WO2014134819A1 - 计费方法、接入网设备及网关设备 - Google Patents

计费方法、接入网设备及网关设备 Download PDF

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WO2014134819A1
WO2014134819A1 PCT/CN2013/072335 CN2013072335W WO2014134819A1 WO 2014134819 A1 WO2014134819 A1 WO 2014134819A1 CN 2013072335 W CN2013072335 W CN 2013072335W WO 2014134819 A1 WO2014134819 A1 WO 2014134819A1
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汤斌淞
邓天乐
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  • the present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a charging method, an access network device, and a gateway device. Background technique
  • Wi-Fi wireless compatibility authentication
  • LTE network and Wi-Fi network are not completely coincident networks.
  • LTE can [support high-speed data transmission to solve user access problems in high-speed mobile situations; Wi-Fi is suitable for low-speed user access and cannot support high-speed. Mobile business.
  • Wi-Fi is integrated into the LTE network, Wi-Fi.
  • the advantages of the network will be reflected. Therefore, the Wi-Fi network is the most powerful supporter of the LTE network. The two sides have their own advantages and cooperate with each other in high-speed access, low-speed and fixed access scenarios to provide users with a better experience.
  • the telecommunication carrier aggregates Wi-Fi-LTE in the core network, and the packet data gateway (Packe t Da ta Ga teway) through the home domain network
  • the charging network element exchanges billing.
  • the packet data gateway obtains the WLAN packet data of the user terminal from the access gateway of the wireless local area network (WLAN) access gateway, and performs traffic statistics on the WLAN packet data of the user terminal, and interacts with the charging network element. Communication for billing.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • the packet data gateway accesses the network from the WL AN.
  • AAA authentication-authorization-authentication
  • the prior art aggregates Wi-Fi-LTE in the core network, exposing the following drawbacks: During the entire charging process, the wireless LAN access gateway and the mutual communication between the network elements finally realize the charging. Therefore, the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, which complicates the communication process between the network elements, increases the management cost of the network, and increases the number of network elements participating in the communication, resulting in waste of equipment investment. Summary of the invention
  • the embodiments of the present invention provide a charging method and a device, which can solve the problem that the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network in the prior art, so that the communication process between the network elements is complicated, and the management cost of the network is increased. And there are many network elements involved in communication, which causes waste of equipment investment.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method, where the method includes: acquiring, by a wireless access device in an access network, first information, where the first information includes or used to indicate the wireless The type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the access device and the type of the wireless interface;
  • the wireless access device sends the first information to a charging network element in the core network, so that the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging.
  • the obtaining, by the wireless access device in the access network, the first information includes:
  • the wireless access device determines whether the wireless interface carries service data
  • the wireless access device acquires the first information.
  • the wireless access The device sends the first information to the charging network element in the core network, including:
  • the wireless access device forwards the first information to the charging network element by using a mobility management entity MME.
  • the type of the wireless interface specifically includes a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi wireless interface type Or long-term evolution of LTE radio interface type.
  • the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging, including:
  • the charging network element sends the first information to a gateway in the core network, and receives traffic information of the service data that is calculated by the gateway according to the first information.
  • the charging network element performs charging according to the traffic information.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method, where the method includes: a gateway in a core network, according to the obtained first information, statistics, a radio interface in a wireless access device in an access network.
  • the traffic information of the carried service data where the first information includes or is used to indicate a type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface;
  • the gateway sends the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • the gateway in the core network, the traffic of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device in the access network includes:
  • the gateway determines whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device carries service data; if the wireless interface carries service data, the gateway acquires the first information.
  • the type of the wireless interface specifically includes a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi radio interface type or a long term evolution LTE Wireless interface type.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides an access network device, where the access network device is in an access network, where the access network device includes:
  • An acquiring unit configured to obtain first information, where the first information includes or used to indicate a type of service data carried by a wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface;
  • a sending unit configured to send the first information to a charging network element in the core network, so that the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging.
  • the acquiring unit is specifically configured to determine whether the wireless interface carries service data, and if the wireless interface carries service data, obtain the first information.
  • the sending unit is specifically configured to send the first information to the mobility management entity, to enable the E to forward the first information to the charging network element. Billing.
  • the type of the wireless interface acquired by the acquiring unit specifically includes wireless compatibility authentication. Wi-Fi radio interface type or Long Term Evolution LTE radio interface type.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a charging gateway device, where the gateway device is located in a core network, where the gateway device includes:
  • a statistic unit configured to collect, according to the obtained first information, traffic information of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device in the access network, where the first information includes or used to indicate the radio connection
  • a sending unit configured to send the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • the gateway device further includes: a determining unit, configured to determine whether a wireless interface in the wireless access device carries service data;
  • An obtaining unit configured to: when the determining unit determines that the wireless interface carries service data, Obtaining the first information.
  • the type of the wireless interface that performs statistics on the traffic statistics includes the wireless compatibility authentication Wi- F i radio interface type or long term evolution LTE radio interface type.
  • the WLAN access gateway is not required to be used, and the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network in the charging process of the prior art.
  • the communication process between the network elements is complicated, the management cost of the network is increased, and the number of network elements participating in the communication is large, which causes waste of equipment investment, simplifies the communication process between the network elements, and reduces network management. cost.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a core network charging provided by the prior art
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another core network charging provided by the prior art
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a charging method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a charging method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an access network device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a gateway device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of hardware of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a hardware of a gateway device according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a charging method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • the implementation body is a wireless access device, and the wireless access device may be an evolved base station or a base station controller. As shown in FIG. 3, this embodiment includes the following steps:
  • Step 310 The wireless access device in the access network acquires the first information, where the first information includes or is used to indicate the type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and the wireless interface. Types of.
