of back.
Also comprise step in the wherein said step (2-1):
When (2-11) service quality of the mobile data services used the user of the long-range connecting system in the mobile data communication network changes, the service quality after changing is converted to COS in the IP message; (2-12) the long-range connecting system billing information request that will include the IP message format that changes the back COS is transmitted to charge information collecting equipment;
(2-13) described charge information collecting equipment finds that by receiving charging update request information the service quality of the mobile data services that the user uses changes; And be converted into corresponding service quality, the service quality after obtaining changing by the COS that will comprise in the charging update request information.
Wherein the service quality of the mobile data services of the use of user described in the step (2-11) changes and comprises:
Described long-range connecting system reduces the service quality of the mobile data services of user's use when Internet resources are not enough; Or
When the user need use the mobile data services of high quality-of-service more, initiate new quality of service negoriation.
Wherein said step (2-11) also comprises step before: the storage user can use the high quality-of-service of mobile data services in user's attaching position register;
Also comprise step in the described step (2-12): described long-range connecting system judges whether the service quality after changing is higher than the high quality-of-service of storing in the user attaching location register, if, with the high quality-of-service stored in the user attaching location register as the service quality after changing; Otherwise directly use the service quality after changing.
Also comprise step in the described step (3-1): described charge system feeds back to charge information collecting equipment with the communication expense and the content fee of user under former service quality that calculates, and generates charging bill by charge information collecting equipment according to communication expense that receives and content fee charging result.
Also comprise step in the described step (3-1): the user after described charge system is handled prepaid accounting can use next section flow value or the duration value of Internet resources to feed back to charge information collecting equipment under service quality after the variation, continues the charging that the user carries out under service quality after the variation is handled.
Wherein the mapping relations that step (1) is set up are stored in the described charge system.
Wherein said all kinds of charging way comprises pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode.
Described charge information collecting equipment is in the described mobile data communication network: long-range connecting system; Or Internet protocol gateway; Or the network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations that between long-range connecting system and Internet protocol gateway, increases.
Wherein in the GSM mobile data communication network, described long-range connecting system is serving GPRS support node or Gateway GPRS Support Node; In the CDMA mobile data communication network, described long-range connecting system is group data service node or network access server.
The charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network uses the mobile data services of different Q OS effectively to count the defective of communication expense and content fee according to not finishing in the first to file technical scheme to the user, the mapping relations between the rate of each QOS and all kinds of charging ways have been proposed to set up, and the QOS of the mobile data services of the user being used by charge information collecting equipment and all kinds of charge informations of gathering under this employed QOS report charge system Billing SYS, by the mapping relations of charge system Billing SYS according to reception information and described foundation, the different Q OS that finishes the mobile data services that the user is used communicates the charging of expense and content fee and handles, and the processing of chargeing of the situation of the mobile data services generation QOS variation that the user is used; Thereby realized the charging that the user uses the mobile data services of different Q OS effectively to communicate expense and content fee being handled, therefore satisfied the demand of operator the flexible charging mode based in the first to file technical scheme.
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Fig. 1 is the charge system work schematic diagram of mobile data communication network in the prior art;
Fig. 2 forms structural representation in the network system that first to file is implemented based on the charging method of mobile data communication network;
Fig. 3 is the main implementation procedure flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network;
Fig. 4 is the implementation process flow chart of charging method under the QOS that the user uses changes situation that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network;
Fig. 5 is in the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network, and charge information collecting equipment is found the flow chart that the QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes;
Fig. 6 is the whole implementation process flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network.
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Because in mobile data communication network, at every kind of different mobile data services, its service quality (QOS, Quality ofService) requirement is different, live signal stream protocol (RTSP for example, Real time Stream Protocol) QOS of business need wants high than the QOS of WAP (wireless application protocol) (WAP, WirelessApplication Protocol) business need; And for example under the busier situation of network system, the QOS height that the QOS that high-end user requires also requires than domestic consumer; Simultaneously in the ordinary course of things, the business that service quality QOS has relatively high expectations will preferentially take Internet resources in application process for QOS requires lower business; Therefore operator just need gather all kinds of charge informations respectively to the different Q OS business that the user uses, and uses the business of different Q OS to charge to the user respectively.The charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network can not effectively solve the problem of using the business of different Q OS to charge to the user at the applicant in first to file " based on the charging method of mobile data communication network " technical scheme, and propose a kind of based in the first to file technical scheme, the charging method based on mobile data communication network of effectively chargeing respectively with the business of the different Q OS that can realize the user is used.
