EP3614625A1

5G

Title

CONVERGENT CHARGING METHOD AND DEVICE

Application Number:

EP20180877847

Publication Date:

26-02-2020

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

02-08-2018

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

16-11-2017

Title

CONVERGENT CHARGING METHOD AND DEVICE

Application Number:

EP20180877847

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

26-02-2020

Application Date:

02-08-2018

Priority Date:

16-11-2017

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

This application provides a convergent charging method and a device, to request online charging and offline charging based on an online-offline convergent charging session, and simplify a charging architecture. The method includes: determining, by a session management function, charging types of a first data flow and a second data flow, where the charging type is online charging or offline charging; and sending, by the session management function, a first message to a charging server using an online-offline convergent charging session based on the charging types of the first data flow and the second data flow, where the first message includes a first online charging request of the first data flow, or the first message includes a first offline charging request of the second data flow, or the first message includes a first online charging request of the first data flow and a first offline charging request of the second data flow, and the online-offline convergent charging session is used to send the first online charging request and the first offline charging request.

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