Apparatus and method for performing accounting in wireless communication system

• US 20090187498A1
• Filed: 01/22/2009
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ki-Back, Kim, Han-Seok
• Granted Patent: US 9,165,261 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

An apparatus and method for processing accounting in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes creating an accounting data base (DB) for a mobile station (MS), determining whether a state transition of the MS occurs, if the state transition of the MS occurs, updating state information in the accounting DB, and transmitting the accounting information including the state information to an accounting server.

Claims

1. A method of processing accounting in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

creating an accounting data base (DB) for a mobile station (MS);

determining whether a state transition of the mobile station occurs;

if a state transition of the mobile station occurs, updating a state information in the accounting data base; and

transmitting an accounting information including the state information to an accounting server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the accounting information is performed according to at least one of an interim period, a specific event, and a request of another network entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting of accounting information comprises:

determining whether an interim period is reached;

if the interim period is reached, reading the accounting information from the accounting data base; and

transmitting the accounting information to the accounting server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information comprises at least one of a current state indicator, a transition time of a current state, and a cumulative time of each state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the state of the mobile state comprises at least one of a Quality of Service (QoS) state, a Service Flow (SF) state, and a Media Access Control (MAC) state of the mobile station.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the state information comprises at least one of a current MAC state indicator, a transition time of a current MAC state, a sleep state cumulative time, an awake state cumulative time, and an idle state cumulative time.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the state information comprises at least one of a current SF state indicator, a transition time of a current SF state, an admitted state cumulative time, an active state cumulative time, and a provisioned state cumulative time.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the state information comprises at least one of a QoS class indicator, a transition time of a current QoS class, and a cumulative time of each QoS class.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein creating the accounting DB comprises:

generating an accounting session for collecting an accounting information related to the MAC state of the mobile station in the data base in a network entry process of the mobile station; and

transmitting an accounting session generation request message to the accounting server and receiving an accounting session generation response message from the accounting server.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein creating the accounting data base comprises:

upon generating of a service flow for the mobile station, generating an accounting sub-session for collecting an accounting information related to the service flow of the mobile station in the data base; and

transmitting an accounting sub-session generation request message to the accounting server and receiving an accounting sub-session generation response message from the accounting server.

11. An apparatus for processing accounting of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

an accounting table for managing an accounting session for each mobile station (MS);

a state processor for managing a Media Access Control (MAC) state for each mobile station; and

an accounting processor for updating a state information of a corresponding accounting session by accessing the accounting table when a MAC state of any mobile station transitions.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the state information of the accounting session comprises at least one of a current MAC state indicator, a transition time of a current MAC state, a sleep state cumulative time, an awake state cumulative time, and an idle state cumulative time.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, when any one of an interim period, a specific event, and a request of another network entity occurs, the accounting processor transmits an accounting information including the state information of the accounting session to an Access Service Network-Gateway (ASN_GW).

14. An apparatus for processing accounting of an Access Service Network-Gateway (ASN_GW) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

an accounting data base (DB) for managing an accounting information for each mobile station (MS), wherein the accounting information includes a state information of an accounting session and a state information of an accounting sub-session;

a state manager for managing a state per service flow for each mobile station; and

an accounting processor for updating the state information of a corresponding accounting sub-session by accessing the accounting data base when an SF state of a mobile station transitions.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the state information of the accounting session comprises at least one of a current MAC state indicator, a transition time of a current MAC state, a sleep state cumulative time, an awake state cumulative time, and an idle state cumulative time.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the state information of the accounting sub-session comprises at least one of a current SF state indicator, a transition time of a current SF state, an admitted state cumulative time, an active state cumulative time, and a provisioned state cumulative time.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the state information of the accounting session is received from a base station (BS).

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, when any one of an interim period, a specific event, and a request of another network entity occurs, the accounting processor transmits the accounting information including the state information of the accounting session and the state information of the accounting sub-session to an accounting server.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a Quality of Service (QoS) processor for managing a QoS class for each mobile station, wherein, when a QoS class of any mobile station changes, the accounting processor updates QoS state information of the mobile station by accessing the accounting data base.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the QoS state information comprises at least one of a current QoS class indicator, a transition time of a current QoS class, and a cumulative time of each QoS class.