At first brief description the applicant sees also Fig. 2 in the realization principle of first to file technical scheme below, and this figure forms structural representation in the network system that first to file is implemented based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Among the figure:
Long-range connecting system RAS 10: still as the connecting system of portable terminal, the collection of its charge information is as the reference information that charges, all the collection of charge information (comprises pure charge on traffic information, content charging information and/or content charge on traffic information) finish by Internet protocol gateway IP GW 20 and (also can self finish or finish by long-range connecting system RAS 10 by other network element devices that are used for all kinds of charge information collections that between RAS 10 and IP GW 20, increase, here will be used to resolve all kinds of mobile data services agreements, and the device definition that can gather all kinds of charge informations simultaneously is a charge information collecting equipment), and generate corresponding ticket.
Charge system Billing SYS 40: be used for charge information according to IP GW 20 collections, finishing the charging of pre-payment communication expense and content fee handles, and service provider/SP/CP of content supplier 30 is carried out authentication, and content charging wholesale price processing capacity (wherein Billing SYS 40 can share in a plurality of equipment and finishing, but does not influence enforcement of the present invention).
IP GW system 20: finish all mobile data services that the user is used and carry out protocol analysis, and the business of every kind of agreement is carried out the collection of pure charge on traffic information, content charging information and/or content charge on traffic information, and generate ticket; Also be used to handle the real-time report of the pure charge on traffic information of prepaid user simultaneously.
Aaa server 50: finish the butt joint access customer and carry out authentication and billing information request is transmitted processing.
Its medium-long range connecting system RAS 10 as 2G/3G network etc., can be Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN in different mobile network systems; Or be serving GPRS support node SGSN; Or be group data service node PDSN; Or be network access server NAS etc.
Based on above-mentioned technical scheme in first to file, carry out protocol analysis and respectively the mobile data services of every kind of agreement are gathered on the basis of all kinds of charge informations finishing the different mobile data services that the user is used simultaneously by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network, proposed the charging method that the present invention can effectively charge respectively to the business of the different Q OS of user's use based on mobile data communication network.See also Fig. 3, this figure is the main implementation procedure flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Its main implementation procedure comprises the steps:
Step S1 sets up the mapping relations between the rate of each service quality and all kinds of charging ways; Wherein the mapping relations between the rate of each QOS that sets up and all kinds of charging ways can be stored among the charge system Billing SYS of mobile data communication network, can certainly be stored in other storage entity that communicate to connect with charge system BillingSYS; And all kinds of charging ways that wherein all kinds of charging ways coexist and put down in writing in the first to file comprise pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode.Like this, the mapping relations between the rate of each service quality QOS of foundation and all kinds of charging ways can use following table to represent:
| The QOS value of mobile data services | The rate of all kinds of charging ways |
| QOS1 | Pure flow rate a1; Content flow rate a2; Content rate a3 |
A plurality of QOS of the mobile data services used of respective user like this, then can set up above-mentioned a plurality of such mapping relations, the charge system Billing SYS that stores a plurality of like this mapping relations thus just can use the different Q OS of mobile data services according to the user, comes different Q OS business is chargeed respectively.
Step S2, the charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network uses the service quality QOS of mobile data services with the user, and all kinds of charge informations of gathering under use service quality QOS report charge system Billing SYS;
Step S3, the mapping relations that charge system Billing SYS uses the service quality QOS query steps S1 of mobile data services to set up according to the user, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of service quality QOS correspondence of using, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under use service quality QOS in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
See also Fig. 4, this figure is the implementation process flow chart of charging method under the QOS that the user uses changes situation that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network; Its implementation process is as follows:
Step S10 sets up the mapping relations between the rate of each service quality QOS and all kinds of charging ways.
Step S20, when the charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network found that the service quality QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes, all kinds of charge informations that in time will gather (i.e. all kinds of charge informations of gathering when the user uses former QOS professional) and two service quality QOS of variation front and back reported charge system; Be that in a single day charge information collecting equipment finds that the QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes, be about to all kinds of charge informations that the user is in former QOS service condition under and report Billing SYS, the QOS before simultaneously the user being used mobile data services to change with change after QOS together report Billing SYS.
