Charging control method, charging trigger apparatus, and online charging system
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorXiaoqian Chai
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a charging control method, a charging trigger apparatus, and an online charging system. The method includes: generating, by a CTF, a resource quota request according to a trigger condition; and sending the resource quota request to an online charging system (OCS), so that the OCS determines a quota type and number after receiving the resource quota request, and allocates a quota for the resource quota request according to the quota type and number determined by the OCS, where the quota type and number are determined by the OCS according to the resource quota request. In the foregoing method, a problem that in the prior art, a charging control error occurs due to different determining bodies of a quota type is solved.
Claims22
A method for allocating a chargeable service resource to a user terminal that receives a chargeable service from a communication system, comprising:
- sending, by a policy control apparatus of the communication system, to a trigger function apparatus of the communication system, a first message, wherein the first message carries a first unit type to be used to measure the chargeable service resource allocated to the user terminal;
- determining, by the trigger function apparatus according to the first unit type, a first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource to be requested from a charging system of the communication system;
- sending, by the trigger function apparatus, a first credit request to the charging system, wherein the first credit request comprises the first unit type and the first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource requested from the charging system;
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- receiving, by the trigger function apparatus, a first credit response from the charging system, wherein the first credit response carries the first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource allocated to the user terminal.
A trigger function apparatus in a communication system comprising:
- at least one processor, at least one communication interface, and a memory for storing program codes;
- wherein the program codes, when executed by the processor, cause the trigger function apparatus to:
- receive a first message from a policy control apparatus of the communication system, wherein the first message carries a first unit type to be used to measure a chargeable service resource allocated to a user terminal that receives a service from the communication system;
- determine a first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource to be requested from a charging system of the communication system according to the first unit type carried in the first message;
- send a first credit request to the charging system, wherein the first credit request comprises the first unit type and the first quantity of the chargeable service resource requested from the charging system;
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- receive a first credit response from the charging system, wherein the first credit response carries the first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource allocated to the user terminal.
A communication system, comprising:
- a trigger function apparatus, a policy control apparatus, and a charging system;
- wherein the trigger function apparatus is configured to:
- receive a first message from the policy control apparatus, wherein the first message carries a first unit type to be used to measure a chargeable service resource allocated to a user terminal that receives a service from the communication system;
- determine a first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource to be requested from the charging system according to the first unit type;
- send a first credit request to the charging system, wherein the first credit request comprises the first unit type and the first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource requested from the charging system;
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- receive a first credit response from the charging system, wherein the first credit response carries the first quantity of units of the chargeable service resource allocated to the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.