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git:master: ims_charging: New module for Diameter-Ro-Operations ( IMS-Charging), Merge into Master
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: master Commit: 576dce3cfdbf3cfa36fcac4f26aa3312f4add37a URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=576dce3… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 22:38:42 2013 +0200 ims_charging: New module for Diameter-Ro-Operations (IMS-Charging), Merge into Master Credits go to: - Jason Penton (jason.penton(a)gmail.com) - Carlos Ruiz Diaz (carlos(a)ng-voice.com) Merge branch 'ims_charging' ---

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git:tmp/ims_charging: Merge branch 'tmp/ims_charging' of ssh://git. sip-router.org/sip-router into ims_charging
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: f96c7f5a44e510dbc0e3483d98c8484a6a603c23 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=f96c7f5… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 22:36:35 2013 +0200 Merge branch 'tmp/ims_charging' of ssh://git.sip-router.org/sip-router into ims_charging Conflicts: modules/ims_charging/README modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml modules/ims_charging/mod.c ---

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Beautified XML-Doc for IMS-Charging
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: 8b3d53b35f22c2de2203450af23dd8282ba8a7bc URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=8b3d53b… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 20:46:30 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Beautified XML-Doc for IMS-Charging --- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml | 34 +- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml | 1111 +++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 528 insertions(+), 617 deletions(-) Diff: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commitdiff;h=8b3…

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: added some stats
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: 1200242cadb445988b7e582fe62a3662caf99586 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=1200242… Author: Carlos Ruiz Diaz <carlos.ruizdiaz(a)gmail.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 14:40:54 2013 -0400 ims_charging: added some stats - billed_secs - ccr_avg_response_time - ccr_responses_time - failed_final_ccrs - failed_initial_ccrs - failed_interim_ccr - final_ccrs - initial_ccrs - interim_ccrs - killed_calls - successful_final_ccrs - successful_initial_ccrs - successful_interim_ccr --- modules/ims_charging/dialog.c | 4 +- modules/ims_charging/ims_ro.c | 40 ++++++++++++++-------------- modules/ims_charging/mod.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- modules/ims_charging/ro_timer.c | 5 +++ modules/ims_charging/stats.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ modules/ims_charging/stats.h | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) Diff: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commitdiff;h=120…

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Regenerated README after documentation update
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: 4a050987a20a7489f08d9b7e88566439a764d013 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=4a05098… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:30:41 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Regenerated README after documentation update --- modules/ims_charging/README | 246 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-) Diff: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commitdiff;h=4a0…

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: a0bdd980634635ca00a3ce87ac0ea03070b2a6ea URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=a0bdd98… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:30:38 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation --- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml index cccfc06..33e72e7 100644 --- a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml +++ b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ <title>External Libraries or Applications</title> <para>This modules requires the internal IMS library.</para> </section> +</section> <section> <title>Understanding Charging in the IP-Multimedia-Subsystem (IMS)</title> <para>Before each service usage, the charging system must be asked for permission (credit authorization). The charging server must make a decision: Either authorize or deny the session. @@ -133,7 +134,6 @@ As a result, we have the following three scenarios: </mediaobject> </section> </section> - </section> <section> <title>Parameters</title> <section>

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Regenerated README after documentation update
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: e9c7039efe2df811ba6e09829e7b713e5a25a808 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=e9c7039… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:24:51 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Regenerated README after documentation update --- modules/ims_charging/README | 627 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 627 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Diff: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commitdiff;h=e9c…

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: 46e1160be51d5c731fa1380f23d9d6dd0ca76f26 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=46e1160… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:23:05 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation --- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml index 86dd442..cccfc06 100644 --- a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml +++ b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ As a result, we have the following three scenarios: </itemizedlist> </section> <section> - <title>Online Charging (Ro)</title> + <title>Online Charging (Ro): A practical example</title> <para>But how does it look in reality? Let us make a more practical example:</para> <para>Let us assume we have a subscriber, who has sufficient credit for 75 seconds of talking. The subscriber initiates a call; as we do not know, how long the call will take, we start with requesting credit for 30 seconds (CCR-Request, we could request any duration, e.g. 2 hours, but it would probably block other calls if we reserve all the required credit).</para> <para>The call proceeds, so after 30 seconds we send another CCR-Request with the indication that we used the reserved 30 seconds and that we request another 30 seconds. We reduce the account of the subscriber by 30 seconds, so he has a credit of 45 seconds. Since 45 seconds is more than the requested 30 seconds, this second request can also easily be accepted and another 30 seconds can be granted. After this request, the account is at 45 seconds and we still (or again) have 30 seconds reserved.</para>

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: c689a44ad13b430ac425e0efd46badf4ad021950 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=c689a44… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:21:04 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation --- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml index ed02d9b..9f4ddb4 100644 --- a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml +++ b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging.xml @@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ <holder>Smile Communications</holder> </copyright> + <copyright> + <year>2013</year> + + <holder>ng-voice GmbH</holder> + </copyright> + </bookinfo> <toc/>

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git:tmp/ims_charging: ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation
by Carsten Bock 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Module: sip-router Branch: tmp/ims_charging Commit: 5b3ef601025eeeda556b433b6257beaf88a7ee91 URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=5b3ef60… Author: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Committer: Carsten Bock <carsten(a)ng-voice.com> Date: Mon Sep 30 13:20:04 2013 +0200 ims_charging: Fixed minor typos in ims_charging-documentation --- modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml | 14 +++++++------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml index b7d2d5a..86dd442 100644 --- a/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml +++ b/modules/ims_charging/doc/ims_charging_admin.xml @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ <section> <title>Understanding Charging in the IP-Multimedia-Subsystem (IMS)</title> <para>Before each service usage, the charging system must be asked for permission (credit authorization). The charging server must make a decision: Either authorize or deny the session. -For postpaid scenarios this is fairly easy: The charging-server only needs to collect the usage data for processing it at the end of the month. As no realtime account updating is needed, this is often called „offline-charging“. -For prepaid scenarios the charging server needs to know the user's account balance and it will need to update the account in real-time. This is often referred to as „online-charging“. - +For postpaid scenarios this is fairly easy: The charging-server only needs to collect the usage data for processing it at the end of the month. As no realtime account updating is needed, this is often called "offline-charging". +For prepaid scenarios the charging server needs to know the user's account balance and it will need to update the account in real-time. This is often referred to as "online-charging".</para> +<para> Question: What is the double of the Radius? -Answer: It's the Diameter! - -As quite often, we use the Diameter-Protocol to do the Charging in the IMS. And as quite often, IMS uses a huge bunch of acronyms to describe the different interfaces: We call the diameter-interface for offline-charging the „Rf“-interface and the interface for online charging the „Ro“-interface. - +Answer: It's the Diameter!</para> +<para> +As quite often, we use the Diameter-Protocol to do the Charging in the IMS. And as quite often, IMS uses a huge bunch of acronyms to describe the different interfaces: We call the diameter-interface for offline-charging the "Rf"-interface and the interface for online charging the "Ro"-interface.</para> +<para> Each system, that needs this credit authorization, have to be equipped with a proper charging trigger, a so-called charging-trigger-function (CTF) in order to communicate with the charging-server (also called charging-function): </para> <mediaobject>

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sr-dev September 2013