See also Fig. 5, this figure is in the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network, and charge information collecting equipment is found the flow chart that the QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes; Wherein charge information collecting equipment is that variation has taken place for the QOS of the mobile data services of finding that in the following way the user uses:
Step S21, the high quality-of-service QOS of the mobile data services that the storage user can use in user's attaching position register (HLR, Home Location Register);
Step S22, the long-range connecting system RAS in the mobile data communication network finds that the service quality QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes; The mode that wherein causes the service quality QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses to change may comprise following two kinds:
1) long-range connecting system RAS is when Internet resources are not enough, may reduce the service quality OQS of the mobile data services that the certain user uses, thereby causes the QOS of the mobile data services that the certain user uses to change;
2) when the user need use the mobile data services of high quality-of-service QOS more, will initiate new service quality QOS to network side and handle through consultation, thereby cause the QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses to change.
Step S23, long-range connecting system RAS judge whether the service quality QOS after changing is higher than the high quality-of-service QOS that stores among user's the attaching position register HLR, if, execution in step S24; Otherwise direct execution in step S25;
Step S24, the high quality-of-service QOS that stores among the attaching position register HLR with the user is as the service quality QOS after changing, execution in step S25 then;
Step S25, the service quality QOS after long-range connecting system RAS will change are converted to the COS (TOS, Type Of Service) in the IP message;
The billing information request that step S26, long-range connecting system RAS will include the IP message format that changes back COS TOS is transmitted to charge information collecting equipment;
Step S27, charge information collecting equipment finds that by the charging update request information that receives RAS and send the service quality QOS of the mobile data services that the user uses changes;
Step S28, charge information collecting equipment is converted into corresponding service quality QOS, the service quality QOS after obtaining changing by the COS TOS that will comprise in the charging update request information.
Above-mentioned processing procedure mainly is to use the highest QOS of mobile data services because of general meeting configure user on HLR, when the user is in state of activation accesses network resource, can report and self use the QOS of mobile data services, after long-range connecting system RAS receives the QOS of reporting of user, judge QOS that the user uses whether be higher than dispose among the HLR to the highest QOS that should the user, if the QOS that adopts the highest QOS that disposes among the HLR to use, otherwise directly use the QOS of reporting of user as the user to should the user.
And the reason that the QOS that causes the user to use changes has two kinds: first at network side, use in the process of mobile data services the user, when if RAS finds that temporarily Internet resources are not enough, will reduce the QOS of the current use of certain user, conversion takes place in the QOS that therefore causes these users to use; Second in subscriber terminal side, and terminal may require higher service quality QOS in the process of using mobile data services, and terminal will be initiated new QOS to network side and handle process through consultation.
When the QOS that uses the discovery user owing to RAS changes simultaneously, when transmitting charging update request information to charge information collecting equipment (as IP GW), to convert QOS in the charging update request information of IP message format TOS, but this in fact transformational relation is not one to one, but in requiring the charging regulation that is not higher, can use the QOS charging identifier of TOS fully as charge information collecting equipment, for the variation that TOS takes place, charge information collecting equipment (as IP GW) can be resolved and obtains QOS to change the IP message.
Step S30, charge system Billing SYS inquires about the mapping relations of setting up in advance according to the service quality QOS before changing, with definite rate that changes all kinds of charging ways of preceding service quality QOS correspondence, in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under former service quality QOS simultaneously;
Charge system Billing SYS so can with the user that calculates under former service quality QOS communication expense and the charging result of content fee feed back to charge information collecting equipment, and generate corresponding charging bill according to the communication expense and the content fee charging result that receive by charge information collecting equipment.
Step S40, the mapping relations that charge system Billing SYS sets in advance according to the service quality QOS inquiry after changing again, the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the service quality QOS correspondence after determining to change, in conjunction with user's prepayment information, come to carry out the prepaid accounting processing simultaneously to being in the user who changes under the service quality QOS of back;
And then the user of charge system Billing SYS after prepaid accounting can being handled can use next section flow value or the duration value of Internet resources to feed back to charge information collecting equipment under service quality QOS after the variation, the charging that the user carries out under service quality QOS after the variation handled continuing.
The charge information collecting equipment unanimity that charge information collecting equipment in the wherein above mentioned mobile data communication network coexists and mentions in the first to file is as being long-range connecting system RAS (as GGSN/SGSN/PDSN/NAS in the 2G/3G network system etc.); Or be Internet protocol gateway IP GW; Or the network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations between long-range connecting system RAS and Internet protocol gateway IP GW, increasing.
