Network slice charging method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorLei Zhu
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Abstract
This application provides a network slice charging method and an apparatus. The method includes: A network slice management network element receives a first request including a charging requirement of a network slice. The network slice management network element sends to a network slice subnet management network element, a second request including the charging requirement. The network slice management network element receives first charging data of the network slice, which is collected based on the charging requirement. The network slice management network element sends the first charging data to a charging network element for the charging network element to charge the network slice.
Claims20
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor and having program instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- obtain a charging requirement of a network slice, wherein the charging requirement includes at least one of a charged object or a charging mode;
- collect charging data of the network slice based on the charging requirement, wherein the charging data comprises a quantity of users and a quantity of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions in a network slice instance of the network slice;
- determine that a trigger for sending the charging data is met;
- and
- a transmitter, configured to send the charging data to a charging network element when the trigger for sending the charging data is met, wherein the charging data is used to charge the network slice.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, by a network function network element, a charging requirement of a network slice, wherein the charging requirement includes at least one of a charged object or a charging mode;
- collecting, by the network function network element, charging data of the network slice based on the charging requirement, wherein the charging data comprises a quantity of users and a quantity of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions in a network slice instance of the network slice;
- determining a trigger for sending the charging data is met;
- and
- sending, by the network function network element, the charging data to a charging network element when the trigger for sending the charging data is met, wherein the charging data is used to charge the network slice.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network slice management network element, a first request, wherein the first request comprises a charging requirement of a network slice;
- sending, by the network slice management network element, a second request to a network slice subnet management network element, wherein the second request comprises the charging requirement;
- receiving, by the network slice subnet management network element, the second request from the network slice management network element;
- determining, by the network slice subnet management network element based on the charging requirement, a first charging sub-requirement corresponding to a network function network element;
- and
- sending, by the network slice subnet management network element, the first charging sub-requirement to the network function network element, wherein the first charging sub-requirement comprises information used to collect first charging data of the network slice by the network function network element, and the first charging data comprises data used by a charging network element to charge the network slice;
- receiving, by the network slice management network element, the first charging data of the network slice, wherein the first charging data is based on the charging requirement;
- and
- sending, by the network slice management network element, the first charging data to the charging network element to charge the network slice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.