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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Telecommunication management;
Charging management;
Monitoring event charging
(3GPP TS 32.278 version 14.0.0 Release 14)
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Foreword
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The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
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The cross reference between GSM, UMTS, 3GPP and ETSI identities can be found under
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 10
3.3 Abbreviations . 10
4 Architecture considerations . 11
4.1 High level monitoring event architecture . 11
4.2 Monitoring Event offline charging architecture . 13
4.3 Monitoring Event online charging architecture . 14
5 Monitoring event charging principles and scenarios . 15
5.1 Monitoring event charging principles. 15
5.2 Monitoring event offline charging scenarios . 16
5.2.1 Basic principles . 16
5.2.2 Rf message flows . 16
5.2.3 CDR generation . 17
5.2.4 Ga record transfer flows . 17
5.2.5 Bmn CDR file transfer . 17
5.3 Monitoring event online charging scenarios. 17
5.3.1 Basic principles . 17
5.3.2 Ro message flows . 17
6 Definition of charging information . 18
6.1 Data description for monitoring event offline charging . 18
6.1.1 Rf message contents. 18
6.1.1.1 General . 18
6.1.1.2 Charging data request message . 18
6.1.1.3 Charging data response message . 19
6.1.2 Ga message contents . 19
6.1.3 CDR description on the B interface . 19
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6.1.3.1 General . 19
6.1.3.2 Monitoring Event Configuration Request charging data (ME-CO-CDR) . 19
6.1.3.3 Monitoring Event Report charging data (ME-RE-CDR) . 21
6.2 Data description for monitoring event online charging . 22
6.2.1 Ro message contents . 22
6.2.2 Monitoring event specific application information . 22
6.3 Monitoring event charging specific parameters . 22
6.3.1 Definition of monitoring event charging information . 22
6.3.1.1 Monitoring event charging information assignment for service information . 22
6.3.1.2 Definition of the monitoring event information . 23
6.3.2 Formal monitoring event charging parameter description . 25
6.3.2.1 Monitoring event CDR parameters . 25
6.3.2.2 Monitoring event AVPs . 25
6.3.3 Detailed message format for offline charging . 25
6.3.4 Detailed message format for online charging . 27
6.4 Bindings for monitoring event offline charging . 27
Annex A (informative): Change history . 29
History . 30
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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document is part of a series of documents that specify charging functionality and charging management in
GSM/UMTS/LTE networks. The GSM/UMTS/LTE core network charging architecture and principles are specified in
TS 32.240 [1], which provides an umbrella for other charging management TSs that specify:
- the content of the CDRs per domain / subsystem / service (offline charging);
- the content of real-time charging messages per domain / subsystem / service (online charging);
- the functionality of online and offline charging for those domains / subsystems / services;
- the interfaces that are used in the charging framework to transfer the charging information (i.e. CDRs or
charging events).
The complete document structure for these TSs is defined in TS 32.240 [1].
The present document specifies the Offline Charging description for Monitoring Events, based on the functional stage 2
description in TS 23.682 [243]. This charging description includes the offline charging architecture and scenarios
specific to Monitoring Events, as well as the mapping of the common 3GPP charging architecture specified in TS
32.240 [1] onto the 3GPP Architecture for Service Capability Exposure. It further specifies the structure and content of
the CDRs for offline charging. The present document is related to other 3GPP charging TSs as follows:
- The common 3GPP charging architecture is specified in TS 32.240 [1].
- The parameters, abstract syntax and encoding rules for the CDRs are specified in TS 32.298 [51].
- A transaction based mechanism for the transfer of CDRs within the network is specified in TS 32.295 [54].
- The file based mechanism used to transfer the CDRs from the network to the operator's billing domain (e.g. the
billing system or a mediation device) is specified in TS 32.297 [52].
- The 3GPP Diameter application that is used for Monitoring Event offline charging is specified in TS 32.299
[50].
The online charging functionality for Monitoring Events is outside the scope of 3GPP standardisation.
All references, abbreviations, definitions, descriptions, principles and requirements, used in the present document, that
are common across 3GPP TSs, are defined in the 3GPP Vocabulary, TR 21.905 [100]. Those that are common across
charging management in GSM/UMTS/LTE domains, services or subsystems are provided in the umbrella document TS
32.240 [1] and are copied into clause 3 of the present document for ease of reading. Finally, those items that are specific
to the present document are defined exclusively in the present document.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TS 32.240: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging
architecture and principles".
[2] - [9] Void.
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[10] 3GPP TS 32.250: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Circuit Switched
(CS) domain charging".
[11] 3GPP TS 32.251: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Packet Switched
(PS) domain charging".
[12] - [19] Void.
[20] 3GPP TS 32.260: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) charging".
[21] - [29] Void.
