CN108111319A - A kind of business datum flowmeter charging method, user terminal, S/P-GW and charging gateway - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a charging method for service data traffic, a user terminal, S/P-GW and a charging gateway, relates to the field of communication technology, and aims to solve the problem of low accuracy in charging data for services that do not pass through a service/public data network gateway question. The service data traffic charging method is used for user terminals, including: obtaining the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and counting the data flow value of the service to be tested; sending the data of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway The data flow value, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway.

Description

A charging method for service data flow, user terminal, S/P-GW and charging gateway

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a charging method for service data flow, a user terminal, an S/P-GW and a charging gateway.

Background technique

In the operator's cellular network, the data transmission method is unicast transmission, and the data flow value used by the user is counted through the data of the user passing through the service/public data network gateway, so that the billing unit in the network calculates the user's data Traffic charges. With the improvement of user needs, the types of services are also becoming more and more abundant. However, the unicast transmission mode cannot receive certain services in an idle state where the wireless resource is not connected.

In order to enable services to be received even in an idle state in which wireless resources are not connected, data is transmitted in a broadcast transmission manner. In the prior art, in the data flow billing system for services using the broadcast transmission mode, the data of some services is forwarded to the user terminal through the service gateway of the service itself. That is to say, the data of some services does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, so the service/public data network gateway cannot count the data traffic values of these services. At this stage, these services are billed by means of monthly service subscription or pay-per-view. However, due to the inability to obtain the data traffic value consumed by the user terminal on the service monthly or on-demand, the billing method is not accurate, which may cause loss of expenses for the user or the operator.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a service data traffic charging method, user terminal, S/P-GW and charging gateway, which can perform data processing for services that do not pass through the service/public data network gateway (ie, S/P-GW). Accurate billing to avoid loss of users or operators.

In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a service data flow charging method for a user terminal, including: obtaining data of the service to be tested from data received in the downlink channel, and counting the data flow value of the service to be tested; The service/public data network gateway sends the data flow value of the service to be tested, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway.

In combination with the first aspect, in the first possibility of the first aspect, the step of obtaining the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel and counting the data flow value of the service to be tested includes: in the data received in the downlink channel Filter out the data of the service to be tested; according to the data of the service to be tested, the data traffic value of the service to be tested is obtained through statistics.

In combination with the first possibility of the first aspect, in the second possibility of the first aspect, the functional chip in the user terminal transmits the data of the service to be tested with the service application in the user terminal through the middleware; the middleware includes the service Middleware and traffic statistics middleware, the business middleware is used to filter out the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and transmit the data of the service to be tested to the traffic statistics middleware, the traffic statistics middleware is used to The data of the service under test is collected, and the data traffic value of the service under test is obtained through statistics.

In combination with the first aspect, in the third possibility of the first aspect, the step of sending the data traffic value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway includes: sending a service data report message to the service/public data network gateway, and the service The data report message includes the data traffic value of the service to be tested.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the first to third possibilities of the first aspect, in the fourth possibility of the first aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In the second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a service data flow charging method for the service/public data network gateway S/P-GW, including: receiving the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal; The data traffic value of the measured service is sent to the billing gateway.

With reference to the second aspect, in the first possibility of the second aspect, the step of receiving the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal includes: receiving a service data report message sent by the user terminal, the service data report message includes the service to be tested The data traffic value of the business.

In combination with the second aspect, in the second possibility of the second aspect, the step of sending the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway includes: sending a service data record transmission request message to the charging gateway, and the service data record transmission The request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In combination with the second aspect or the first or second possibility of the second aspect, in the third possibility of the second aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In combination with the second possibility of the second aspect, in the fourth possibility of the second aspect, the service data traffic charging method further includes: adding the service data record transmission request message to the network protocol in the service/public data network gateway definition.

In the third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a service data flow charging method for a charging gateway, including: receiving the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the service/public data network gateway, and the data flow of the service to be tested The value is sent to the service/public data network gateway by the user terminal; according to the data flow value of the service to be tested, the cost of the service to be tested shown by the user terminal is calculated.

