Communication method authenticating a personal station and calculating a fee of a telephone call from the personal station

A communication billing method comprising:

• in each of a plurality of cell stations, generating and recording local information which comprises personal station discrimination information for identifying a personal station making a telephone call, line discrimination information for specifying an analog subscriber line used for the telephone call and call discrimination information for identifying every telephone call which is made through said cell station and a subscriber line exchange network by a personal station connected to said cell station and for which said personal station is billed;
• transmitting the recorded local information through said subscriber line exchange network to a billing system device in response to a query which is received from said billing system device through said subscriber line exchange network;
• generating and recording center information which comprises line discrimination information for identifying an analog subscriber line used for a telephone call, call discrimination information for identifying the telephone call and charging rate parameter information for specifying the charging rate parameter representing the degree of usage of said subscriber line exchange network for every telephone call which is made through said cell station with said subscriber line exchange network by a personal station and for which said personal station is billed;
• transmitting said query through said subscriber line exchange network;
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• collating the collected local information and the recorded center information with each other and generating billing information for associating the personal station discrimination information with information on the charging rate parameter of the telephone call which is made by a personal station identified by the personal station discrimination information and for which said personal station is billed.

A communication system comprising:

• in each of a plurality of node devices accommodating cell stations through digital lines, generating and recording location information which comprises personal station discrimination information for identifying a personal station which makes a telephone call, line discrimination information for identifying an analog subscriber line used for the telephone call and call discrimination information for identifying every telephone call which is made through said node device with said subscriber line exchange network by a personal station connected to a cell station accommodated in said nodedevice and for which said personal station is billed;
• transmitting the recorded local information through said subscriber line exchange network to a billing system device in response to a query which is received from said billing system device through said subscriber line exchange network;
• generating and recording center information which comprises line discrimination information for identifying an analog subscriber line used for a telephone call, call discrimination information for identifying the telephone call and charging rate parameter information for specifying a charging rate parameter representing the degree of usage of said subscriber line exchange network in the telephone call, every telephone call which is made through said node device with said subscriber line exchange network by said personal station and for which said personal station is billed;
• transmitting said query through said subscriber line exchange network, and
• collating the collected local information and the recorded center information with each other and generating billing information for associating the personal station discrimination information with information on the charging rate parameter of the telephone call which is made by a personal station identified by the personal station discrimination information and for which said personal station is billed.

A billing method of billing a telephone call comprising:

• generating and recording center information which comprises line discrimination information for identifying an analog subscriber line used for the telephone call, call discrimination information for the telephone call and charging rate parameter information for specifying the charging rate parameter representing a degree of usage of a subscriber line exchange network during every telephone call which is made with said subscriber line exchange network by a personal station and for which said personal station is billed;
• collecting local information comprising personal station discrimination information for a personal station making a telephone call, line discrimination information for an analog subscriber line used for the telephone call and call discrimination information for identifying the telephone call through said subscriber line exchange network from a relay device connected to said subscriber line exchange network through the analog subscriber line, for every telephone call which is made with said subscriber line exchange network by a personal station and for which said personal station is billed;
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• collating the collected local information and the recorded center information with each other to generate billing information for associating the personal station discrimination information with information of the charging rate parameter of the telephone call for which said personal station is billed.