[30] 3GPP TS 32.270: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Multimedia
Messaging Service (MMS) charging".
[31] 3GPP TS 32.271: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Location Services
(LCS) charging".
[32] 3GPP TS 32.272: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Push-to-Talk over
Cellular (PoC) charging".
[33] 3GPP TS 32.273: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Multimedia
Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) charging".
[34] 3GPP TS 32.274: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Short Message
Service (SMS) charging".
[35] 3GPP TS 32.275: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; MultiMedia
Telephony (MMTel) charging".
[36] 3GPP TS 32.276: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Voice Call Service
(VCS) charging".
[37] 3GPP TS 32.277: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Proximity-based
Services (ProSe) charging".
[38] - [49] Void.
[50] 3GPP TS 32.299: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Diameter charging
application".
[51] 3GPP TS 32.298: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data
Record (CDR) parameter description".
[52] 3GPP TS 32.297: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data
Record (CDR) file format and transfer".
[53] 3GPP TS 32.296: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Online Charging
System (OCS) applications and interfaces".
[54] 3GPP TS 32.295: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data
Record (CDR) transfer".
[55] Void.
[56] 3GPP TS 32.293: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Proxy Function".
[57] - [99] Void.
[100] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[101] 3GPP TS 22.101: "Service aspects; Service Principles".
[102] 3GPP TS 22.115: "Service aspects; Charging and billing".
[103] 3GPP TS 23.002: "Network Architecture".
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[104] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
[105] 3GPP TS 27.001: "General on Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for Mobile Stations (MS)".
[106] - [199] Void.
[200] – [212] void
[213] 3GPP TS 24.002: "GSM - UMTS Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) access reference
configuration".
[214] - [242] Void.
[243] 3GPP TS 23.682: "Architecture enhancements to facilitate communications with packet data
networks and applications".
[244] - [299] Void.
[300] Recommendation ITU-T D.93: "Charging and accounting in the international land mobile
telephone service (provided via cellular radio systems)".
[301] - [309] Void.
[310] Recommendation ITU-T E.164: "The international public telecommunication numbering plan".
[311] - [329] Void.
[330] Recommendation ITU-T Q.767: "Application of the ISDN user part of CCITT signalling System
No.7 for international ISDN interconnections".
[331] - [349] Void.
[350] Recommendation ITU-T X.25: "Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data
Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) for terminals operating in the packet mode and connected to
public data networks by dedicated circuit".
[351] Recommendation ITU-T X.121: "International numbering plan for public data networks".
[352] - [399] Void.
[400] IETF RFC 959 (1985): "File Transfer Protocol".
[401] Void.
[402] IETF RFC 4006 (2005): "Diameter Credit-Control Application".
[403] - [499] Void.
[500] - [599] Void.
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [100] and the following apply.
A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in
TR 21.905 [100].
2G- / 3G-: prefixes 2G- and 3G- refer to functionality that supports only GSM or UMTS, respectively, e.g. 2G-SGSN
refers only to the GSM functionality of an SGSN.
NOTE 1: When the term/prefix is omitted, reference is made independently from the GSM or UMTS functionality.
accounting: process of apportioning charges between the Home Environment, Serving Network and Subscriber.
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application data: information / data specific to an application other than the MMS User Agent / VASP which is
intended to be transported without alteration by using MMS.
NOTE 2: Application Data may be of any content type and format.
billing: function whereby CDRs generated by the charging function(s) are transformed into bills requiring payment.
Billing Domain: part of the operator network, which is outside the telecommunication network, that receives and
processes CDR files from the core network charging functions.
NOTE 3: It includes functions that can provide billing mediation and billing or other (e.g. statistical) end
applications. It is only applicable to offline charging (see "Online Charging System" for equivalent
functionality in online charging).
CDR field categories: the CDR fields are defined in the present document. CDR fields may be operator provisionable
and are divided into the following categories:
- Mandatory (M): field that shall always be present in the CDR.
- Conditional (C): field that shall be present in a CDR if certain conditions are met.
- Operator Provisionable: Mandatory (OM): field that, if provisioned by the operator, shall always be present in
the CDR.
- Operator Provisionable: Conditional (OC): field that, if provisioned by the operator, shall be present in a CDR
if certain conditions are met.
chargeable event: activity utilizing telecommunication network resources and related services for:
- user to user communication (e.g. a single call, a data communication session or a short message); or
- user to network communication (e.g. service profile administration); or
- inter-network communication (e.g. transferring calls, signalling, or short messages); or
- mobility (e.g. roaming or inter-system handover); and
- that the network operator may want to charge for.