In combination with the third aspect, in the first possibility of the third aspect, the step of receiving the data flow value of the service under test sent by the service/public data network gateway includes: receiving the service data record transmission sent by the service/public data network gateway The request message, the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In combination with the first possibility of the third aspect, the second possibility of the third aspect further includes: adding a definition of a service data record transmission request message in the network protocol between charging gateways.

In combination with the third aspect or the first or second possibility of the third aspect, in the third possibility of the third aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a user terminal, including: a traffic statistics module, configured to acquire data of the service to be tested from data received in the downlink channel, and count the data flow value of the service to be tested; the first sending The module is configured to send the data flow value of the service under test to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the service under test to the charging gateway.

In conjunction with the fourth aspect, in the first possibility of the fourth aspect, the traffic statistics module includes: a business middleware sub-module configured to filter out the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and store the data of the service to be tested The data is transmitted to the traffic statistics middleware submodule; the traffic statistics middleware submodule is configured to obtain the data flow value of the service to be tested according to the data of the service to be tested.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in the second possibility of the fourth aspect, the first sending module is specifically configured to send a service data report message to the service/public data network gateway, where the service data report message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In combination with the fourth aspect or the first or second possibility of the fourth aspect, in the third possibility of the fourth aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In the fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a service/public data network gateway S/P-GW, including: a first receiving module configured to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal; The module is configured to send the data traffic value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in the first possibility of the fifth aspect, the first receiving module is specifically configured to receive a service data report message sent by the user terminal, where the service data report message includes a data flow value of the service to be tested.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in the second possibility of the fifth aspect, the second sending module is specifically configured to send a service data record transmission request message to the charging gateway, and the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested .

In combination with the fifth aspect or the first or second possibility of the fifth aspect, in the third possibility of the fifth aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In combination with the third possibility of the fifth aspect, in the fourth possibility of the fifth aspect, the above-mentioned S/P-GW further includes: a first definition adding module configured as a network in the service/public data network gateway Added the definition of business data record transmission request message in the agreement.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a charging gateway, including: a second receiving module configured to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the service/public data network gateway, the data flow value of the service to be tested It is sent by the user terminal to the service/public data network gateway; the fee calculation module is configured to calculate the fee of the service to be tested by the user terminal according to the data flow value of the service to be tested.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in the first possibility of the sixth aspect, the second receiving module is specifically configured to receive the service data record transmission request message sent by the service/public data network gateway, the service data record transmission request message includes the service to be tested data traffic value.

In combination with the sixth aspect or the first possibility of the sixth aspect, in the second possibility of the sixth aspect, the service to be tested includes an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

In combination with the second possibility of the sixth aspect, in the third possibility of the sixth aspect, the above charging gateway further includes: a second definition adding module configured to add service data record transmission in the network protocol of the charging gateway Definition of request message.

A service data traffic charging method, a user terminal, an S/P-GW, and a charging gateway provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal obtains data of a service to be tested from data received in a downlink channel, and counts the data of the service to be tested Traffic value, send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway, and the service/public data network gateway sends the data flow value of the service to be tested to the billing gateway, and the billing gateway for billing. In the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow value of the service to be tested is counted by the terminal, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is sent to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can transfer the data flow value of the service to be tested The value is sent to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data traffic value of the service to be tested. Accurate billing can be performed for services whose data traffic does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

