US 2017/0257220 A1 · DIRECTIONAL-TRAFFIC STATISTICS METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a directional-traffic statistics collection method, device, and system. A service packet of user equipment is parsed, and whether a feature field in the service packet is valid is determined, to determine whether to report, to a charging server that is configured to perform directional-traffic-based charging on a service provider, an amount of traffic used in a process in which the user equipment uses a service provided by the service provider. According to the solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure, a fraud risk such as fraudulently using a packet feature can be avoided, and accuracy of performing directional-traffic statistics collection on a service provider can be improved.

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Dependent claims

A directional-traffic statistics collection method, comprising:

obtaining, by a node, a certificate provided by a certificate issuance server;
receiving, by the node, a first service packet sent by user equipment, and obtaining a first feature field from the first service packet that is related to a directional-traffic-based charging service;
determining, by the node according to the certificate, whether the first feature field is valid;
and
if the node determines that the first feature field is valid, calculating, by the node, a first amount of traffic used in a process in which the user equipment uses a service provided by the service provider, and reporting the first amount of traffic to a charging server.

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A node device, comprising:

an input apparatus configured to:
receive a first service packet sent by user equipment, and obtain a first feature field from the first service packet related to a directional-traffic-based charging service;
an output apparatus;
a memory configured to store program code;
and
a processor configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
obtain a certificate provided by a certificate issuance server,
determine, according to the certificate, whether the first feature field is valid, and
when determining that the first feature field is valid, calculate a first amount of traffic used in a process in which the user equipment uses a service provided by the service provider, and report the first amount of traffic to a charging server.

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A user equipment, comprising:

an input apparatus;
memory configured to store program code;
a processor configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
obtain a certificate that is related to a directional-traffic-based charging service for which a service provider applies, and
generate a feature field based on the certificate;
and
an output apparatus configured to send, to a node, a service packet comprising the feature field.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Directional-traffic statistics method, device, and system

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