Method and apparatus for controlling packet transmission and generating packet billing data on wired and wireless network

A method of controlling whether a packet data received from a transmitting party has to be transmitted to a receiving party in a packet service apparatus of a wire/wireless Internet service system, the method comprising:

• receiving a packet data through a network, wherein the packet data comprises at least a source IP address and a destination IP address;
• storing the packet data in a shared memory, wherein the shared memory is shared by and accessible from i) a kernel area of an operating system of the packet service apparatus and ii) a user area;
• determining whether the packet data satisfies with a predetermined filtering rule;
• deleting the packet data if the packet data satisfies with the predetermined filtering rule;
• transmitting the packet data correspondingly to the destination IP address if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• generating a preliminary billing data, by analyzing total amount of packet and user information analyzed by analyzing the packet data per application protocol if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• storing a converted information created by converting the preliminary billing data correspondingly to a predetermined standard format;
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• transmitting the converted information or the preliminary billing data to a billing apparatus when a transmission request is received from the billing apparatus,
• wherein the shared memory is a ring-shaped queue type, wherein the writable blocks of the shared memory are maximized when a ReadStart value is equal to a NextRead value, wherein data are written up to the very right block of the shared memory corresponding to the ReadStart value, and wherein NextRead value increases whenever data are read from the shared memory.

A computer-readable medium storing a program containing computer-executable instructions for performing a method for controlling whether a packet data received from a transmitting party has to be transmitted to a receiving party in a packet service apparatus of a wire/wireless Internet service system, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving packet data through a network, wherein the packet data comprises a source IP address and a destination IP address;
• storing the packet data in a shared memory, wherein the shared memory is shared by and accessible from i) a kernel area of an operating system of the packet service apparatus and ii) a user area;
• determining whether the packet data satisfies with a predetermined filtering rule;
• deleting the packet data if the packet data satisfies with the predetermined filtering rule;
• transmitting the packet data correspondingly to the destination IP address if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• generating preliminary billing data by analyzing total amount of packet and user information analyzed by analyzing the packet data per application protocol if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• storing converted information created by converting the preliminary billing data correspondingly to a predetermined standard format;
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• transmitting the converted information or the preliminary billing data to a billing apparatus when a transmission request is received from the billing apparatus,
• wherein the shared memory is a ring-shaped queue type, wherein the writable blocks of the shared memory are maximized when a ReadStart value is equal to a NextRead value, wherein data are written up to the very right block of the shared memory corresponding to the ReadStart value, and wherein NextRead value increases whenever data are read from the shared memory.

An apparatus for controlling whether a packet data received from a transmitting party has to be transmitted to a receiving party in a packet service apparatus of a wire/wireless Internet service system, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a packet data through a network, wherein the packet data comprises at least a source IP address and a destination IP address;
• means for storing the packet data in a shared memory, wherein the shared memory is shared by and accessible from i) a kernel area of an operating system of the packet service apparatus and ii) a user area;
• means for determining whether the packet data satisfies with a predetermined filtering rule;
• means for deleting the packet data if the packet data satisfies with the predetermined filtering rule;
• means for transmitting the packet data correspondingly to the destination IP address if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• means for generating a preliminary billing data by analyzing total amount of packet and user information analyzed by analyzing the packet data per application protocol if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• means for storing a converted information created by converting the preliminary billing data correspondingly to a predetermined standard format;
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• means for transmitting the converted information or the preliminary billing data to a billing apparatus when a transmission request is received from the billing apparatus,
• wherein the shared memory is a ring-shaped queue type, wherein the writable blocks of the shared memory are maximized when a ReadStart value is equal to a NextRead value, if the shared memory is a ring-shaped queue type, wherein data are written up to the very right block of the shared memory corresponding to the ReadStart value, and wherein NextRead value increases whenever data are read from the shared memory.

A packet service apparatus, comprising:

• a packet data input part configured to receive a packet data through a network and store the packet data in a shared memory, wherein the packet data comprises at least a source IP address and a destination IP address, and wherein the shared memory is shared by and accessible from i) a kernel area of an operating system of the packet service apparatus and ii) a user area;
• a filtering part configured to determine whether the packet data stored in the shared memory satisfies with a predetermined filtering rule and delete the packet data if the packet data satisfies with the predetermined filtering rule;
• a packet output part configured to transmit the packet data correspondingly to the destination IP address if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
• a protocol analyzing part configured to analyze total amount of packet and user information by analyzing the packet data per application protocol if the packet data does not satisfy with the predetermined filtering rule;
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• a data storing part configured to convert the analyzed information by the protocol analyzing part correspondingly to a predetermined standard format and store the converted information,
• wherein the shared memory is a ring-shaped queue type, wherein the writable blocks of the shared memory are maximized when a ReadStart value is equal to a NextRead value, wherein data are written up to the very right block of the shared memory corresponding to the ReadStart value, and wherein NextRead value increases whenever data are read from the shared memory.