  • the wireless access device in the access network may include multiple wireless interfaces, for example:
  • the wireless interface may be a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi wireless interface or a long term evolution LTE wireless interface.
  • the wireless access device may acquire the first information by interacting with the user terminal in the service data bearer.
  • the wireless access device may further learn, according to the identifier of the user terminal, which of the first information is the first information corresponding to the terminal for performing service data transmission.
  • the wireless access device in the access network obtains the first information, including:
  • the wireless access device determines whether the wireless interface carries service data; if the wireless interface carries service data, the wireless access device acquires the first information.
  • Step 320 The radio access device sends the first information to the charging network element in the core network, so that the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging.
  • the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging, including: the charging network element sends the first information to the gateway in the core network; the gateway collects the service according to the received first information.
  • the traffic information of the data is sent to the charging network element; the charging network element performs charging according to the traffic information.
  • the wireless access device may send the first information to the charging network element in the S1 interface.
  • the first information may include a type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface.
  • the charging network element may determine, according to the type of the service data in the first information and the type of the wireless interface, whether the service data carried by the wireless interface needs to be charged. If the charging network element determines that the service data carried by the wireless interface needs to be charged, the charging network element needs to perform the first information.
  • the type of service data corresponding to the billed service data or the type of the wireless interface is sent to the gateway in the core network.
  • the gateway collects the traffic information of the service data according to the type of the received service data or the type of the wireless interface, and sends the traffic information to the charging network element for charging.
  • the first information may be used to indicate a type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface.
  • the charging network element or the gateway may preset the relationship between the first information, the type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device, and the type of the wireless interface. After the charging network element or the gateway receives the first information, the charging network element or the gateway may determine the type of the service data according to the relationship between the first information, the type of the service data, and the type of the wireless interface. And the type of the wireless interface, so that the charging network element can determine the traffic of the service data carried by the wireless interface according to the traffic statistics of the first information by the gateway, thereby performing charging.
  • the first information may be bearer information of the S1 interface, and the relationship between the bearer network element or the bearer information of the S1 interface, the type of the service data, and the type of the radio interface carrying the service data type.
  • the charging network element can receive the traffic information of the bearer information of the S1 interface from the gateway, and calculate the bearer information on the wireless interface according to the bearer information of the S1 interface, the type of the wireless interface, and the type of the service data carried by the wireless interface. The traffic information corresponding to the type of the service data is further charged.
  • a charging network element is used to uniformly perform charging on the wireless interface and the service data carried by the wireless interface, without requiring multiple wireless local area network access gateways, thereby avoiding
  • the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, so that the communication process between the network elements is complicated, the management cost of the network is increased, and the number of network elements participating in the communication is increased, resulting in equipment.
  • the waste of investment simplifies the communication process between network elements and reduces the management cost of the network.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a charging method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the wireless access device can be a base station or a base station controller. As shown in FIG. 4, this embodiment includes the following steps:
  • Step 410 The wireless access device in the access network acquires first information, where the first information includes or is used to indicate a type of service data and a type of the wireless interface carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device.
  • the wireless access device in the access network includes multiple wireless interfaces, for example:
  • the wireless interface may be a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi wireless interface or a long term evolution LTE wireless interface.
  • the wireless access device may acquire the first information during the establishment of the service bearer with the user terminal.
  • Step 420 The radio access device forwards the first information to the charging network element by using the mobility management entity MME in the core network.
  • the wireless access device sends the first information to the Mobility Management Entity (MME) in the core network, where the first information includes the radio access device acquired in step 410.
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • the ray E parses and extracts the content of the first information, and is explicitly related information of the traffic generated by the user terminal sent by the wireless access device, and the solid E sends the first information to the charging network element.
  • the charging network element parses and extracts the type of service data and the type of the wireless interface carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device included in the first information, and the charging network element is in the core network.
  • the gateway forwards the type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and the type of the wireless interface.
  • the gateway After receiving the related information sent by the charging network element, the gateway collects the traffic of the service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device, and sends the collected traffic information to the charging network element, and the charging network element performs the traffic information according to the traffic information. Billing.
  • the first information may be specifically radio bearer information, such as bearer information of an S1 interface.
  • the type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device is specifically VoIP flow service data; and the wireless connection carrying the VoIP flow service data
  • the port is specifically an LTE radio interface, and the radio access device sends the service data type information to the charging network element by carrying the type of the service data carried by the radio interface of the radio access device and the type of the radio interface carrying the information of the S1 interface.
  • Wireless interface information is specifically radio bearer information of an S1 interface.
  • the wireless access device sends the first information in multiple forms to the charging network element.
  • the information is not limited thereto.
  • a charging network element is used to uniformly perform charging on the wireless interface and the service data carried by the wireless interface, without requiring multiple wireless local area network access gateways, thereby avoiding
  • the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, so that the communication process between the network elements is complicated, the management cost of the network is increased, and the number of network elements participating in the communication is increased, resulting in equipment.
  • the waste of investment simplifies the communication process between network elements and reduces the management cost of the network.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a charging method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • the implementing entity is a gateway in the core network. As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment includes the following steps:
  • Step 510 The gateway in the core network collects, according to the obtained first information, traffic information of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device in the access network, where the first information includes or is used to indicate The type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and the type of the wireless interface.
  • the gateway in the core network communicates with the wireless access device through the S1 interface, and the wireless access device in the access network includes multiple wireless interfaces, for example: the wireless interface may be a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-F i wireless interface and long-term evolution LTE radio interface.