Description of drawings

The present invention can be better understood from the following description of specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar features.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a service data traffic charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of a functional chip, middleware and application layers in a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the association between the functional chip, the service middleware, and the traffic statistics middleware of the user terminal in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a charging method for service data flow of a charging gateway provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a service data traffic charging method for a service/public data network gateway provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a service data traffic charging method for a service/public data network gateway provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of an eMBMS service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal in another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a service/public data network gateway in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a service/public data network gateway in another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a billing gateway in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging gateway in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the invention will be described in detail below. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is only to provide a better understanding of the present invention by showing examples of the present invention. The present invention is by no means limited to any specific configurations and algorithms presented below, but covers any modification, substitution and improvement of elements, components and algorithms without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the drawings and the following description, well-known structures and techniques have not been shown in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present invention.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the application scenario of the service data traffic charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The application scenario of the service data traffic charging method involves user terminals, base stations, service/public data network gateways (S/P-GW, Service /Public Data GateWay), charging gateway (CG, Charging GateWay), mobile management functional unit (MME, Mobility Management Entity), service gateway and service center. Wherein, the service center (including the service source) transmits the service data to the service gateway, the service gateway forwards the service data to the base station, and the base station sends the service data to the user terminal. Since the user terminal transmits and receives data through the base station is common knowledge in the field, therefore, the terminal sending data, information, messages, etc. to other structures mentioned in the present invention refers to the terminal sending data, information, messages, etc. to other structures through the base station . Correspondingly, the terminal receiving data, information, messages, etc. sent by other structures mentioned in the present invention refers to that the terminal receives data, information, messages, etc. sent by other structures through the base station. The mobility management functional unit is configured to manage base stations and serving/public data network gateways. Specifically, the billing gateway may include a business operation support system (BOSS, Business Operation Support System) and a data collection device. Specifically, the user terminal may be a customer terminal equipment (CPE, Customer Premise Equipment), a portable wireless router (MiFi), a tablet computer (PAD), or a smart phone.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for charging service data flow, which is used for a user terminal. Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The method for billing broadcast service data traffic shown in FIG. 2 includes steps 101-102.

In step 101, the data of the service to be tested is obtained from the data received in the downlink channel, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is counted.

Wherein, the data sent by the network side received by the user terminal is transmitted through a downlink channel. The user terminal acquires the data of the service to be tested from the data received from the downlink channel, and calculates the data flow value of the service to be tested according to the acquired data of the service to be tested. That is to say, since the data of the service to be tested may not pass through the service/public data network gateway, the user terminal counts the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In step 102, send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway.

Among them, the user terminal can send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway through the message containing the data flow value of the service to be tested, and the service/public data network gateway will send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can calculate the fee of the service to be tested in the user terminal according to the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In the billing method for broadcast service data flow provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal obtains the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, counts the data flow value of the service to be tested, and sends the service/public data network gateway to the service/public data network gateway. The data flow value of the service to be tested, so that the service/public data network gateway sends the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway, and the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data flow value of the service to be tested. In the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow value of the service to be tested is counted by the terminal, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is sent to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can transfer the data flow value of the service to be tested The value is sent to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data traffic value of the service to be tested. Accurate billing can be performed for services whose data traffic does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the service data flow charging method shown in FIG. 3, the service data flow charging method shown in FIG. 2 is different in that step 101 in FIG. It can be refined into step 1021.

In step 1011, the data of the service to be tested is filtered out from the data received in the downlink channel.

Wherein, the data received in the downlink channel includes data of multiple services, and besides the data of the service to be tested, there are other data of services that can pass through the service/public data network gateway. In order to count the data traffic value of the service to be tested, it is necessary to filter out the data of the service to be tested.

Specifically, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a functional chip, middleware, and application layers in a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , the functional chip in the user terminal transmits the data of the service to be tested with the service application in the user terminal through the middleware. The functional chip in the user terminal may be a hardware chip of the user terminal. Middleware is an independent system software or service program, carried on the operating system of the user terminal, and manages the communication between the functional chip of the user terminal and the application layer. Through the middleware, the functional chip of the user terminal can exchange data flow information with the application layer. Middleware includes business middleware and traffic statistics middleware. The service middleware is used to filter out the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and transmit the data of the service to be tested to the traffic statistics middleware.

In step 1012, according to the data of the service to be tested, the data flow value of the service to be tested is obtained through statistics.

