Patent ID: 9319536
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A processing method of gateway charging, wherein a gateway is divided into a first sub-gateway and a second sub-gateway, the first sub-gateway is configured to process a charging policy and control the second sub-gateway, and the second sub-gateway is configured to forward data and collect charging information, the method comprising: detecting, by the first sub-gateway, a current status of at least one access user if the first sub-gateway receives a status change message of the at least one access user; sending, by the first sub-gateway, a first message to the second sub-gateway if the first sub-gateway determines that the at least one access user complies with a predefined rule of charging delayed reporting, wherein the first message indicates a charging policy corresponding to the current status of the at least one access user, and indicates, to the second sub-gateway, a delay of sending measured charging information corresponding to all the statuses of the at least one access user, so that the second sub-gateway measures the charging information according to the charging policy and delays sending the charging information; and receiving, by the first sub-gateway, the charging information corresponding to all the statuses of the at least one access user that meets a reporting condition and is sent by the second sub-gateway.