Research And Design Of Billing System Architecture For 3G Network

With the era of the third generation approaching, the support of the business of 3G has become a pressing issue to business operation support system. The business of 3G has great difference from the traditional voice business in the business model, the market model and the service model, therefore, the support system must provide a integrative and a standardized support for the multimedia business and a wealth of markets and services model. The 3G system is mainly built for the construction of the basic network bearing business and the business operation platform, in the business, mobility, personalization, multimedia and high-speed access will be the main features. The business operation support system for the 3G, will have the relatively complex pricing system, the complicated system of preferential discounts and the complex balance system with other partners such as content providers.The flexible service and multi-professional service model make the billing system developers face an unprecedented challenge. The 3G billing, which is different from 2G billing, is no longer time-based, and must be based on the content and quality, uncertainty of billing point and other factors have increased 3G billing complexity.This paper analyzes the main business type and billing model of 3G network, the idea for constructing the new generation billing system is provided. And the paper detailed analyze the basic framework of the billing system which provide by 3GPP, according to 3G Billing System Design request, in conjunction with the business features and billing model, provide a billing system architecture which is based on the business characteristics. This architecture can adapt to different billing business requirements and load new business billing function dynamically, so as to the system achieve a seamless upgrade.