Wherein, the traffic statistics middleware can count the data traffic value of the data passing through itself, that is, count the data traffic value of the service to be tested, and generate a data traffic report. Specifically, the traffic statistics middleware is used to obtain the data traffic value of the service to be tested according to the data of the service to be tested.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of association between a functional chip, a service middleware, and a traffic statistics middleware of a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, for example, interface a is used to transfer data between the business middleware and the function chip, interface b is used to transfer data between the business middleware and the traffic statistics middleware, and interface c is used between the function chip and the traffic statistics middleware Pass data. The business middleware can determine which business or type of business the data corresponding to the data passing through the business middleware is. Different business middleware can identify the data of different businesses. The business middleware in the embodiment of the present invention can identify and filter out Data of the service to be tested. The traffic statistics middleware can count the data of the business to be tested filtered by the business middleware to obtain the data flow value of the business to be tested. For example, the service middleware can accept data of MCCH (Multicast Control Channel, multicast control channel) and MTCH (Multicast Traffic Channel, multicast traffic channel), and filter out the data of MTCH as the data of the service to be tested. It should be noted that since the business middleware can identify and filter out the data of the business to be tested, the data that can be transmitted to the traffic middleware through the business middleware is only the data of the business to be tested, and the data of the business to be tested is passed through the traffic statistics middleware It is transmitted to the application of the application layer for use. Specifically, the service middleware can periodically transmit the data of the service to be tested to the traffic statistics middleware.

In step 1021, a service data report message is sent to the service/public data network gateway.

Wherein, the service data report message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested, and the service data report may also include the identifier of the user terminal. For example, if the user terminal is a mobile phone, the service data report message may include the data flow value of the service to be tested in the mobile phone, The cell phone number of the cell phone can also be included. Specifically, the traffic statistics middleware sends the data value of the service to be tested to the function chip of the user terminal, and the function chip of the user terminal can send a service data report message including the data flow value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway, The address of the data report message is the address of the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can generate a service including the data flow value of the service to be tested according to the data flow value of the service to be tested in the service data report information A data record transmission request message, and send the service data record transmission request message to the charging gateway. Specifically, the service/public data network gateway can expand the existing charging interface, and send a service data record transmission request message including the data traffic value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned service to be tested may specifically be an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology (eMBMS, evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) service. Then, the service/public data network gateway in the above embodiment can be set as an eMBMS charging network element, which is not shared with existing network elements. The service data report message in the foregoing embodiments may be an eMBMS service data report message (eMBMS Data Report message).

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method for service data flow, which is used for a charging gateway. Fig. 6 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a charging gateway provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The service data traffic charging method shown in FIG. 6 includes steps 201-202.

In step 201, the data traffic value of the service under test sent by the service/public data network gateway is received.

Wherein, the data traffic value of the service to be tested is sent by the user terminal to the service/public data network gateway.

In step 202, according to the data flow value of the service under test, the fee of the service under test of the user terminal is calculated.

According to the data flow value of the service to be tested, the charging gateway can accurately calculate the cost of the service to be tested by the user terminal.

In the method for charging service data flow provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the charging gateway receives the data flow value of the service to be tested, and performs charging according to the data flow value of the service to be tested. In the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow value of the service to be tested is counted by the terminal, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is sent to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can transfer the data flow value of the service to be tested The value is sent to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data traffic value of the service to be tested. Accurate billing can be performed for services whose data traffic does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a user terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention. Step 202 in FIG. 7 is basically the same as step 202 in FIG. 6 , except that step 201 in FIG. 7 can be subdivided into step 2011 , and step 203 can be added before step 2011 .

In step 2011, a service data record transmission request message sent by the service/public data network gateway is received.

Wherein, the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In step 203, the definition of the service data record transmission request message is added to the network protocol in the charging gateway.

Wherein, the network protocol in the charging gateway can be the GTP protocol (General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol, General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol), and the contents of the data packets transmitted in the existing GTP protocol are shown in Table 1:

Table I

Wherein, in the embodiment of the present invention, the definition of the service data record transmission request message is added to the definition of the data packet transmitted in the GTP protocol. For example, the service to be tested in the above embodiment can be an eMBMS service. Then, the embodiment of the present invention The definition of the information format in the data packet transmitted in the GTP protocol can be as shown in Table 2:

Table II

Wherein, when the information format in the data packet transmitted in the GTP protocol is assigned a value of 242, it means that the GTP information is an eMBMS service data record transmission request message.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a service data traffic charging method, which is used for a service/public data network gateway. Fig. 8 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a service/public data network gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention. The service data traffic charging method shown in FIG. 8 includes steps 301-302.

