Charging and Billing Architecture for 5G Network

Authors

  • Robert Törnkvist Ericsson, 3GPP SA5 rapporteur, Sweden
  • Chen Shan Huawei, 3GPP SA5 SWG vice chairman & rapporteur, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245–800X.728

Keywords:

5G, Charging, billing, service based interface

Abstract

The charging and billing architecture for 5G and corresponding functions and interfaces supporting this new architecture have changed significantly and are now Service Based. There is now a converged charging interface covering online charging, offline charging and production of data records. This means that the interaction with the billing system now is though the Charging Function (CHF) in a converged charging system. The interface to the billing system has not changed, only been updated.

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Author Biographies

Robert Törnkvist, Ericsson, 3GPP SA5 rapporteur, Sweden

Robert Törnkvist, who joined Ericsson in 1990. During his 29 years with Ericsson, he has worked with various mobile network development projects. Since 1996 he has worked with pre-paid and charging with a shorter break for work with positioning. He has been active in Open Mobile Alliance before he joined 3GPP SA5 in 2016.

Chen Shan, Huawei, 3GPP SA5 SWG vice chairman & rapporteur, China

Chen Shan is a Vice-chair of 3GPP SA5 SWG charging and works in Huawei Technologies Company Limited, research and standards department in Shenzhen, China.

She has received the master degree in pattern recognition and intelligence system from Dalian University of Technology China and has been working as a standardization delegate representing Huawei since 2008, focusing on the mobile communication networks in IEEE, ITU-T and 3GPP.

In 3GPP SA5, she has participated actively in developing the charging concepts and standards as rapporteur, for work items related to 5G charging including network slicing.

References

3GPP TS 32.240: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Architecture and Principles’.

3GPP TS 32.254: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; Exposure function Northbound Application Program Interfaces (APIs) charging’.

3GPP TS 32.255: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; 5G Data connectivity domain charging; stage 2’.

3GPP TS 32.256: ‘Charging management; 5G connection and mobility domain charging; Stage 2’.

3GPP TS 32.274: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; Short Message Service (SMS) charging’.

3GPP TS 32.290: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; 5G system; Services, operations and procedures of charging using Service Based Interface (SBI)’.

3GPP TS 32.291: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; 5G system; Charging service, stage 3’.

3GPP TS 32.298: ‘Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data Record (CDR) parameter description’.

3GPP TS 32.845: ‘Charging management; Study on charging aspects of network slicing’.

3GPP TS 22.261: ‘Service requirements for next generation new services and markets’.

3GPP TS 23.501: ‘System architecture for the 5G System (5GS)’.

3GPP TS 23.502: ‘Procedures for the 5G System (5GS)’.

3GPP TS 28.530: ‘Management and orchestration; Concepts, use cases and requirements’.

3GPP TS 28.541: ‘Management and orchestration; 5G Network Resource Model (NRM); Stage 2 and stage 3’.

3GPP TS 29.522: ‘5G System; Network Exposure Function Northbound APIs; Stage 3’.

3GPP TS 23.503: ‘Policy and charging control framework for the 5G System (5GS); Stage 2’.

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Published

2019-05-25

How to Cite

Törnkvist, R. ., & Shan, C. . (2019). Charging and Billing Architecture for 5G Network. Journal of ICT Standardization, 7(2), 185–194. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245–800X.728

Issue

2019: Vol 7 Iss 2

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