  • the gateway may obtain the first information by using the wireless bearer or the S1 bearer of the service data between the user terminal and the core network; or, the wireless access device may pass the user.
  • the radio access device acquires the first information, and The first information is sent to the gateway.
  • the gateway collects, according to the obtained first information, traffic information of the service data carried by the wireless interface in the wireless access device.
  • the gateway statistics traffic of the service data carried by the wireless interface in the wireless access device is 50M.
  • Step 520 The gateway sends the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • the gateway After collecting the traffic of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device, the gateway carries the traffic in the traffic information, and sends the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the The traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • gateways in the embodiment of the present invention is one.
  • the gateway in the core network collects whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device in the access network carries the service data, including:
  • the gateway determines whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device carries service data; if the wireless interface carries service data, the gateway acquires the first information.
  • the gateway can determine whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device carries the service data in the process of establishing the wireless bearer or the S1 bearer of the service data between the user terminal and the core network. If yes, the gateway can be between the user terminal and the core network.
  • the first information is obtained during the process of establishing a radio bearer or an S1 bearer of the service data, or the gateway may receive the first information from the radio access device.
  • the gateway determines the type of the wireless interface that carries the service data, and obtains the type of the wireless interface.
  • the type of the service data carried by the wireless interface is a VoIP flow service.
  • Data, the type of the service interface carrying the VoIP flow service data is the LTE radio interface.
  • the gateway collects the traffic information according to the first information
  • the first information and the traffic information may be sent to the charging network element, so that the charging network element can not only perform charging according to the traffic information, but also according to the first information.
  • the type of the wireless interface and the type of service carried by the wireless interface are more accurately charged under different wireless interface types or different service types. Therefore, by applying the charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a charging network element and a gateway corresponding to the one charging network element are used to uniformly perform charging on the wireless interface and the service data carried by the wireless interface, instead of Multiple WLAN access gateways are required, which avoids the prior art charging process.
  • control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, which complicates the communication process between the network elements, resulting in an increase in network management costs.
  • network elements involved in communication which causes waste of equipment investment, simplifies the communication process between network elements, and at the same time reduces the management cost of the network.
  • the fourth embodiment of the present invention further provides an access network device, which is used to implement the charging method in the first embodiment and the second embodiment.
  • the access network device is in the access network.
  • the access network device includes: an obtaining unit 610 and a sending unit 620.
  • the acquiring unit 61 0 is used for the first information, where the first information includes or used to indicate the type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and the wireless interface. Types of;
  • the sending unit 620 is configured to send first information to the charging network element in the core network, so that the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging.
  • the acquiring unit 610 is specifically configured to determine whether the wireless interface carries service data; and if the wireless interface carries service data, obtain the first information;
  • the sending unit 620 is specifically configured to: send the first information to a mobility management entity MME in a core network, so that the MME forwards the first information to the charging network element to the charging network
  • the yuan is billed.
  • the type of the wireless interface acquired by the obtaining unit 61 0 specifically includes wireless compatibility authentication.
  • Wi-F i radio interface type or long-term evolution LTE radio interface type.
  • the access network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be a wireless access device, such as a base station or a base station controller.
  • the access network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may perform the action of the wireless access device in the foregoing method embodiment, and the description of the similar description is not repeated herein.
  • the wireless office may not be needed.
  • the network access gateway avoids the charging process of the prior art.
  • the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, which complicates the communication process between the network elements, causes the network management cost to increase, and participates.
  • There are many network elements for communication which causes waste of equipment investment, simplifies the communication process between network elements, and at the same time reduces the management cost of the network.
  • the fifth embodiment of the present invention further provides a gateway device, which is used to implement the charging method in the third embodiment.
  • the gateway device is in a core network, and the gateway device includes: Unit 710 and transmitting unit 720.
  • the statistic unit 710 is configured to collect, according to the obtained first information, traffic information of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device in the access network, where the first information includes or uses And indicating a type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface;
  • the sending unit 720 is configured to send the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • the gateway device further includes: a determining unit 730, configured to determine whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device carries service data;
  • the obtaining unit 740 is configured to: when the determining unit 730 determines that the wireless interface carries service data, the acquiring unit 740 acquires the first information.
  • the type of the radio interface that the statistics unit 710 performs traffic statistics specifically includes a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-F i radio interface type or a long term evolution LTE radio interface type.
  • the gateway device provided in this embodiment may be a gateway in the core network.
  • the gateway device provided in this embodiment may perform the actions performed by the gateway of the core network in the foregoing method embodiment. For similar concepts and processes, this embodiment No longer.
  • the gateway device uses the same charging network element and the charging network element corresponding gateway, and does not need a wireless local area network access gateway, thereby avoiding the control signaling in the prior art charging process.
  • the communication process between the network elements is complicated, resulting in increased network management costs, and more network elements participating in the communication, resulting in waste of equipment investment.
  • the problem simplifies the communication process between network elements and reduces the management cost of the network.
  • the access network device provided in Embodiment 4 of the present invention may also be implemented as follows to implement the charging method in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the access network is as shown in FIG.
  • the device is in an access network, and the access network device includes: a network interface 81 0, a processor 820, and a memory 830.
  • System bus 840 is used to connect network interface 81 0, processor 820, and memory 8 30.
  • the network interface 81 0 is for communicating with a user terminal or a gateway in the core network.
  • Memory 830 can be a persistent storage, such as a hard drive and flash memory, with software modules and device drivers in memory 830.
  • the software modules are capable of performing the various functional modules of the above described methods of the present invention; the device drivers can be network and interface drivers.
  • the wireless access device in the access network obtains the first information, where the first information includes or is used to indicate a type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the wireless access device and a type of the wireless interface;
  • the wireless access device sends the first information to a charging network element in the core network, so that the charging network element uses the first information to perform charging.
