摘要 |
A method and distributed rating system for determining rating data for services and subscribers in a communications network, wherein data associated with a service or subscriber is accessed ( 101 ), a rating request, including the accessed data is sent ( 103 ) to a distributed rating means ( 16, 19, 21 ) for distributed rating. Rating data are accessed and determined for the service or subscriber based on distributed data ( 19 ) proctected against access from central rating means ( 14, 17, 20 ) and on received service data for transmission to the central rating means ( 14, 17, 20 ). Resulting rating data are received in the central rating means ( 14, 17, 20 ) and a rating value is determined for charging a subscriber based on the received rating data. |