[OpenSER-Users] multi-leg accounting

Ruchir ruchir.lists at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 10:33:00 CEST 2008


Any suggestions from experts? :)

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at voice-system.ro>
wrote:

> Hi Ruchir,
>
> with multi-leg accounting, you can match all the records belonging to the
> same call by using call_id, to_tag and from_tag. How you format and store
> the CDRS is your choice :).
>
> Regards,
> Bogdan
>
> Ruchir wrote:
>
>> Yeah I just noticed that INVITE & BYE time difference gives accurate
>> duration of the call. We can drop using ACK now :)
>> Are there any standards for storing records for multi-leg accounting? I
>> tried to find it but didn't get success. Can you please suggest which way we
>> should store CDR to identify the records properly?
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <
>> bogdan at voice-system.ro <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>> wrote:
>>
>>    Well, depends of how you process the ACC infor for building CDRs -
>>    that was more an opinion/recommendation than a must :).
>>
>>    Regarding the ACK and call duration -- actually the media starts
>>    to flow immediately after the 200OK (when the INVITE log is
>>    generated) - most of the devices wait for ACK as confirmation that
>>    everything is ok and not for starting the call.
>>
>>    Regards,
>>    Bogdan
>>
>>
>>    Ruchir wrote:
>>
>>        I was thinking it should generate 9 records so it'll show up
>>        as 3 different calls so we can show CDR properly in web
>>        interface as well as calculate billing for users as the user
>>        who forwarded the call should be charged for the call. Also if
>>        we get INVITE only then we may not get accurate duration of
>>        call as actual duration starts when callee accepts the call
>>        and ACK is received. Is this scenario wrong?
>>
>>        On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>        <bogdan at voice-system.ro <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>> wrote:
>>
>>           Perfect !
>>
>>           regarding multi-leg calls - first of all, there is no need to
>>           enabled in for ACK and BYEs - make no sense. usually you
>>        want to
>>           see all the legs of the call for INVITE.
>>
>>           Now, about how many records you get - depends on how many AVPs
>>           (used of multi-leg acc) you set from the script. If you 3
>>        INVITEs,
>>           means you add 3 values for at least of the AVPs .
>>
>>           Regards,
>>           Bogdan
>>
>>           Ruchir wrote:
>>
>>               I had put setflag after t_newtran() previously. Now I
>>        moved it
>>               before t_newtran() and got records for INVITE, ACK &
>>        BYE for
>>               normal call perfectly. :)
>>               Then I tested for call forwarding scenario. In this case
>>               forwarding is set as below:
>>               90004 -> 90001 -> 90003.
>>
>>               I called 90004 from 90002 and I got 7 records in acc
>>        table. 3
>>               INVITEs, 3 BYEs and only single ACK. Shouldn't it log 3 ACK
>>               messages?
>>
>>
>>               On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>               <bogdan at voice-system.ro <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>
>>               <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>
>>               <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                  Be sure you set the accounting flag before any
>>        t_relay() or
>>                  t_newtran() for the INVITE. To be sure, try to use
>>        log/xlog
>>               to put
>>                  some debugs in your script and check if the flag is
>>        really set
>>                  before t_relay().
>>
>>
>>                  Regards,
>>                  Bogdan
>>
>>                  Ruchir Lists wrote:
>>
>>                      I configured simple acc module to store records
>>        in acc
>>               table,
>>                      set proper flags. Then tried to call number
>>               directly(not with
>>                      forwarding) but still I get only BYE record. Any
>>               suggestion?
>>
>>                      On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>                      <bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro> <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>
>>               <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro> <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>>
>>                      <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>
>>               <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>
>>                      <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>
>>               <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro
>>        <mailto:bogdan at voice-system.ro>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                         Hi Ruchir,
>>
>>                         There are two aspects here:
>>                           1) making acc to work - setting the flags and
>>               getting the ACC
>>                         records
>>                           2) enabling multi-leg account and putting more
>>               info into the
>>                         accounted info
>>
>>                         First you should to solve (1) - just getting a
>>               simple ACC
>>                      record
>>                         for INVITEs and BYEs (no multi leg
>>        accounting) - it this
>>                      working
>>                         for you or you get only BYE acc?
>>
>>                         Regards,
>>                         Bogdan
>>
>>                         Ruchir Lists wrote:
>>
>>                             Hi All,
>>
>>                             I'm trying to configure OpenSER with
>>        multi-leg
>>                      accounting. I'm
>>                             using OpenSER 1.2 & radius. I'm using
>>        acc_radius
>>               table for
>>                             writing cdr records. I've searched through
>>               several articles
>>                             and mailing list posts about configuring
>>        multi-leg
>>                      accounting
>>                             and everywhere they talk about setting up
>>               multi-leg-info
>>                             parameter of acc module to configure leg
>>        source &
>>                      destination
>>                             and setting up accounting flag. But this
>>        is not
>>               working for
>>                             me. I get only BYE record in table if I
>>        use this
>>               way to
>>                      write
>>                             multiple records for one call in call
>>        forwarding
>>                      scenario. I
>>                             managed to get multiple records by calling
>>                      acc_rad_request on
>>                             INVITE, ACK, BYE & CANCEL. For instance,
>>        I have
>>               4 users;
>>                             90001, 90002, 90003, 90004. The call
>>        forwarding is
>>                      setup as below:
>>                             90004 -> 90001 -> 90003.
>>
>>                             I dial 90004 from 90002 user and it
>>        forwards the
>>               call
>>                      to 90001
>>                             & then 90003 and they're connected properlry.
>>               However I
>>                      don't
>>                             get leg source/destination properly and
>>        also I
>>               get 7-8 bye
>>                             records for this call. Can anyone guide
>>        me in right
>>                      direction
>>                             if I'm doing anything wrong.
>>
>>                             Regards,
>>                             Ruchir
>>
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