OWD090706 (Slide) GGSN9811 V900R007C02 Offline Charging Principle-20090820-B-V1.0

GGSN9811 V900R007C02Offline Charging
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TSD Core Network Introduction Dept Yu Chunhui August 20, 2009 Yu_chunhui@huawei.com
Copyright 2008 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Familiarize yourself with the architecture of the charging data record (CDR).
Familiarize yourself with the management configuration related to offline charging.
Different from the offline/online charging, the content-based charging is from another dimension and thus it is not described in this document.
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Contents
1. Overview of GGSN Charging
2. CG Server Configuration Management

3. CDR Triggering Management 4. Charging Characteristic Control Management 5. Tariff Switch Control Management 6. CDR Format Management 7. AAA Charging Management 8. Envelop Report Management 9. G-CDR Audit Function
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Charging Network Summary

Billing Center SPR
HLR
OCS(IN/RE) CGF
PCRF Rx
IMS
AF
Gr
Ga Gz
Gy
Gx
GPRS SGSN
Gn/Gp GGSN
Gi Firewall
PDN
Portal
UMTS AAA
GGSN charging consists of offline charging, online charging, and authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) charging.
Content-based charging can be performed on both online charging and offline charging.
Charging Architecture
CGF: The charging gateway functionality (CGF) processes the offline charging. OCS: The online charging system (OCS) processes the online charging. AAA: The AAA server processes the AAA charging.
CGF OCS AAA Server
SPU
SRU
CDR Processing Radius Client CDR Storage
Note:
The content-based charging is processed in the User Management module.
User Profile PDP Context Management
DCCA Client
Offline Charging
Online Charging
Hard Disk
It is in different
dimensions compared with online/offline charging.
Data Flow
User Management
Charging Processing and Control
Charging Data Collection
Charging
Packets Forwarding and Service Control
GGSN
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Charging Configuration Architecture

OCS host Online Charging CCR Trigger Initial RG Failback CCR Threshold Total/Delta report CCFH Behavior CCR AVP Switch Return Code Behavior
CG
Charging
GCDR Version GCDR Trigger
Tariff Time Container Trigger
CC and CCSelection-Mode GCDR Fields Switch
Offline Charging
GCDR Threshold GCDR Audit
Radius Accounting
Radius ACCT Server Interim Accounting Threshold
Radius ACCT AVP Switch
ACCT On/Off Control Radius ACCT Buffer
Interim Accounting Trigger
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Charging Classify
Offline Charging
Normal Billing
Online Charging
Offline Charging at PDP Online Charging at PDP level. level.
Content Based Billing Offline Charging at

service level.
Online Charging at service

level.
Note: AAA charging does not support content-based charging and supports only traffic report. Charging by the Internet service provider (ISP) is implemented through the interworking between the GGSN9811 and the AAA server on the external network. ISPs vary according to the accessed PDNs and therefore charging should be based on APNs.
Charging Modes Selection (Offline/Online)

Activate users Charge-control
Check the offline/online charging function based on the roaming attributes. visit both Priority High home both roam online
Based on user profile
online
enable
offline
disable
charge-method
Based on APN
online
enable
offline
disable online enable disable offline disable enable
N
Priority Low Offline charging: No CDRs Online charging: No interaction with the OCS
Based on CC
charge-characteristic prepaid postpaid
Two CC values: prepaid and

postpaid. Postpaid is the combination of normal, hot billing, and flat-billing.
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Offline Charging Overview

Subscriber DB
Billing System
Active/standby CGs CDR Auditing Server CG F AAA
FTP
GTP '
Gn
Radius
Gi
PDN
SGSN
GGSN
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CG Configuration
CG0
CG1
retransmit 3 timeout 3
3. CG resend GGSN 2. IP address and protocol type of the CG Ga interface

ip 10.100.3.19 10.100.3.20 grade 0 1 cg-type r7 r7 destination-port 3386 3386
mechanism
interface
Gaif3/0/0 Gaif3/1/0
workmod
NA NA
description
Ga_Logical_Int erface Ga_Logical_Int erface
vpn-instance
tmd_ga tmd_ga
ip address
10.241.225.81/32 10.241.225.82/32
1. Logical address
and physical
address of the Ga interface on the GGSN
eth-trunk 8
backup
Ga_trunk
tmd_ga
10.241.226.193/28
The table lists only the key contents. The actual commands and parameters may be different.
G-CDR Version and CGF Selection