  • the acquiring, by the wireless access device in the access network, the first information includes:
  • the wireless access device determines whether the wireless interface carries service data
  • the wireless access device acquires the first information.
  • the sending, by the wireless access device, the first information to a charging network element in a core network including:
  • the wireless access device forwards the first information to the charging network element by using a mobility management entity MME.
  • the type of the wireless interface specifically includes a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi wireless interface.
  • Type or long-term evolution LTE radio interface type is a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-Fi wireless interface.
  • the access network device may be a wireless access device in the method embodiment, and may specifically be a base station or a base station controller.
  • the access network device can perform the operations performed by the wireless access device in the method embodiment, and the similar concepts and processes are not described in this embodiment.
  • the WLAN access gateway is not required to be used, and the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network in the charging process of the prior art.
  • the communication process between network elements is complex, resulting in increased network management costs, and more network elements participating in communication, resulting in waste of equipment investment, simplifying communication processes between network elements, and reducing network management costs.
  • the gateway device provided in the fifth embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented in the following manner, to implement the charging method in the third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the gateway device is in the core network, The gateway device includes: a network interface 91 0, a processor 920, and a memory 930. System bus 940 is used to connect network interface 91 0, processor 920, and memory 930.
  • Network interface 91 0 is for communicating with wireless access devices in the access network.
  • Memory 930 can be a persistent storage, such as a hard drive and flash memory, with software modules and device drivers in memory 930.
  • the software modules are capable of performing the various functional modules of the above described methods of the present invention; the device drivers can be network and interface drivers.
  • the gateway in the core network collects traffic information of the service data carried by the radio interface in the radio access device in the access network according to the obtained first information, where the first information includes or is used to indicate the wireless The type of service data carried by the wireless interface of the access device and the type of the wireless interface;
  • the gateway sends the traffic information to the charging network element in the core network, where the traffic information is used by the charging network element for charging.
  • the gateway statistics in the core network are in the wireless access device in the access network.
  • the traffic of the service data carried by the wireless interface includes:
  • the gateway determines whether the wireless interface in the wireless access device carries service data; if the wireless interface carries service data, the gateway acquires the first information.
  • the type of the wireless interface specifically includes a wireless compatibility authentication Wi-F i wireless interface type or a long term evolution LTE wireless interface type.
  • the gateway device provided in this embodiment may be a gateway in the method embodiment, and may perform the operations performed by the gateway in the method embodiment.
  • the description is not repeated herein.
  • the same charging network element and the same gateway corresponding to the charging network element are used to charge the service data carried by the wireless interface, without using the wireless access network.
  • the gateway avoids the charging process of the prior art, and the control signaling is dispersed in each network element in the core network, so that the communication process between the network elements is complicated, the management cost of the network is increased, and the network element participating in the communication is involved. More, the problem of waste of equipment investment simplifies the communication process between network elements, and at the same time, reduces the management cost of the network.
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  • ROM read-only memory
  • EEPROM electrically programmable ROM
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable ROM