In step 301, the data traffic value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal is received.

Wherein, a special interface may be set in the service/public data network gateway to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal.

In step 302, the data traffic value of the service to be tested is sent to the charging gateway.

In a service data flow charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the service/public data network gateway receives the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal, and sends the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway, so that The charging gateway can charge according to the data traffic value of the service to be tested. In the embodiment of the present invention, accurate billing can be performed on services whose data flow does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

Fig. 9 is a flow chart of a method for charging service data traffic of a service/public data network gateway according to another embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the service data flow charging method shown in FIG. 9, the service data flow charging method shown in FIG. 9 differs in that step 301 in FIG. Converted to step 3021, step 303 can be added before step 302.

In step 3011, the service data report message sent by the user terminal is received.

Wherein, the service data report message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In step 3021, a service data record transmission request message is sent to the charging gateway.

Wherein, the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

In step 303, the definition of the service data record transmission request message is added to the network protocol in the service/public data network gateway.

Wherein, the network protocol in the service/public data network gateway can be the GTP protocol (General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol, General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol), and the content of the data packet transmitted in the existing GTP protocol is as shown in the table above As shown, it will not be repeated here. In the embodiment of the present invention, the definition of the service data record transmission request message is added to the definition of the data packet transmitted in the GTP protocol. For example, the service to be tested in the above embodiment can be an eMBMS service. Then, in the embodiment of the present invention The definition of the information format in the data packet transmitted in the GTP protocol can be as shown in Table 2 in the above content, and will not be repeated here.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method for charging broadcast service data traffic for eMBMS services according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for charging broadcast service data traffic shown in FIG. 10 includes steps 401-404.

In step 401, the user terminal sends an eMBMS service data report message (ie, eMBMS Data report message) to the service/public data network gateway.

Wherein, the eMBMS service data report message includes the data traffic value of the eMBMS service obtained by the statistics of the user terminal.

In step 402, the service/public data network gateway sends an eMBMS service data reply message (ie, eMBMS Data response message) to the user terminal.

Wherein, the eMBMS service data reply message indicates that the service/public data network gateway confirms receipt of the eMBMS service data report message.

In step 403, the service/public data network gateway sends an eMBMS service data record transfer request message (ie, an eMBMS Data record transfer request message) to the charging gateway.

Wherein, the eMBMS service data record transmission request message includes the data traffic value of the eMBMS service obtained by the statistics of the user terminal.

In step 404, the charging gateway sends an eMBMS service data record transfer response message (ie, an eMBMS Data record transfer response message) to the service/public data network gateway.

Wherein, the eMBMS service data record transmission reply message indicates that the charging terminal has received the eMBMS service data record transmission request message.

In step 405, the charging gateway calculates the eMBMS service fee of the user terminal according to the eMBMS service data traffic value in the eMBMS service data record transmission request message.

In the billing method for broadcast service data flow provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal sends an eMBMS service data report message including the data flow value of the eMBMS service obtained by the statistics of the user terminal to the service/public data network gateway, and the service/public data network The gateway sends the eMBMS service data record transmission request message including the data flow value of the eMBMS service to the charging gateway, and the charging gateway charges the eMBMS service of the user terminal according to the data flow value of the eMBMS service. In the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow value of the eMBMS service is counted by the terminal, and the data flow value of the eMBMS service is sent to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the eMBMS service to the A charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data flow value of the eMBMS service. Accurate billing can be performed on the eMBMS service whose data flow does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding the loss of users or operators.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 50 shown in FIG. 11 includes a traffic statistics module 51 and a first sending module 52 .

The traffic statistics module 51 is configured to acquire the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and count the data flow value of the service to be tested.

The first sending module 52 is configured to send the data flow value of the service under test to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can send the data flow value of the service under test to the charging gateway.