The CDR version can be configured based on the APN, which has higher priority than the CDR version configured globally.
APN internet.t Priority High mms.t cg-type r6 r5
R98
R99
R4 APN CDR Version Global R5 CG
Priority Low CG-ip 10.100.3.19 grade 0 cg-type r7
R6
10.100.3.20
r7
R7
If the APN is not configured with CDR-version, adopt the global configuration.
CG Redirection Procedure
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G-CDR Trigger Mechanism (Triggering Condition)

cdr-trigger container-trigger
rat-change sgsn-plmn-id-change sgsn-change rai-change qos-change tariff-switch-change uli-change
Global
CDR and container generation conditions CDR generation conditions are slightly different.
rat-change sgsn-plmn-id-change sgsn-change mbms-cdr-switch ms-time-zone-change max-cond-change
APN
CDR and container generation conditions
cdr-trigger-binding
rat-change sgsn-plmn-id-change
container-trigger-binding
rat-change sgsn-plmn-id-change
sgsn-change
ms-time-zone-change max-cond-change
sgsn-change
rai-change qos-change tariff-switch-change uli-change
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G-CDR Trigger Mechanism (Condition Field Value)

Global
Charge-type-property (CDR generation field value) Configured based on the charging characteristic value If this table is configured with data, the priority takes effect based on this. Otherwise, the priority takes effect based on charge-general-property.
Charge-general-property (CDR generation field value) Configured based on the CDR version
charge-conditionchange-threshold
volumethreshold
timethreshold
sgsn-changethreshold
3
sgsnchangethreshold
1024
timerecordthresh sequenceold number
60
mbmsvolumethreshold
3
mbmstimethreshold
volumethreshold
charge-conditionchange-threshold
gsnnode-id
offlineqct
10
GGNF FM11
30
1024
60
If the APN is configured with data,
APN
charge-threshold
[apn] bypassall .huawei timethreshold 10
the priority is the highest.

volumethreshold 0 charge-conditionchange-threshold 10 sgsn-changethreshold 0
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Forcible CDR Generation

Force-generate-cdr
Using the force-generate-cdr command, you can enable the system to forcedly generate CDRs. This command is used to test the charging system. During the test, if the thresholds for the GGSN to generate CDRs are not reached and the condition for automatically generating CDRs is not met, you can run the force-generate-cdr command to manually generate CDRs.
This command can be executed for MSISDN, IMSI, SPU slot, and all GGSNs.00
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Charging Characteristics Description

Charging characteristics refer to users' charging
HLR
Gr
If the SGSN charging characteristics are not used or the SGSN does not have the charging characteristics, use the GGSN charging characteristics.
types, including normal charging, hot billing, prepaid, and flat-billing. CDRs can be generated in different modes for different charging types. Users' charging characteristics comply with characteristics configured on the SGSN or the
GGSN.
The four charging characteristics values of the GGSN are categorized into two
Gn/Gp
SGSN GGSN
Charging Characteristics
types, namely, prepaid and postpaid.
Prepaid Postpaid Hot billing
Prepaid
Postpaid
SGSN get CC from HLR
Flat rate
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Charging Characteristics Description

CC configuration template. You can name it to "Free charging"
Local Configuration
Charging-Characteristic-Selection-mode SGSN supplied SGSN not supplied SGSN supplied prepaid normal hotbilling
Home Roam Visit In actual configuration, this parameter is called chargecharacteristic-name, which might be confused with the charging characteristic value. The charging characteristic values are prepaid, normal, hotbilling, and flat-billing.
CC-value
The GGSN supports three types of users, local users, roaming users, and visitors. Local users are users who subscribe to the local PLMN, are not roaming to another PLMN, and are activated on the local GGSN. Roamers are users who subscribe to the local PLMN, roam to another PLMN, and are activated on the local GGSN. Visitors are users who subscribe to another PLMN, roam to the local PLMN, and are activated on the local GGSN. Local users and roamers are called home users of the local PLMN.
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Charging Characteristics Applications

