Method And Device For Charging Local Traffic On Wireless Side

• US 20150163365A1
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Jun, Qiu, Kaifu, Zhou, Zhixiong, Cui, Zhuo, Li, Guiliang, Lai, Hong
• Application Number:
  US14/405,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/62 based on trigger specification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8228 Session based
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for charging local traffic at a wireless side, which relate to the field of communications. The method includes: a wireless-side network element generating charging information containing data traffic and an IP address of a UE by collecting the data traffic and the IP address and transmitting the charging information to a Public Data Gateway (PGW); and the PGW searching for a corresponding UE according to the IP address in the charging information, and adding the data traffic to a Public Data Gateway Charging Data Record (PGW-CDR) corresponding to the found UE, so as to report it to a Charging Gateway (CG).

Claims

1. A method for charging local traffic at a wireless side, comprising:

a wireless-side network element collecting data traffic and an IP address of a UE to generate charging information containing the data traffic and the IP address, and transmitting the charging information to a Public Data Gateway (PGW); and

the PGW searching for a corresponding UE according to the IP address in the charging information, and adding the data traffic to a Public Data Gateway Charging Data Record (PGW-CDR) corresponding to the found UE to report to a Charging Gateway (CG).

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the UE accesses a network, the IP address is allocated to the UE by the PGW, or the IP address is allocated to the UE by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server;

and if the IP address is allocated by the DHCP server, the PGW establishes a correspondence between the IP address and the UE.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

before the wireless-side network element collects the data traffic and the IP address of the UE, the wireless-side network element establishing a charging channel for reporting the charging information with the PGW, so that the wireless-side network element transmits the charging information to the PGW through the charging channel.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the step of the wireless-side network element establishing the charging channel for reporting the charging information with the PGW comprises:

the wireless-side network element directly establishing the charging channel with the PGW according to an IP address of the PGW transmitted by a Mobility Management Entity (MME).

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the step of the wireless-side network element establishing the charging channel for reporting the charging information with the PGW comprises:

the wireless-side network element establishing the charging channel with the PGW through an MME.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the step of the wireless-side network element establishing the charging channel for reporting the charging information with the PGW comprises:

the wireless-side network element establishing the charging channel with the PGW through a Service Gateway (SGW).

7. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

when the PGW detects that the UE terminates a service connection or achieves a condition for generating partial calling bill, reporting the PGW-CDR to the CG.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after receiving the GPW-CDR, the CG combining the PGW-CDR and a Service Gateway Charging Data Record (SGW-CDR) and reporting to a charging center.

12. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

when the PGW detects that the UE terminates a service connection or achieves a condition for generating partial calling bill, reporting the PGW-CDR to the CG.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

after receiving the GPW-CDR, the CG combining the PGW-CDR and a Service Gateway Charging Data Record (SGW-CDR) and reporting to a charging center.

14. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

when the PGW detects that the UE terminates a service connection or achieves a condition for generating partial calling bill, reporting the PGW-CDR to the CG.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

after receiving the GPW-CDR, the CG combining the PGW-CDR and a Service Gateway Charging Data Record (SGW-CDR) and reporting to a charging center.

9. An apparatus for charging local traffic at a wireless side, comprising:

a charging information collection module, configured to collect data traffic of a UE and an IP address corresponding to the data traffic; and

a charging information generation module, configured to generate charging information containing the data traffic and the IP address, and transmit the charging information to a Public Data Gateway (PGW), so that the PGW searches for a corresponding UE according to the IP address in the charging information, and add the data traffic to a Public Data Gateway Charging Data Record (PGW-CDR) corresponding to the found UE to report to a Charging Gateway (CG).

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a charging channel establishment and maintenance module, configured to directly establish a charging channel between a wireless-side network element and the PGW according to an IP address of the PGW transmitted by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), or establish the charging channel between the wireless-side network element and the PGW through the MME/Service Gateway (SGW).

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, the charging information generation module is configured to report the PGW-CDR to the CG when detecting that the UE terminates a service connection or achieves a condition for generating partial calling bill.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, the charging information generation module is configured to report the PGW-CDR to the CG when detecting that the UE terminates a service connection or achieves a condition for generating partial calling bill.