NOTE 4: As a minimum, a chargeable event characterises the resource / service usage and indicates the identity of
the involved end user(s).
charged party: user involved in a chargeable event who has to pay parts or the whole charges of the chargeable event,
or a third party paying the charges caused by one or all users involved in the chargeable event, or a network operator.
charging: function within the telecommunications network and the associated OCS/BD components whereby
information related to a chargeable event is collected, formatted, transferred and evaluated in order to make it possible
to determine usage for which the charged party may be billed (offline charging) or the subscriber's account balance may
be debited (online charging).
Charging Data Record (CDR): formatted collection of information about one or more chargeable event(s) (e.g. time
of call set-up, duration of the call, amount of data transferred, etc) for use in billing and accounting.
NOTE 5: For each party to be charged for parts of or all charges of the chargeable event(s) a separate CDR shall be
generated, i.e. more than one CDR may be generated for a single chargeable event, e.g. because of its
long duration, or because more than one charged party is to be charged.
charging event: set of charging information forwarded by the CTF towards the CDF (offline charging) or towards the
OCS (online charging).
NOTE 6: Each charging event matches exactly one chargeable event.
charging function: entity inside the core network domain, subsystem or service that is involved in charging for that
domain, subsystem or service.
delivery report: feedback information provided to an originator MMS User Agent by an MMS Relay/Server about the
status of the delivery of an MM.
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domain: part of a communication network that provides network resources using a certain bearer technology.
GSM only: qualifier indicating that this clause or paragraph applies only to a GSM system.
NOTE 7: For multi-system cases this is determined by the current serving radio access network.
in GSM,.: qualifier indicating that this paragraph applies only to GSM System.
in UMTS,.: qualifier indicating that this paragraph applies only to UMTS System.
inter-system change: change of radio access between different radio access technologies such as GSM, UMTS and
LTE.
"middle tier" (charging) TS: term used for the 3GPP charging TSs that specify the domain / subsystem / service
specific, online and offline, charging functionality.
NOTE 8: These are all the TSs in the numbering range from TS 32.250 to TS 32.279, e.g. TS 32.250 [10] for the
CS domain, TS 32.260 [20] for the IMS or TS 32.270 [30] for the MMS service. Currently, there is only
one "tier 1" TS in 3GPP, which is TS 32.240 [1] that specifies the charging architecture and principles.
Finally, there are a number of top tier TSs in the 32.29x numbering range ([50] ff) that specify common
charging aspects such as parameter definitions, encoding rules, the common billing domain interface or
common charging applications.
offline charging: charging mechanism where charging information does not affect, in real-time, the service rendered.
online charging: charging mechanism where charging information can affect, in real-time, the service rendered and
therefore a direct interaction of the charging mechanism with bearer/session/service control is required.
online charging system: the entity that performs real-time credit control. Its functionality includes transaction
handling, rating, online correlation and management of subscriber account balances.
packet switched domain: domain within GSM/UMTS/LTE in which data is transferred in packet switched mode.
Corresponds to the term "GPRS".
partial CDR: CDR that provides charging information on part of a subscriber session. A long session may be covered
by several partial CDRs.
NOTE 9: Two formats are considered for Partial CDRs. One that contains all of the provisioned fields (FQPC); the
second has a reduced format (RPC).
settlement: payment of amounts resulting from the accounting process.
subscriber: entity (associated with one or more users) that is engaged in a subscription with a service provider.
NOTE 10: The subscriber is allowed to subscribe and unsubscribe services, to register a user or a list of users
authorised to enjoy these services, and also to set the limits relative to the use that associated users make
of these services.
successful call: connection that reaches the communication or data transfer phase e.g. the "answered" state for speech
connections.
NOTE 11: All other connection attempts are regarded as unsuccessful.
target UE: UE being positioned.
tariff period: part of one (calendar) day during which a particular tariff is applied. Defined by the time at which the
period commences (the switch-over time) and the tariff to be applied after switch-over.
tariff: set of parameters defining the network utilisation charges for the use of a particular bearer / session / service.
UMTS only: qualifier indicating that this clause or paragraph applies only to a UMTS system.
NOTE 12: For multi-system cases this is determined by the current serving radio access network.
user: entity, not part of the 3GPP System, that uses network resources by means of a subscription.
NOTE 13: The user may or may not be identical to the subscriber holding that subscription.
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User Equipment (UE): device allowing a user access to network services.
NOTE 14: For the purpose of 3GPP specifications the interface between the UE and the network is the radio
interface. A User Equipment can be subdivided into a number of domains, the domains being separated
by reference points. Currently defined domains are the USIM and ME Domains. The ME Domain can
further be subdivided into several components showing the connectivity between multiple functional
groups. These groups can be implemented in one or more hardware devices. An example of such a
connectivity is the TE – MT interface. Further, an occurrence of a User Equipment is an MS for GSM as
defined in TS 24.002 [213].
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the
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