Userprofile CC-Name
[userprofile] up1
Note: When the user profile is matched according to the charging characteristic value, this configuration is invalid.
{chargecharacteristic} Free-charging
Priority High
Apn
[apn] wap
chargecharacteristic Free-charging
Free-charging
Local Configuration
Charging-Characteristic-Selection-mode SGSN supplied SGSN not supplied SGSN supplied prepaid normal hotbilling
Home Roam Visit
special-charging ......
Indicates that the charging characteristic of the local user is based on the charging characteristic when the user is activated. If the charging characteristic is not carried, set it to prepaid.
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Tariff Description
Tariff refers to the configuration of tariff change time. You can set multiple tariff change time template in advance.
Step2: Set workdays and weekends. workday weekend

charge-type global global global day-of-week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday sunday tariff-type workday workday workday workday workday workday workday
Festival
Step1: Set the festivals
charge-type prepaid
year NA
month 10
day 1
global global global
Global Hotbilling prepaid Normal

tariff-group-name
Set charge type for three of
charging characteristics and plus a global configuration.
global
Tariff group
Step3: Set the tariff change of a charge type.

charge-type prepaid global tariff-type Festival workday start-time 01:00 0:00 end-time 07:00 0:00
Friend-user massmarket
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Tariff-Group Applications
user-profile tariff-group Friend-user
Userprofile
up1
Priority High
Tariff-group
[apn]
tariff-group global
Apn
wap
tariff-group-name
Friend-user massmarket
charge-type
prepaid global
tariff-type
Festival workday
start-time
01:00 0:00
end-time
07:00 0:00
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G-CDR Parameter Management

The GGSN9811 supports customized APN network-identifier APN Selection Mode Charging characteristic selection mode CDR formats. Thus, operators can set the 23 optional fields of CDRs based on actual requirements. The default values of all optional fields are enable. list-of-service-data network-initiated-pdp-context served-imeisv served-pdp-address dynamic-address-flag record-sequence-number user-location-information ims-signalling-context external-charging-identifier For details, see 3GPP TS 23.060, Stage 2. and 3GPP TS 29.061. ps-furnish-charging-information rat-type ms-time-zone
Whether diagnosis information is carried

Whether container ID is carried Local Record Sequence Number Served MSISDN Node ID PDP context type SGSN PLMN flag recordExtensions field
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G-CDR Format Definition

Item LocalRecordSequenceNumber Detail Consecutive record number created by this node. The number is allocated sequentially including all CDR types. MSISDN NodeID APNSelectionMode ChargeCharacteristicSelectionMode SGSNPLMNIdentifier APNNetworkIdentifier The primary MSISDN of the subscriber. Name of the recording entity. An index indicating how the APN was selected. Holds information about how Charging Characteristics were selected. SGSN PLMN identifier (MCC and MNC) used during this record. The logical name of the connected access point to the external packet data network (network identifier part of APN). PDPType Diagnostics PDP type, i.e. IP, PPP, or IHOSS:OSP A more detailed reason for the release of the connection.
ListofTrafficVolume
A list of changes in charging conditions for this PDP context, each time stamped.
Charging conditions are used to categorise traffic volumes, such as per tariff period. Initial and subsequently changed QoS and corresponding data values are listed.
RecordExtensions
A set of network/ manufacturer specific extensions to the record.
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G-CDR Format Definition (Continued)

Item dynamic-address-flag external-charging-id ims-signalling-context list-of-service-data Detail Indicates whether served PDP address is dynamic, which is allocated during PDP context activation. Holds a Charging Identifier and is present only if it is received from a non-GPRS, external network entity. Included if the IM-CN Subsystem Signalling Flag is set, see PDP context is used for IMS signalling.
A list of changes in charging conditions for all service data flows within this PDP context, each change is time stamped. Charging conditions are used to categorize traffic volumes, such as per tariff period and per service data flow. Initial and subsequently changed QoS and corresponding data values are also listed.
ms-time-zone
This field contains the MS Time Zone the MS is currently located as defined in TS 29.060, if provided by SGSN.
network-initiated-pdpcontext ps-furnish-charginginformation rat-type record-sequence-number served-imeisv served-pdp-address user-location-information
Present if this is a network initiated PDP context.
Online charging session specific information.
the Radio Acces Technology (RAT) type Partial record sequence number. IMEISV of the ME, if available. PDP address, i.e. IPv4 or IPv6 This field contains the User Location Information of the MS as defined in TS 29.060, if provided by SGSN.
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Charging Mode Selection (AAA)

