Patent ID: 9408057
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An accounting method, comprising: transmitting, by a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), a second Accounting-Request message to an Authentication Authorization Accounting (AAA) server after receiving a first Accounting-Request message from an Access Controller (AC), wherein the first Accounting-Request message is used for activating the BNG to execute an accounting operation; and transmitting, by the BNG, a second Accounting-Stop message to the AAA server after receiving a first Accounting-Stop message from the AC, wherein the first Accounting-Stop message is used for activating the BNG to stop the accounting operation; wherein in case of absence of Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) on the AC, at least one of the following is carried in the first Accounting-Request message or the second Accounting-Request message: an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a UE, a user identity of the UE, a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the UE; and wherein in case of presence of NAPT on the AC, at least one of the following is carried in the first Accounting-Request message or the second Accounting-Request message: a public IP address and port set of the UE, a user identity of the UE, a MAC address of the UE.