CHARGING METHOD ON THE REMOTE AUTHORIZATION DIAL IN USER SERVICE (RADIUS) CLIENT

摘要

A charging method on the Remote Authorization Dial In User Service (RADIUS) client, in which there is a session-cost-statistics attribute added for indicating the user consuming cost during a session process. After any user has finished a successful authorization, the method comprises following steps: the RADIUS client charges the said user for the session cost (A) and transfers the consuming cost during this session process, carried by the session-cost-statistics attribute, to the RADIUS Server after the session is ended (B); and RADIUS Server updates the user’s information according to the received consuming cost of the said user during the said session process (C). The charging method in this invention can reduce the complexity of service providers and ensure the security of accounting strategies of individual network operators.