Wherein in the GSM mobile data communication network, long-range connecting system RAS is GPRS (GPRS, General Packet Radio Service) support node GGSN (General PacketRadio Service) or Gateway GPRS Support Node SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node);
Wherein in the CDMA mobile data communication network, long-range connecting system RAS is group data service node (PDSN, Packet Data Serving Node) or network access server (NAS, NetworkAccess Server).
At in mobile data communication network, handle the whole process of chargeing below, the whole implementation process that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network is described in detail; See also Fig. 6, this figure is the whole implementation process flow chart that the present invention is based on the charging method of mobile data communication network; Wherein:
Authentication/charging start information reports process:
S100, mobile station MS send connectivity request message to long-range connecting system RAS;
S101, RAS send the authentication request information of radius protocol to aaa server;
S103, the authentication response information of aaa server feedback radius protocol is given RAS;
S104:RAS begins solicited message by aaa server to the charging that Internet protocol gateway IP GW (being that example describes with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment) sends radius protocol here, and aaa server is transmitted the beginning solicited message of chargeing to IP GW;
S105, IP GW judge that draw the charging that the user sends begins not comprise in the solicited message content resource information that will visit, are under the situation of pre-payment the user simultaneously, carry out pure charge on traffic information and are reported to charge system Billing SYS;
S106, Billing SYS carries out authentication to the user, if failed authentication then process ends; If authentication is passed through, then report response message to return pure flow budget and give IP GW by pure charge on traffic information; In order to support the mobile data services of different agreement are chargeed respectively simultaneously, need be when the charging of receiving the user begins solicited message, judge that the user uses the true agreement of mobile data services, trigger pure charge on traffic information respectively according to the business of different agreement again and report (beginning).
S107, the pure charge on traffic information of IP GW feedback radius protocol reports response message to give aaa server;
S108, the pure charge on traffic information of aaa server feedback radius protocol reports response message to give RAS;
S109, RAS feedback connection request response message is given MS;
The user uses the change process that reports of all kinds of charge informations under the state of professional QOS:
S200, mobile station MS are in the process of the content resource that access services provider/content supplier (SP/CP) provides;
S201, the QOS of the mobile data services that MS uses changes, and RAS finds that the QOS of MS changes;
S202, RAS sends the charging update request information of radius protocol to aaa server, can comprise TOS under the IP message format in the update request of wherein the chargeing information for QOS information converting in " Accounting RequestInterim-Update " operation of 29061 normalized definitions as wherein charging update request information;
S203, aaa server transmit the IP GW (here with Internet protocol gateway IP GW as charge information collecting equipment be example describe) of the charging update request information of radius protocol to user attaching;
S204, after the IP GW of user attaching receives charging update request information, variation has taken place in the QOS that finds the mobile data services that the user uses, all kinds of charge informations of user under former QOS state will be collected, if the user is the prepaid user, all kinds of charge informations that IP GW will collect and user use the QOS parameter information before and after the changing of mobile data services to give Billing SYS by QOS charge information real-time report;
S205, Billing SYS is according to the QOS parameter information before and after changing, and in conjunction with the mapping relations between the rate of each QOS that sets up in advance and all kinds of charging ways, again and then judge whether the user QOS is really taken place changed, really take place the user under the situation of QOS variation, according to receiving content fee and the communication expense of information calculations under the state of former QOS; And, calculate next section time value or flow value that the user who changes under the QOS state of back can use Internet resources according to user's prepayment information; BillingSYS can use next section time value of Internet resources or flow value to charge by QOS the content fee that calculates and communication expense and user to report response message to feed back to IP GW;
S206, IP GW produce the charging bill of user before QOS changes according to content fee and the communication expense information received; And the QOS charge information of feedback radius protocol reports response message to give aaa server;
S207, the QOS charge information of aaa server feedback radius protocol reports response message to give RAS;
S208, user visit the content resource that SP/CP provides under the situation that QOS changes;
The charging ending request reports process:
S300, MS send interrupt requests information to RAS request deexcitation;
S301～S302, RAS send the charging ending request information of radius protocol to IP GW through aaa server;
S303, IP GW feedback is chargeed and is finished response message to aaa server;
S304, IP GW gather pure charge on traffic information, if the prepaid user then reports Billing SYS with pure charge on traffic information;
S305, Billing SYS return response message and give IP GW, and IP GW produces pure charge on traffic ticket;
S306, the charging of aaa server feedback radius protocol finishes response message and gives RAS;
S307, RAS feedback interrupt response information is given MS.
