Charging for Mobile All-IP Telecommunications

301 Pages·2008·5.378 MB·English

by  Dr. Yi-Bing Lin, Sok-Ian Sou

Charging for
Mobile All-IP
Telecommunications
Yi-BingLin
NationalChiaoTungUniversity(NCTU),Taiwan
Sok-IanSou
NationalChengKungUniversity(NCKU),Taiwan
A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Publication
Charging for Mobile All-IP
Telecommunications
WileySeriesonWirelessCommunicationsandMobileComputing
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Charging for
Mobile All-IP
Telecommunications
Yi-BingLin
NationalChiaoTungUniversity(NCTU),Taiwan
Sok-IanSou
NationalChengKungUniversity(NCKU),Taiwan
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Contents
ListofFigures xi
ListofTables xv
Preface xvii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 ChargingforMobileAll-IPNetworks 3
1.2 OnlineCharging 6
1.3 ConcludingRemarks 8
ReviewQuestions 8
References 9
2 TelecommunicationsNetworks 11
2.1 PublicSwitchedTelephoneNetwork 11
2.2 GlobalSystemforMobileCommunications 14
2.3 UniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem 16
2.3.1 PacketDataProtocol(PDP)Contexts 17
2.3.2 WirelessApplicationProtocol(WAP) 19
2.3.3 MultimediaMessagingService(MMS) 20
2.4 IPMultimediaCoreNetworkSubsystem 22
2.5 WLANandCellularInterworking 23
2.6 ConcludingRemarks 25
ReviewQuestions 25
References 26
3 TelecommunicationsServices 29
3.1 AutomatedAttendant 29
3.2 ChargingServices 30
3.2.1 AccountCardCalling 31
3.2.2 PremiumRateService 32
3.3 RoutingServices 32
3.3.1 AutomaticCallDistribution 33
3.3.2 User-definedRouting 34
viii CONTENTS
3.4 DialingServices 34
3.4.1 AutomaticDialing 34
3.4.2 SpeedDialing 35
3.4.3 Callback,RedialandInwardDialing 36
3.5 ScreeningServices 37
3.6 InterruptServices 38
3.7 MassCall 39
3.8 UniversalPersonalTelecommunicationsNumber 40
3.9 InteractiveVoiceResponseTechniques 43
3.10 OtherTelephoneServices 43
3.11 MobileTelecommunicationsServices 46
3.12 ConcludingRemarks 50
ReviewQuestions 51
References 52
4 GPRSTunnelingProtocolExtension 53
4.1 TheGTP’Protocol 53
4.1.1 TheGTP’MessageFormats 54
4.1.2 EchoMessage 57
4.1.3 VersionNotSupportedMessageandNodeAliveMessage 57
4.1.4 TheRedirectionMessage 58
4.1.5 DataRecordTransferMessage 58
4.2 ConnectionSetupProcedure 59
4.3 CDRTransferProcedure 60
4.4 PrepaidQuotaManagement 62
4.4.1 PQMMessageTypes 62
4.5 PrepaidQuotaManagementProcedure 64
4.6 ConcludingRemarks 66
ReviewQuestions 66
References 67
5 MobileChargingProtocols 69
5.1 CustomizedApplicationfortheMobileNetworkEnhancedLogic
(CAMEL) 69
5.2 RemoteAuthenticationDialInUserService(RADIUS) 72
5.3 Diameter 74
5.4 Diameter-basedOfflineCharging 76
5.4.1 OfflineChargingMessageFormats 77
5.4.2 OfflineChargingProcedures 78
5.5 Diameter-basedOnlineCharging 80
5.5.1 OnlineChargingMessageFormats 80
5.5.2 OnlineChargingProcedures 82
5.6 SessionInitiationProtocol:IMSChargingHeaders 87
5.6.1 P-Charging-Function-Addresses 87
5.6.2 P-Charging-Vector 87