Activate user
Check whether the APN of the user is configured with the RADIUS server group
Radius server accounting

radius-server group ipaddress 10.111.23. 7 port vpn tmd_ mm key TMDH N0206 SC carbon-copy | secondary
Y
mm 1813
NA
N Perform charging interaction with the AAA server No charging interaction with the AAA server
For details about the AAA charging procedure, see the

protocol signaling documents delivered with the GGSN versions.
radius-server group mm retransmit 1 timeout 3 Set the AAA server retransmission mechanism
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AAA Charging Procedure

TE MT SGSN GGSN AAA Server PDN
PDP Context Activate Request Create PDP Context Request
Access-Request Access-Accept Create PDP Context Response Activate PDP Context Accept Accounting-Request (start) Accounting-Response (start)
User Data Deactivate PDP Context Request
Session
Delete PDP Context Request Accounting-Request (stop) Delete PDP Context Response Accounting-Response (stop)
Deactivate PDP Context Accept
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AAA Charging Basic Information Element Control

1. Configure the AAA charging 3GPP private extended attribute of the RADIUS server group.
radius-server acct-3gppvsa
...... enable
[radius-server group] mm
3gpp enable
charging-id enable
2. Configure the attributes of the optional accounting messages of a RADIUS server group. The attributes include whether the GGSN sends the Accounting Request ON and Accounting Request OFF messages after restarting, expiration time of the messages, number of retransmission times, waiting time, and whether a user is allowed to be activated before a response is received.
radius-server acct-onoffsig
radius-server group mm
optional-account-message enable
timeout 3
retransmit 3
waittime 9
active disable
3. Configure the AAA charging private extended attribute of the RADIUS server group.
radius-server acct-attribute
imsi disable charging-id disable ...... disable
radius-server group mm
calling-station-id enable
Note:
For AAA charging, if not special requirement, use the default value. If the customer has special requirements, you must communicate with them about the parameters.
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Envelop Reporting Description (Effective Only in Content-based Charging)

Envelope Reporting: The GGSN9811 supports the envelope reporting function to provide more detailed charging information for the online/offline charging system based on the standard duration reporting. The detailed charging information including start time, end time, and traffic volume of a service can be identified for operators to control credit and charge the user appropriately. The envelope records continuous traffic volume in a period. The traffic generation time spans multiple base time intervals (BTIs). The BTI is the basic unit for calculating the service duration. When there is data traffic for a service in a BTI, the service duration is recorded as one BTI. The traffic volume and the duration are recorded in an envelope. When there is no data traffic for a service in a BTI, the envelope corresponding to the service is closed and the traffic volume and duration are no longer recorded. The traffic volume and duration that are already recorded are reported as one envelope. At present, the following types of envelop reporting are supported. You can run time-quota-mechanism to enable the APN envelop reporting. CTP DTP Modified CTP Continuous time period (CTP) records in envelopes the duration of BTIs during which no traffic is available; however, modified CTP does not. Discrete time period (DTP) generates one envelope in one BTI.
apn
internet
time-quota-mechanism
enable
type
ctp
bti
10
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Envelope Reporting (Traffic-based)