  • registers hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or technical field Any other form of storage medium known.

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本发明实施例涉及一种计费方法与设备,所述方法包括:处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息,所述第一信息包括或用于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型;所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息,所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。本发明实施例提供的方法,不需要无线局域网接入网关就可以实现业务数据的计费,简化了网元之间的通信流程,降低了网络的管理成本。

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计费方法、 接入网设备及网关设备
技术领域
本发明涉及通讯技术领域, 尤其涉及一种计费方法、 接入网设备及网关 设备。 背景技术
目前, 长期演进 ( Long Term Evolut ion, LTE )无线通信网络中, 基站 周边部署无线相容性认证(wi re les s f ide l i ty, Wi-Fi ) 网络已成为电信运 营商的主流趋势。 由于 Wi-Fi 网络具有免费、 快速等接入特性, 因此, 随着 移动互联网数据业务需求的不断增加, Wi-Fi网络将成为用户接入网络的首选 方式。
LTE网络和 Wi-Fi网络并不是完全重合的网络, LTE可以 [艮好地支持高速 数据传输, 解决高速移动情况下的用户接入问题; 而 Wi-Fi 适合低速的用户 接入, 无法支持高速移动业务。 但如果用户一直在 LTE 网络中使用视频、 网 络游戏等高速数据业务时, 由于信道和资源的限制, 容易达到网络容量的极 限, 此时, 将 Wi-Fi网络融入到 LTE网络中, Wi-Fi网络的优势将得到体现。 因此, Wi-Fi网络是 LTE网络最有力的支持者, 双方各自发挥优势, 在高速接 入、 低速及固定接入场景下相互协作, 为用户提供更好的体验。
通常, 如图 1 所示, 当用户终端处于非漫游状态时, 电信运营商将 Wi-Fi--LTE聚合在核心网中, 通过归属域网络的分组数据网关(Packe t Da ta Ga teway ) 与计费网元交互进行计费。 分组数据网关从无线局域网(Wi re les s Loca l Area Networks , WLAN) 接入网关处获取用户终端的 WLAN分组数据, 并对用户终端的 WLAN分组数据进行流量统计, 通过与计费网元的相互通信来 进行计费。
如图 2所示, 当用户终端处于漫游状态时, 分组数据网关从 WL AN接入网 关处获取用户终端的 WLAN分组数据, 并对用户终端的 WLAN分组数据进行流 量统计 , 并通过认证 -授权 -记 ( Authent ica t ion-Author iza t ion- Account ing , AAA )认证代理将用户终端的标识 ID和流量统计信息经过归属 域网络的 AAA认证服务器传递到计费网元中, 由计费网元进行计费。
因此, 现有技术将 Wi-Fi--LTE聚合在核心网, 暴露出以下弊端: 整个计 费过程中, 通过无线局域网接入网关以及各个网元之间的相互通信, 最终实 现计费。 因此, 控制信令分散在核心网中的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通 信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投 资的浪费。 发明内容
本发明实施例提供了一种计费方法与设备, 可以解决现有技术中控制信 令分散在核心网中的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络 的管理成本增加; 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题。
在第一方面, 本发明实施例提供了一种计费方法, 所述方法包括: 处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于 指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口 的类型;
所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 以使 所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
结合第一方面, 在第一方面的在第一种可能的实现方式中,
所述处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备判断所述无线接口是否承载业务数据;
如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述无线接入设备获取所述第一信 息。
结合第一方面, 在第一方面的第二种可能的实现方式中, 所述无线接入 设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备通过移动管理实体 MME向所述计费网元转发所述第一 信息。
结合第一方面或第一方面的第一种、 第二种可能的实现方式, 在第三种 可能的实现方式中, 所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无 线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
结合第一方面、 第一方面的第一种、 第二种或第三种可能的实现方式中, 所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费, 包括:
所述计费网元将所述第一信息发送给处于核心网中的网关, 并接收所述 网关根据第一信息统计的所述业务数据的流量信息;
所述计费网元根据所述流量信息进行计费。
在第二方面, 本发明实施例提供了一种计费方法, 所述方法包括: 处于核心网中的网关根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中的无线接 入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息包括或用 于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接 口的类型;
所述网关向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息, 所述流量信息 用于所述计费网元进行计费。
结合第一方面, 在第一种可能的实现方式中, 所述处于核心网中的网关 统计处于接入网中的无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量包 括:
所述网关判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述网关获取所述第一信息。
结合第二方面或第二方面的第一种可能的实现方式, 在第二种可能的实 现方式中, 所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无线接口类 型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。 在第三方面, 本发明实施例提供了一种接入网设备, 所述接入网设备处 于接入网中, 所述接入网设备包括:
获取单元, 用于获取第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于指示所述无线 接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型;
发送单元, 用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 以使所 述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
结合第三方面, 在第一种可能的实现方式中, 所述获取单元具体用于判 断所述无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则获 取所述第一信息。
在第二种可能的实现方式中,所述发送单元具体用于向移动管理实体丽 E 发送所述第一信息, 以使所述丽 E将所述第一信息转发给所述计费网元进行 计费。
结合第三方面或第三方面的第一种、 第二种可能的实现方式, 在第三种 可能的实现方式中, 所述获取单元获取的所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线 相容性认证 Wi-Fi无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
在第四方面, 本发明实施例提供了一种计费网关设备, 所述网关设备处 于核心网中, 所述网关设备包括:
统计单元, 用于根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中的无线接入设 备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于指 示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的 类型;
发送单元, 用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息, 所述流 量信息用于所述计费网元进行计费。
结合第四方面, 在第一种可能的实现方式中, 所述网关设备还包括: 判 断单元, 用于判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据;
获取单元, 用于在所述判断单元判断出所述无线接口承载业务数据时, 获取所述第一信息。
结合第四方面或第四方面的第一种可能的实现方式, 在第二种可能的实 现方式中, 所述统计单元进行流量统计的所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线 相容性认证 Wi-F i无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的计费方法与设备, 不需要使用无线 局域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中 的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信 流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。 附图说明