In the user terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal obtains the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, counts the data flow value of the service to be tested, and sends the data flow of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway value, so that the service/public data network gateway sends the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway, and the charging gateway performs charging according to the data flow value of the service to be tested. Accurate billing can be performed for services whose data traffic does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

It should be noted that the first sending module 52 in the above embodiment can also be specifically configured to send a service data report message to the service/public data network gateway, and the service data report message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal in another embodiment of the present invention, and the first sending module 52 shown in FIG. 12 is basically the same as the first sending module 52 shown in FIG. 11 . The difference is that the traffic statistics module 51 in the user terminal 50 shown in FIG. 12 includes a business middleware sub-module 511 and a traffic statistics middleware sub-module 512 .

Wherein, the service middleware submodule 511 is configured to filter out the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and transmit the data of the service to be tested to the traffic statistics middleware submodule;

The flow statistics middleware sub-module 512 is configured to obtain the data flow value of the service to be tested according to the data of the service to be tested.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a service/public data network gateway in an embodiment of the present invention. The service/public data network gateway 60 shown in FIG. 13 includes a first receiving module 61 and a second sending module 62 .

The first receiving module 61 is configured to receive the data traffic value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal.

The second sending module 62 is configured to send the data traffic value of the service under test to the charging gateway.

The service/public data network gateway provided by the embodiment of the present invention receives the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal, and sends the data flow value of the service to be tested to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can The data traffic value is billed. In the embodiment of the present invention, accurate billing can be performed on services whose data flow does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

It should be noted that the first receiving module in the above embodiment is specifically configured to receive a service data report message sent by the user terminal, and the service data report message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested. The second sending module is specifically configured to send a service data record transmission request message to the charging gateway, where the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow value of the service to be tested.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a service/public data network gateway in another embodiment of the present invention, the first receiving module 61 and the second sending module 62 shown in Fig. 14 and the first receiving module 61 and the second sending module shown in Fig. 13 The two sending modules 62 are basically the same. The difference is that the service/public data network gateway 60 shown in FIG. 14 also includes a first definition adding module 63 .

The first definition adding module 63 is configured to add the definition of the service data record transmission request message to the network protocol in the service/public data network gateway 60 .

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging gateway in an embodiment of the present invention. The charging gateway 70 shown in FIG. 15 includes a second receiving module 71 and a fee calculation module 72 .

The second receiving module 71 is configured to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the service/public data network gateway, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is sent by the user terminal to the service/public data network gateway.

The fee calculation module 72 is configured to calculate the fee of the service to be tested of the user terminal according to the data flow value of the service to be tested.

The charging gateway provided by the embodiment of the present invention accepts the data flow value of the service to be tested, and performs charging according to the data flow value of the service to be tested. In the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow value of the service to be tested is counted by the terminal, and the data flow value of the service to be tested is sent to the service/public data network gateway, so that the service/public data network gateway can transmit the data flow value of the service to be tested The value is sent to the charging gateway, so that the charging gateway can perform charging according to the data traffic value of the service to be tested. Accurate billing can be performed for services whose data traffic does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, thereby avoiding losses of users or operators.

It should be noted that the second receiving module 71 in the above embodiment can also be specifically configured to receive the service data record transmission request message sent by the service/public data network gateway, and the service data record transmission request message includes the data flow of the service to be tested value.

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a billing gateway in another embodiment of the present invention. The second receiving module 71 and the fee calculation module 72 shown in FIG. 16 are the same as the second receiving module 71 and the fee calculation module 72 shown in FIG. 15 basically the same. The difference is that the billing gateway 70 shown in FIG. 16 also includes a second definition adding module 73 .

The second definition adding module 73 is configured to add the definition of the service data record transmission request message in the network protocol of the charging gateway.

Specifically, the service to be tested in the foregoing embodiment may be a service whose data does not pass through the service/public data network gateway, such as the enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device in an embodiment of the present invention. The communication device 800 shown in FIG. 17 includes a transmitter 801 , a memory 802 , a processor 803 and a receiver 804 . The transmitter 801 , memory 802 , processor 803 and receiver 804 may be connected by a bus 805 .

