Charging count method and device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsWenfu Wu, Jin Zhang
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Abstract
A charging count method and a charging count device are provided. The method includes: acquiring an industry user identifier corresponding to a user equipment according to a user equipment identifier or an access point name APN used by the user equipment; and performing charging count on an industry user corresponding to the industry user identifier. Through the charging count method and the charging count device, charging processing of a charging count network element is optimized, thereby greatly reducing a charging processing load of the charging count network element, and ensuring normal operation of the charging count network element.
Claims17
A charging count method, comprising executing operations by at least a processor in a Gateway GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node or a Packet Data Network Gateway (GGSN/PDW), the operations comprising:
- the GGSN/PDW acquiring from a user equipment or a core management network element, an industry user identifier, wherein the industry user identifier corresponds to the user equipment, and the acquiring of the industry user identifier is according to receiving one of:
- a user equipment identifier which corresponds to the user equipment or an access point name (APN) which is used by the user equipment, wherein the acquiring of the industry user identifier according to the access point name (APN) which is used by the user equipment, comprises:
- acquiring the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the received APN which is used by the user equipment and a corresponding configured relation between the APN and the industry user;
- and
- performing by the GGSN/PDW, charging count on an industry user which corresponds to the acquired industry user identifier, wherein the performing of the charging count on the industry user corresponding to the industry user identifier comprises:
- sending the acquired industry user identifier to a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF);
- receiving a charging rule of the industry user determined by the PCRF according to the industry user identifier;
- and
- performing the charging count on the industry user according to the charging rule.
A charging count device in the GGSN/PDW, comprising a processor coupled to a memory storing algorithms, wherein the algorithms when executed by the processor, configure the charging count device to:
- acquire from a user equipment or a core management network element an industry user identifier, wherein the industry user identifier corresponds to the user equipment, and the acquiring of the industry user identifier is according to receiving one of:
- a user equipment identifier which corresponds to the user equipment or an access point name (APN) which is used by the user equipment, wherein the acquiring of the industry user identifier according to the access point name (APN) which is used by the user equipment, comprises:
- acquiring the industry user identifier corresponding to the user equipment according to the received APN which is used by the user equipment and a corresponding configured relation between the APN and the industry user;
- and
- perform charging count on an industry user which corresponds to the acquired industry user identifier, wherein the performing of the charging count on the industry user corresponding to the industry user identifier comprises:
- sending the acquired industry user identifier to a policy control and charging rules function (PCRF);
- receiving a charging rule of the industry user determined by the PCRF according to the industry user identifier;
- and
- performing the charging count on the industry user according to the charging rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.