图 1为现有技术提供的一种核心网计费示意图;
图 2为现有技术提供的另一种核心网计费示意图;
图 3为本发明实施例一提供的计费方法流程图;
图 4为本发明实施例二提供的计费方法流程图;
图 5为本发明实施例三提供的计费方法流程图;
图 6为本发明实施例四提供的接入网设备示意图;
图 7为本发明实施例五提供的网关设备示意图;
图 8为本发明实施例提供的接入网设备硬件结构图;
图 9为本发明实施例提供的网关设备硬件结构图。 具体实施方式
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚, 下面结合附图对本发明 具体实施例作进一步的详细描述。
下面以图 3 为例说明本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 该方法可用于 WIFI-LTE融合网络。 图 3为本发明实施例一提供的计费方法流程图, 在本发 明实施例中实施主体为无线接入设备, 该无线接入设备可以是演进基站或基 站控制器。 如图 3所示, 该实施例包括以下步骤:
步骤 310、处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息,所述第一信息包 括或用于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述 无线接口的类型。
具体地, 接入网中的无线接入设备可以包括多个无线接口, 例如: 上述 无线接口可以为无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi无线接口或者长期演进 LTE无线接口。 当用户终端通过无线接入设备访问网络进行业务数据传输时, 无线接入设备 通过与用户终端的在业务数据承载的交互过程中可以获取所述第一信息。 可 选地, 无线接入设备还可以根据用户终端的标识, 获知所述第一信息为哪个 终端进行业务数据传输所对应的第一信息。
可选地, 处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息, 包括:
该无线接入设备判断无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承 载了业务数据, 则所述无线接入设备获取所述第一信息。
步骤 320、 所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送第一信息, 以使的所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
可选地, 计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费, 包括: 计费网元将第一 信息发送给处于核心网中的网关; 该网关根据接收到的第一信息统计所述业 务数据的流量信息, 并将该流量信息发送所述计费网元; 计费网元根据该流 量信息进行计费。
无线接入设备可以将第一信息承载在 S1接口中向计费网元发送。
作为一个示例, 第一信息中可以包括所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承 载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型。 计费网元可以在接收到第一信 息后, 可以根据第一信息中业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型判断是否 需要对该无线接口所承载的业务数据进行计费。 如果计费网元判断出需要对 该无线接口所承载的业务数据进行计费, 则计费网元将第一信息中需要进行 计费的业务数据所对应的业务数据的类型或无线接口的类型发送给核心网中 的网关。 该网关根据接收到的业务数据的类型或无线接口的类型统计该业务 数据的流量信息, 并将该流量信息发送给计费网元进行计费。
作为另一个示例, 第一信息中可以用于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接 口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型。 例如, 计费网元或网关 可以预置该第一信息、 所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类 型和所述无线接口的类型之间的关系。 在计费网元或网关收到该第一信息后, 计费网元或网关就可以根据第一信息、 所述业务数据的类型和无线接口的类 型之间的关系确定所述业务数据的类型和无线接口的类型, 从而计费网元可 以根据网关对第一信息统计后的流量, 确定出该无线接口所承载的业务数据 的流量, 从而进行计费。 例如, 第一信息可以为 S1接口的承载信息, 计费网 元或网关上预置或者接收 S1接口的承载信息、 业务数据的类型和承载该业务 数据类型的无线接口的类型之间的关系。 计费网元可以从网关接收 S1接口的 承载信息的流量信息, 根据 S1接口的承载信息、 无线接口的类型以及该无线 接口所承载的业务数据的类型的关系, 计算出该无线接口上所承载的业务数 据的类型所对应流量信息, 进而进行计费。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 使用一个计费网元对无 线接口以及该无线接口所承载的业务数据统一进行计费, 而不需要多个无线 局域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中 的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信 流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚, 下面结合附图对本发明 具体实施例作进一步的详细描述。
下面以图 4为例说明本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 图 4为本发明实施 例二提供的计费方法流程图, 在本发明实施例中实施主体为无线接入设备, 该无线接入设备可以是基站或基站控制器。 如图 4 所示, 该实施例包括以下 步骤:
步骤 410、处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息,该第一信息包括 或用于指示无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和无线接口的 类型。
具体地, 接入网中的无线接入设备包括多个无线接口, 例如: 无线接口 可以为无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi无线接口或者长期演进 LTE无线接口。 当用户 终端通过无线接入设备访问网络侧时, 无线接入设备可以在与用户终端的业 务承载建立的过程中, 获取第一信息。
步骤 420、 所述无线接入设备通过处于核心网中的移动性管理实体 MME 向计费网元转发第一信息。
具体地, 无线接入设备向处于核心网中的移动性管理实体 (Mobi l i ty Management Ent i ty, 简称: MME )发送第一信息, 所述第一信息包括步骤 410 中获取的无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和无线接口的类 型。
进一步地,丽 E接收到第一信息后, 解析并提取第一信息的内容, 明确是 无线接入设备发送的由用户终端产生的流量的相关信息,固 E将第一信息向计 费网元转发, 计费网元接收到第一信息后, 解析并提取第一信息包括的无线 接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和无线接口的类型, 计费网元 向核心网中的网关转发无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和 无线接口的类型。 网关接收到计费网元发送的相关信息后, 统计无线接入设 备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量, 将统计后的流量信息向计费网元发 送, 计费网元根据流量信息进行计费。
更进一步地, 在一种实现方式中, 所述第一信息可具体为无线承载信息, 例如 S1接口的承载信息。 作为一个示例, 无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的 业务数据的类型具体为 VoIP流业务数据; 承载该 VoIP流业务数据的无线接 口具体为 LTE无线接口, 则无线接入设备将无线接入设备的无线接口所承载 的业务数据的类型和无线接口的类型携带 S1接口承载信息中, 向计费网元发 送业务数据类型信息和无线接口信息。
可以理解的是, 上述以举例的形式, 说明了无线接入设备向计费网元发 送多种形式的第一信息, 在实际应用中, 并不限制于此。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 使用一个计费网元对无 线接口以及该无线接口所承载的业务数据统一进行计费, 而不需要多个无线 局域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中 的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信 流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚, 下面结合附图对本发明 具体实施例作进一步的详细描述。
下面以图 5为例说明本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 图 5为本发明实施 例三提供的计费方法流程图, 在本发明实施例中实施主体为处于核心网中的 网关。 如图 5所示, 该实施例包括以下步骤:
步骤 510、处于核心网中的网关根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中 的无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息 包括或用于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所 述无线接口的类型。
具体地, 核心网中的网关通过 S1接口与无线接入设备进行通信, 接入网 中的无线接入设备中包括多个无线接口, 例如: 该无线接口可以为无线相容 性认证 Wi-F i无线接口和长期演进 LTE无线接口。 当用户终端通过无线接入 设备访问网络侧时, 网关可以通过用户终端与核心网之间建立业务数据的无 线承载或 S1承载的过程中, 获取第一信息; 或者, 无线接入设备可以通过用 户终端建立业务数据的无线承载的过程中, 无线接入设备获取第一信息, 并 将该第一信息发送给网关。 网关根据获取的第一信息统计处于无线接入设备 中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息。
