MÉTODO DE PROCESSAMENTO DE COBRANÇA, ELEMENTO DE REDE DE SERVIÇO E SISTEMA DE COBRANÇA

摘要

An embodiment of the invention discloses a charging processing method, which includes: requesting, by a service network element (NE), an Online Charging System (OCS) to perform authentication/charging on an end user, upon receiving a service request from the end user; and receiving information about a payment method of the end user provided by the OCS. The payment method is determined by the OCS according to stored information. Embodiments of the invention also provide technical solutions such as a charging processing system. The technical solutions provided by embodiments of the invention make it possible to reduce the system overhead needed for the charging processing and reduce the maintenance cost of the charging system, providing the system with a better economical performance.