Rating Group:RG 1 Rating Group:RG 2 Base-Time-Interval: 4 minutes Scenario 1: GCDR generation with Volume limit = 100 Kbytes
T1
T2
7 Minutes 5 Minutes 1.5
T3
4.5 Minutes 6 Minutes
T4
T5
10 Minutes
T6
T7
T8
40K
BTI1
40K
BTI2 Envelope 1
15 K
5 K idle
30K
BTI1 Envelope 2
1 0 K
BTI3
BTI4
20 K
BTI1
40K
BTI2
40K
5K
35K
BTI5
idle
1 0 K BTI1 Envelope2
BTI3 BTI4 Envelope1
BTI6
BTI7
The specific
GCDR 1: Duration = 7m LoTVD =100K LoSD = {} Reason = volume limit GCDR 2: Duration = 6.5m LoTVD =100K LoSD = {} Reason = volume limit GCDR 3: Duration = 20.5m LoTVD = 90K LoSD = { RG2 = 150K, T1, T4}, { RG1 = 100K, T2, T3}, { RG1 = 30K, T5, T7 }, { RG2 = 10K, T6, T8 } Reason = PDP release
envelop reporting content is carried in the next CDR after the envelop is generated.
Rating group (RG) is described in content-based charging, which refers to that a subscriber corresponds to two different services and the services are recorded to different RGs.
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Envelope Reporting (Time-based)
T1 2KB 10KB
T2
T3 3KB
T4
T5 3.1KB 3.2KB
T6
GCDR1 Duration=10m Lotvd=2kB LoSd={} Reason=time limited
GCDR2 Duration=10m Lotvd=10kB LoSd={} Reason=time limited
GCDR3 Duration=10m Lotvd=3kB LoSd={rg1=12k,T1,T2} Reason=time limited
GCDR5 Duration=8m Lotvd=3.2kB LoSd={rg1=6.3kB,T5,T6} Reason=pdp release GCDR4 Duration=10m Lotvd=3.1kB LoSd={rg1=3k,T3,T4} Reason=time limited
The GCDR generation is based on time only. PM is BTI. Some carriers prefer this name.
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CDR Audit
The CDR audit function of the GGSN ensures that the CDRs can be traced. Each time the GGSN generates a CDR, the GGSN generates an associated CDR audit record. The CDR audit records are stored in CDR audit files, which provide reliable data for tracing faults.
CDR audit record contains the following information:

CDR opening timestamp Served IMSI Served MSISDN Charging ID Local record sequence number CDR Sequence Number Duration Rating Group CDR corruption indication The GGSN stores CDR audit files in the specified directory of the hard disk and periodically sends them to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server through FTP or secure shell FTP (SFTP). After a CDR audit file is sent to the FTP server successfully, the automatically deletes the CDR audit file from the hard disk.
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CDR Audit
GGS SRU N
Hard Disk FTP Client for GCDR File Transfer
GCDR file Download and upload
FTP Server
CDR Auditing
FTP Client LPU
FTP Server for CDR Auditing
CDR Auditing
SPU
Charging Processing
CDR Auditing Buffer
Charging Gateway
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Familiarize yourself with the management configuration related to offline charging.

Copyright 2008 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

2. CG Server Configuration Management

Charging Network Summary

Charging Processing and Control

Charging Data Collection

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Charging Configuration Architecture

GCDR Version GCDR Trigger

Tariff Time Container Trigger

CC and CCSelection-Mode GCDR Fields Switch

GCDR Threshold GCDR Audit

Radius ACCT Server Interim Accounting Threshold

Radius ACCT AVP Switch

ACCT On/Off Control Radius ACCT Buffer

Interim Accounting Trigger

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Offline Charging at PDP Online Charging at PDP level. level.

Content Based Billing Offline Charging at

Online Charging at service

Charging Modes Selection (Offline/Online)

Based on user profile

charge-characteristic prepaid postpaid

Two CC values: prepaid and

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2. CG Server Configuration Management

Offline Charging Overview

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3. CG resend GGSN 2. IP address and protocol type of the CG Ga interface

G-CDR Version and CGF Selection

R4 APN CDR Version Global R5 CG

Priority Low CG-ip 10.100.3.19 grade 0 cg-type r7

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2. CG Server Configuration Management

G-CDR Trigger Mechanism (Triggering Condition)

rat-change sgsn-plmn-id-change sgsn-change mbms-cdr-switch ms-time-zone-change max-cond-change

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G-CDR Trigger Mechanism (Condition Field Value)

If the APN is configured with data,

the priority is the highest.

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Forcible CDR Generation

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2. CG Server Configuration Management

Charging Characteristics Description

types, namely, prepaid and postpaid.

Prepaid Postpaid Hot billing

SGSN get CC from HLR

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Charging Characteristics Description

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Charging Characteristics Applications

Home Roam Visit

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2. CG Server Configuration Management

Step2: Set workdays and weekends. workday weekend

Step1: Set the festivals

global global global

Global Hotbilling prepaid Normal