The user terminal 50, the service/public data network gateway 60 and the charging gateway 70 in the above embodiments can be implemented as the communication device. For example, if the user terminal 50 is implemented as a communication device 800, the receiver 804 can be configured to receive data from the downlink channel; the processor 803 can be configured to obtain the data of the service to be tested from the data received in the downlink channel, and count the data of the service to be tested. The data flow value of the service; the memory 802 may be configured to store the data flow value of the service to be tested; the transmitter 801 may be configured to send the data flow value of the service to be tested to the service/public data network gateway. Specifically, the transmitter 801 may be configured to send a service data report message including the data flow value of the service to be measured.

For another example, if the service/public data network gateway 60 is implemented as a communication device 800, the receiver 804 may be configured to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the user terminal, and the transmitter 801 may be configured to be configured as Send the data traffic value of the service to be tested to the billing gateway.

For another example, if the billing gateway 70 is implemented as a communication device 800, the receiver 804 can be configured to receive the data flow value of the service to be tested sent by the service/public data network gateway; the processor 803 can be configured to The data traffic value is used to calculate the cost of the service to be tested in the user terminal; the memory 802 may be configured to store the data traffic value of the service to be tested and the cost of the service to be tested in the user terminal.

The functional blocks shown in the structural block diagrams described above may be implemented as hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. When implemented in hardware, it may be, for example, an electronic circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), suitable firmware, a plug-in, a function card, or the like. When implemented in software, the elements of the invention are the programs or code segments employed to perform the required tasks. Programs or code segments can be stored in machine-readable media, or transmitted over transmission media or communication links by data signals carried in carrier waves. "Machine-readable medium" may include any medium that can store or transmit information. Examples of machine-readable media include electronic circuits, semiconductor memory devices, ROM, flash memory, erasable ROM (EROM), floppy disks, CD-ROMs, optical disks, hard disks, fiber optic media, radio frequency (RF) links, and the like. Code segments may be downloaded via a computer network such as the Internet, an Intranet, or the like.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit and essential characteristics. For example, the algorithms described in certain embodiments may be modified without departing from the basic spirit of the invention in terms of system architecture. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative rather than restrictive, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and, within the meaning and equivalents of the claims, All changes in scope are thereby embraced within the scope of the invention.

Claims (27)

1. a kind of business datum flowmeter charging method, for user terminal, including：

The data of business to be measured are obtained in the data received from down channel, count the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured；

The data flow magnitude of the business to be measured is sent to service/public data network gateway, so that the service/common data The data flow magnitude of the business to be measured can be sent to charging gateway by net gateway.

2. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 1, wherein, it is obtained in the data received from down channel The step of data of business to be measured, the data flow magnitude of the statistics business to be measured, including：

The data of the business to be measured are filtered out in the data received in down channel；

According to the data of the business to be measured, statistics obtains the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured.

3. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 2, wherein, the functional chip in user terminal is in Between service application in part and the user terminal carry out the business to be measured data transmission；The middleware includes business Middleware and traffic statistics middleware, the business middleware are used in the data received in down channel filter out described to be measured The data of business, and the data of the business to be measured are transferred to the traffic statistics middleware, the traffic statistics middleware For the data according to the business to be measured, statistics obtains the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured.

4. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 1, wherein, it is sent to service/public data network gateway The step of data flow magnitude of the business to be measured, including：

Business datum report message is sent to service/public data network gateway, the business datum report message includes described treat The data flow magnitude of survey business.

5. the business datum flowmeter charging method according to any one in claim 1-4, wherein, the business packet to be measured Include enhancing multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

6. a kind of business datum flowmeter charging method, for servicing/public data network gateway S/P-GW, including：

Receive the data flow magnitude for the business to be measured that user terminal is sent；

The data flow magnitude of the business to be measured is sent to charging gateway.

7. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 6, wherein, receive the business to be measured that user terminal is sent Data flow magnitude the step of, including：

The business datum report message that the user terminal is sent is received, the business datum report message includes the industry to be measured The data flow magnitude of business.

8. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 6, wherein, by the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured The step of being sent to charging gateway, including：

Business datum record transfer request message is sent to the charging gateway, the business datum records transfer request message bag Include the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured.

9. the business datum flowmeter charging method according to any one in claim 6-8, wherein, the business packet to be measured Include enhancing multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

10. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 8, further includes：

The business datum record transfer request message is added in procotol in the service/public data network gateway Definition.

11. a kind of business datum flowmeter charging method, for charging gateway, including：

The data flow magnitude for the business to be measured that reception service/public data network gateway is sent, the data traffic of the business to be measured Value is to be sent to the service/public data network gateway by user terminal；

According to the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured, the expense of the shown business to be measured of the user terminal is calculated.

12. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 11, wherein, receive service/public data network gateway The step of data flow magnitude of the business to be measured sent, including：

The business datum record transfer request message that reception service/public data network gateway is sent, the business datum record pass Defeated request message includes the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured.

13. business datum flowmeter charging method according to claim 12, further includes：

The definition of the business datum record transfer request message is added in procotol in the charging gateway.

14. the business datum flowmeter charging method according to any one in claim 11-13, wherein, the industry to be measured Business includes enhancing multimedia broadcast multicast technology service.

15. a kind of user terminal, including：

Flow statistical module is configured as obtaining the data of business to be measured from the data that down channel receives, is treated described in statistics The data flow magnitude of survey business；

First sending module is configured as sending the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured to service/public data network gateway, with Enable the service/public data network gateway that the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured is sent to charging gateway.

16. user terminal according to claim 15, wherein, the flow statistical module includes：

Business middleware submodule is configured as filtering out the data of the business to be measured in down channel in the data received, And the data of the business to be measured are transferred to traffic statistics middleware submodule；

The traffic statistics middleware submodule, is configured as the data according to the business to be measured, and statistics obtains described to be measured The data flow magnitude of business.

17. user terminal according to claim 15, wherein, first sending module be specifically configured to service/ Public data network gateway sends business datum report message, and the business datum report message includes the data of the business to be measured Flow value.

18. according to the user terminal described in any one in claim 15-17, wherein, the business to be measured includes enhancing more Media broadcast multicasting technology business.

19. a kind of service/public data network gateway S/P-GW, including：

First receiving module is configured as receiving the data flow magnitude for the business to be measured that user terminal is sent；

Second sending module is configured as the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured being sent to charging gateway.

20. S/P-GW according to claim 19, wherein, first receiving module is specifically configured to receive the use The business datum report message that family terminal is sent, the business datum report message include the data traffic of the business to be measured Value.

21. S/P-GW according to claim 19, wherein, second sending module is specifically configured to the charging Gateway sends business datum record transfer request message, and the business datum record transfer request message includes the business to be measured Data flow magnitude.

22. according to the S/P-GW described in any one in claim 19-21, wherein, the business to be measured includes enhancing more matchmakers Body broadcast multi-broadcasting technology service.

23. S/P-GW according to claim 21, further includes：

First defines add module, is configured as in the procotol in the service/public data network gateway described in addition Business datum records the definition of transfer request message.

24. a kind of charging gateway, including：

Second receiving module is configured as the data flow magnitude for the business to be measured that reception service/public data network gateway is sent, institute The data flow magnitude for stating business to be measured is to be sent to the service/public data network gateway by user terminal；

Expense computing module is configured as the data flow magnitude according to the business to be measured, calculates the described of the user terminal The expense of business to be measured.

25. charging gateway according to claim 24, wherein, second receiving module is specifically configured to receive clothes The business datum record transfer request message that business/public data network gateway is sent, the business datum record transfer request message Include the data flow magnitude of the business to be measured.

26. the charging gateway according to claim 24 or 25, wherein, it is more that the business to be measured includes enhancing multimedia broadcasting Broadcast technology service.

27. charging gateway according to claim 25, further includes：

Second defines add module, is configured as adding the business datum record biography in the procotol of the charging gateway The definition of defeated request message.