Charging Session Management Method and Apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorXiaoqian Chai
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A charging session management method, where when user equipment (UE) is in a state of accessing to a network, there is an Internet Protocol (IP)-Connectivity access network (CAN) bearer between a gateway and the UE, where the IP-CAN bearer is used to transmit a data flow of the UE, and a charging session exists between the gateway and a charging system; and the method includes when a charging session established for the IP-CAN bearer exists between the gateway and the charging system, terminating, by the gateway, the charging session if determining that no data flow is transmitted on the IP-CAN bearer within a time threshold; and establishing, a new charging session for the IP-CAN bearer when detecting that a data flow transmission starts to be transmitted on the IP-CAN bearer.
Claims10
A charging session management method, comprising:
- establishing, by a charging system, a charging session for an Internet Protocol (IP) Connectivity Access Network (CAN) bearer with a gateway device, the IP CAN bearer transmitting data flow between the gateway device and a user equipment (UE), and the charging session charging the data flow;
- starting, by the charging system, a timer in a case in which no quota is occupied by the IP-CAN bearer;
- and
- sending, by the charging system, a session termination request to the gateway device when the timer expires, the session termination request terminating the charging session.
A charging system for implementing a charging session management method, the charging system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor using a bus, the memory being configured to store code, and when the code is executed by the processor, the charging system is configured to:
- establish a charging session for an Internet Protocol (IP) Connectivity Access Network (CAN) bearer with a gateway device, the IP CAN bearer transmitting data flow between the gateway device and a user equipment (UE), and the charging session charging the data flow;
- start a timer in a case in which no quota is occupied by the IP-CAN bearer;
- and
- send a session termination request to the gateway device when the timer expires, the session termination request terminating the charging session.
A charging session management method, an Internet Protocol (IP)-Connectivity Access Network (CAN) bearer is established between a gateway and a User Equipment (UE), the IP-CAN bearer transmitting a data flow of the UE, a charging session for the IP-CAN bear exists between the gateway and a charging system, the charging session charging the data flow, and the method comprising:
- receiving, by the gateway, a session termination request from the charging system;
- terminating, by the gateway, the charging session, the charging system starting a timer in a case in which no quota is occupied on the IP-CAN bearer, and the charging system sending the session termination request to the gateway when the timer expires;
- and
- establishing, by the gateway, a new charging session for the IP-CAN bearer when detecting that a data flow starts to be transmitted on the IP-CAN bearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.