进一步地, 在一个例子中, 网关统计无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载 的业务数据的流量为 50M。
步骤 520、所述网关向处于核心网中的计费网元发送流量信息,所述流量 信息用于所述计费网元进行计费。
具体地, 网关在统计出无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的 流量后, 将流量携带在流量信息内, 向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流 量信息, 所述流量信息用于计费网元进行计费。
需要说明的是, 本发明实施例中的网关个数为 1个。
可选地, 处于核心网中的网关统计处于接入网中的无线接入设备中的无 线接口是否承载业务数据, 包括:
所述网关判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述网关获取所述第一信息。
网关可以通过用户终端与核心网之间建立业务数据的无线承载或 S1承载 的过程中, 判断无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据, 如果是, 网 关可以在用户终端与核心网之间建立业务数据的无线承载或 S1承载的过程中 获取第一信息, 或者网关可以从无线接入设备接收该第一信息。
具体地, 网关在获取无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型后, 判断承载该 业务数据的无线接口的类型, 并获取无线接口的类型, 例如, 无线接口所承 载的业务数据的类型为 VoIP流业务数据, 承载 VoIP流业务数据的业务接口 的类型为为 LTE无线接口。
进一步地, 网关根据第一信息统计流量信息后, 可以将该第一信息以及 流量信息发给计费网元, 使得计费网元不仅可以根据流量信息进行计费, 还 可以根据第一信息中的无线接口的类型以及该无线接口所承载的业务类型进 行不同无线接口类型或不同业务类型下更加准确地计费。 因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的计费方法, 使用一个计费网元和该 一个计费网元对应的一个网关对无线接口以及该无线接口所承载的业务数据 统一进行计费, 而不需要多个无线局域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费 过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程 复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪 费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
相应地, 本发明实施例四还提供了一种接入网设备, 用以实现实施例一、 实施例二中的计费方法, 如图 6 所示, 所述接入网设备处于接入网中, 所述 接入网设备包括: 获取单元 610和发送单元 620。
所述接入网设备中获取单元 61 0 , 用于第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用 于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接 口的类型;
发送单元 620 ,用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送第一信息, 以使所述 计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
可选地, 所述获取单元 610具体用于判断所述无线接口是否承载业务数 据; 并在如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则获取所述第一信息;
所述发送单元 620具体用于, 向处于核心网中的移动性管理实体 MME发 送所述第一信息以使得所述 MME 向所述计费网元转发所述第一信息给所述计 费网元进行计费。
所述获取单元 61 0获取的所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证
Wi-F i无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
本发明实施例提供的接入网设备, 可以是无线接入设备, 例如基站或基 站控制器。
本发明实施例提供的接入网设备, 可以执行上述方法实施例中无线接入 设备的动作, 对于类似的描述动作, 本实施例不再赘述。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的接入网设备, 而可以不需要无线局 域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中的 各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且 参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信流 程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
相应地, 本发明实施例五还提供了一种网关设备, 用以实现实施例三中 的计费方法, 如图 7所示, 所述网关设备处于核心网中, 所述网关设备包括: 统计单元 710和发送单元 720。
所述网关设备中统计单元 710 ,用于根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入 网中的无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一 信息包括或用于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型 和所述无线接口的类型;
发送单元 720 ,用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息,所述 流量信息用于所述计费网元进行计费。
所述网关设备还包括: 判断单元 730 , 用于判断所述无线接入设备中的无 线接口是否承载业务数据;
获取单元 740 ,用于所述判断单元 730判断出所述无线接口承载业务数据 时, 则获取单元 740获取所述第一信息。
可选地, 所述统计单元 71 0进行流量统计的所述无线接口的类型具体包 括无线相容性认证 Wi-F i无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
本实施例提供的网关设备, 可以是核心网中的网关, 本实施例中提供的 网关设备可以执行上述方法实施例中核心网的网关所执行的动作, 对于类似 的概念和过程, 本实施例不再赘述。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的网关设备, 使用同一计费网元和该 计费网元对应网关, 不需要无线局域网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过 程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复 杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费 的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
另外, 本发明实施例四提供的接入网设备还可以釆用实现方式如下, 用 以实现本发明实施例一、 实施例二中的计费方法, 如图 8 所示, 所述接入网 设备处于接入网中, 所述接入网设备包括: 网络接口 81 0、 处理器 820和存储 器 830。 ***总线 840用于连接网络接口 81 0、 处理器 820和存储器 8 30。
网络接口 81 0用于与用户终端、 或者处于核心网中的网关进行通信。 存储器 830可以是永久存储器, 例如硬盘驱动器和闪存, 存储器 830中 具有软件模块和设备驱动程序。 软件模块能够执行本发明上述方法的各种功 能模块; 设备驱动程序可以是网络和接口驱动程序。
在启动时, 这些软件组件被加载到存储器 830中, 然后被处理器 820访 问并执行如下指令:
处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于 指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口 的类型;
所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 以使 所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
可选地, 在上述指令中, 所述处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信 息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备判断所述无线接口是否承载业务数据;
如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述无线接入设备获取所述第一信 息。
可选地, 所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信 息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备通过移动管理实体 MME 向所述计费网元转发所述第一 信息。
可选地, 所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无线接口 类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
该接入网设备可以是方法实施例中的无线接入设备, 具体可以为基站或 基站控制器。