In sum, the charging method that the present invention is based on mobile data communication network is carried out protocol analysis in the mobile data services of being finished simultaneously by the same charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network user's use, and the mobile data services of every kind of agreement are carried out the collection of all kinds of charge informations, thereby communicate by the mobile data services that charge system is finished respectively the different agreement that the user is used on the basis of charging processing of expense and content fee, take place under the situation of QOS variation in the mobile data services that the user uses, proposed the method for using the mobile data services of different Q OS effectively to charge to the user, thereby satisfied the demand of operator the flexible charging mode.
The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of charging method based on mobile data communication network is used for using mobile data services to charge to the user, it is characterized in that, comprises step:
(1) sets up mapping relations between the rate of each service quality and all kinds of charging ways;
(2) charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network uses the service quality of mobile data services with the user, and all kinds of charge informations of gathering under use service quality report charge system;
(3) described charge system uses the service quality of mobile data services to inquire about described mapping relations according to the user, determine the rate of all kinds of charging ways of service quality correspondence of using, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under use service quality in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive.
2, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises step in the described step (2):
When (2-1) charge information collecting equipment in the mobile data communication network finds that the service quality of the mobile data services that the user uses changes, give charge system with all kinds of charge informations and two service quality reportings before and after changing gathered;
Also comprise step in the described step (3):
(3-1) described charge system is inquired about described mapping relations according to the service quality before changing, the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the service quality correspondence before determining to change, and, calculate communication expense and the content fee of user under former service quality in conjunction with all kinds of charge informations that receive; And
Inquire about described mapping relations according to the service quality after changing, the rate of all kinds of charging ways of the service quality correspondence after determining to change, and in conjunction with user's prepayment information is carried out prepaid accounting and is handled being in the user who changes under the service quality of back.
3, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises step in the described step (2-1):
When (2-11) service quality of the mobile data services used the user of the long-range connecting system in the mobile data communication network changes, the service quality after changing is converted to COS in the IP message;
(2-12) the long-range connecting system billing information request that will include the IP message format that changes the back COS is transmitted to charge information collecting equipment;
(2-13) described charge information collecting equipment finds that by receiving charging update request information the service quality of the mobile data services that the user uses changes; And be converted into corresponding service quality, the service quality after obtaining changing by the COS that will comprise in the charging update request information.
4, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the service quality of the mobile data services that user described in the step (2-11) uses changes and comprises:
Described long-range connecting system reduces the service quality of the mobile data services of user's use when Internet resources are not enough; Or
When the user need use the mobile data services of high quality-of-service more, initiate new quality of service negoriation.
5, according to claim 3 or 4 described charging methods, it is characterized in that based on mobile data communication network,
Described step (2-11) also comprises step before: the storage user can use the high quality-of-service of mobile data services in user's attaching position register;
Also comprise step in the described step (2-12): described long-range connecting system judges whether the service quality after changing is higher than the high quality-of-service of storing in the user attaching location register, if, with the high quality-of-service stored in the user attaching location register as the service quality after changing; Otherwise directly use the service quality after changing.
6, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, also comprise step in the described step (3-1): described charge system feeds back to charge information collecting equipment with the communication expense and the content fee of user under former service quality that calculates, and generates charging bill by charge information collecting equipment according to communication expense that receives and content fee charging result.
7, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, also comprise step in the described step (3-1): the user after described charge system is handled prepaid accounting can use next section flow value or the duration value of Internet resources to feed back to charge information collecting equipment under service quality after the variation, continues the charging that the user carries out under service quality after the variation is handled.
8, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the mapping relations that step (1) is set up are stored in the described charge system.
9, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described all kinds of charging ways comprise pure charge on traffic mode, content charge on traffic mode and/or content charging mode.
10, according to claim 1,2,3,6 or 7 described charging methods, it is characterized in that described charge information collecting equipment is in the described mobile data communication network based on mobile data communication network:
Long-range connecting system; Or
The Internet protocol gateway; Or
The network element device that is used to gather all kinds of charge informations that between long-range connecting system and Internet protocol gateway, increases.
11, the charging method based on mobile data communication network according to claim 5 is characterized in that,
In the GSM mobile data communication network, described long-range connecting system is serving GPRS support node or Gateway GPRS Support Node;
In the CDMA mobile data communication network, described long-range connecting system is group data service node or network access server.
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