[Serusers] call log and accounting for forwarded and referred calls

[Atle Samuelsen]

At the moment SER does'nt do recursion on 302. If ser had done this, The
world would be a bether place for all us.
Anyhow. in a A-B-C-D scenario.. A should pay to B, B to C and C to D.



-Atle

* Richard <richard at o-matrix.org> [041222 09:04]:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juha Heinanen [mailto:jh at tutpro.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:25 PM
> > To: Richard
> > Cc: serusers at lists.iptel.org
> > Subject: [Serusers] call log and accounting for forwarded and referred
> > calls
> > 
> > Richard writes:
> > 
> >  > When a SIP call is blind-transferred with REFER and forwarded with "302
> >  > moved temporarily", UA would start a brand new call. The problem is how
> > to
> >  > log and account for their calls. For example, A calls B, B sends 302
> > and
> >  > uses C's number as contact. The new call is made from A to C. The call
> > log
> >  > would show it is from A to C. The call log should at least have an
> >  > indication of B forwarding the call. Also B is supposed to pay the
> bill.
> > It
> >  > is not A although the call log shows it is A to C. A has no knowledge
> > that a
> >  > toll call is made when calling B.
> > 
> > richard,
> > 
> > i disagree that in case of 302, b should pay the bill.  302 means "b has
> > moved to c and it is up to you if you want to try this new uri".
> > 
> > if you want b to pay the bill, then b should configure ser to FORWARD
> > the call to c, not to REDIRECT a to c.
> > 
> 
> The issue is that A has no choice to be forwarded or not. When a 302 is
> received by A, there is no option for A to continue or reject the call. In
> this example, B (an IP phone) sets his phone forwarding to C which is a long
> distance number. A is from PSTN. When A makes a call to B, B sends 302 to
> the PSTN gateway. The gateway forwards the call to ser which routes it back
> to C via the PSTN gatway. So in ser's call log, I see a call from A to C.
> Apparently I can't charge A or C. Only B is in my domain. But B is not even
> in the second call log. In my understanding, if B sets the forward setting
> on his phone to a toll number, he should be the one paying the bill.
> 
> This also applies even if A is in my domain.
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard
> 
> 
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