Analysis And Design Of Air-Charge Service Based On The BOSS System

With the rapid development of China Mobile, more and more towns have been covered by the mobile signals. Meanwhile, the number of mobile users is increasing largely. According to the distribution of China Mobile business outlets in Hebei province, most of the villages with a sparse population have no service hall, so the customers have to pay the cell phone charge through the service hall in the town, which causes a lot of inconvenience; on the other hand, the other way of payment, using the cell phone recharge cards with the only value ofï¿¥50 orï¿¥100, cannot meet the need of people who have a low consumption ofï¿¥10 orï¿¥20; The last method of recharging through bank is not suitable for the customers in the village. To tackle this problem, China mobile in Hebei province has managed to achieve the air-charge service through which the message can be used to finish the recharge.The air-charge service is referred to a way of recharging. First, via the client side of the air-charge system, the qualified agent launches a recharge request through message. Then the air-charge module in BOSS system carry out the transfer operation between the agent's recharging account and the customer's communication account. The air-charge service bears lots of advantages. For example, it reduces the cost and makes the recharge flexible. The communication service can be done in any area covered by China Mobile. The limitation towards the value of the fee is low, which can meet the demand of small amount payment.This technical article first introduces the development of mobile communication and the basic knowledge of GSM system and BOSS system. Based on this, the point of this article is the analysis about the air-charge service according to BOSS system. It also includes the analysis of air-charge procedure, the functions of air-service client, management function, charging modules, customers'information system and account management interface. Secondly, after the clear statement of the analysis of air-charge service, the article makes a detailed design for the air-charge system, including the security of the transaction data, the message processing procedure, the main database framework involved, the air-charge system interface and the interface of the modules and customer material management and account management system. What is more, the article also defines the meaning of all sorts of error back yards. At last, acceptance test has been done after the system development.After the analysis, detailed design and acceptance test, the air-charge service was launched duly. Business promotion works well and the system users give a good response. The service is convenient and mobile subscribers feel satisfied. The application effect verifies that the revenue is increasing steadily. The launch of air-charge service also accumulates experience for the coming related business.