该接入网设备可以执行方法实施例中的无线接入设备所执行的动作, 对 于类似的概念和过程, 本实施例不再赘述。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的接入网设备, 不需要使用无线局域 网接入网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核心网中的各 个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本增加, 且参 与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间的通信流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。 另外, 本发明实施例五提供的网关设备还可 以釆用实现方式如下, 用以实现本发明实施例三中的计费方法, 如图 9所示, 所述网关设备处于核心网中, 所述网关设备包括: 网络接口 91 0、 处理器 920 和存储器 930。***总线 940用于连接网络接口 91 0、处理器 920和存储器 930。
网络接口 91 0用于与接入网中的无线接入设备进行通信。
存储器 930可以是永久存储器, 例如硬盘驱动器和闪存, 存储器 930中 具有软件模块和设备驱动程序。 软件模块能够执行本发明上述方法的各种功 能模块; 设备驱动程序可以是网络和接口驱动程序。
在启动时, 这些软件组件被加载到存储器 930中, 然后被处理器 920访 问并执行如下指令:
处于核心网中的网关根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中的无线接 入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息包括或用 于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接 口的类型;
所述网关向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息, 所述流量信息 用于所述计费网元进行计费。
可选地, 所述处于核心网中的网关统计处于接入网中的无线接入设备中 的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量包括:
所述网关判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述网关获取所述第一信息。
可选地, 所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-F i 无线接口 类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
本实施例提供的网关设备, 可以是方法实施例中的网关, 可以执行方法 实施例中网关所执行的动作, 对于类似的概念和过程, 本实施例不再赘述。
因此, 通过应用本发明实施例提供的网关设备, 使用同一计费网元和该 计费网元下对应的同一网关对无线接口所承载的业务数据进行计费, 而不需 要使用无线接入网网关, 避免了现有技术的计费过程中, 控制信令分散在核 心网中的各个网元内, 使得网元之间的通信流程复杂, 造成网络的管理成本 增加, 且参与通信的网元多, 造成设备投资的浪费的问题, 简化了网元之间 的通信流程, 同时, 降低了网络的管理成本。
专业人员应该还可以进一步意识到, 结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的 各示例的单元及算法步骤, 能够以电子硬件、 计算机软件或者二者的结合来 实现, 为了清楚地说明硬件和软件的可互换性, 在上述说明中已经按照功能 一般性地描述了各示例的组成及步骤。 这些功能究竟以硬件还是软件方式来 执行, 取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。 专业技术人员可以对每 个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能, 但是这种实现不应认为 超出本发明的范围。
结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的方法或算法的步骤可以用硬件、 处理 器执行的软件模块, 或者二者的结合来实施。 软件模块可以置于随机存储器 ( RAM ) 、 内存、 只读存储器(ROM ) 、 电可编程 R0M、 电可擦除可编程 R0M、 寄存器、 硬盘、 可移动磁盘、 CD-R0M、 或技术领域内所公知的任意其它形式 的存储介质中。
以上所述的具体实施方式, 对本发明的目的、 技术方案和有益效果进行 了进一步详细说明, 所应理解的是, 以上所述仅为本发明的具体实施方式而 已, 并不用于限定本发明的保护范围, 凡在本发明的精神和原则之内, 所做 的任何修改、 等同替换、 改进等, 均应包含在本发明的保护范围之内。

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1、 一种计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述方法包括:
处于接入网中的无线接入设备获取第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于 指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口 的类型;
所述无线接入设备向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 以使 所述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
2、 根据权利要求 1所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述处于接入网中的 无线接入设备获取第一信息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备判断所述无线接口是否承载业务数据;
如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述无线接入设备获取所述第一信 息。
3、 根据权利要求 1所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述无线接入设备向 处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 包括:
所述无线接入设备通过移动管理实体 MME 向所述计费网元转发所述第一 信息。
4、 根据权利要求 1至 3任一项所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述无线 接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE 无线接口类型。
5、 根据权利要求 1-4任意一项所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述计费 网元使用所述第一信息进行计费, 包括:
所述计费网元将所述第一信息发送给处于核心网中的网关, 并接收所述 网关根据第一信息统计的所述业务数据的流量信息;
所述计费网元根据所述流量信息进行计费。
6、 一种计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述方法包括:
处于核心网中的网关根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中的无线接 入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息包括或用 于指示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接 口的类型;
所述网关向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息, 所述流量信息 用于所述计费网元进行计费。
7、 根据权利要求 6所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述处于核心网中的 网关统计处于接入网中的无线接入设备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流 量包括:
所述网关判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数据, 则所述网关获取所述第一信息。
8、 根据权利要求 6至 7任一项所述的计费方法, 其特征在于, 所述无线 接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE 无线接口类型。
9、 一种接入网设备, 其特征在于, 所述设备处于接入网中, 所述设备包 括:
获取单元, 用于获取第一信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于指示所述无线 接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的类型;
发送单元, 用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述第一信息, 以使所 述计费网元使用所述第一信息进行计费。
10、 根据权利要求 9 所述的接入网设备, 其特征在于, 所述获取单元具 体用于判断所述无线接口是否承载业务数据; 如果所述无线接口承载业务数 据, 则获取所述第一信息。
11、 根据权利要求 10所述的接入网设备, 其特征在于, 所述发送单元具 体用于向移动管理实体 MME发送所述第一信息, 以使所述 MME将所述第一信 息转发给所述计费网元进行计费。
12、 根据权利要求 9至 11任一项所述的接入网设备, 其特征在于, 所述 获取单元获取的所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi 无线接 口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
13、 一种网关设备, 其特征在于, 所述设备处于核心网中, 所述设备包 括:
统计单元, 用于根据获取到的第一信息统计处于接入网中的无线接入设 备中的无线接口所承载的业务数据的流量信息, 所述第一信息包括或用于指 示所述无线接入设备的无线接口所承载的业务数据的类型和所述无线接口的 类型;
发送单元, 用于向处于核心网中的计费网元发送所述流量信息, 所述流 量信息用于所述计费网元进行计费。
14、 根据权利要求 13所述的网关设备, 其特征在于, 所述设备还包括: 判断单元, 用于判断所述无线接入设备中的无线接口是否承载业务数据; 获取单元, 用于在所述判断单元判断出所述无线接口承载业务数据时, 获取所述第一信息。
15、 根据权利要求 13至 14任一项所述的网关设备, 其特征在于, 所述 统计单元进行流量统计的所述无线接口的类型具体包括无线相容性认证 Wi-Fi无线接口类型或者长期演进 LTE无线接口类型。
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