ETSI TS 132 273 V13.2.0 (2016-03)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Telecommunication management; Charging management; Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) charging (3GPP TS 32.273 version 13.2.0 Release 13)

ETSI TS 132 273 V13.2.0 (2016-03)

Name:ETSI TS 132 273 V13.2.0 (2016-03)   Standard name:Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Telecommunication management; Charging management; Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) charging (3GPP TS 32.273 version 13.2.0 Release 13)
Standard number:ETSI TS 132 273 V13.2.0 (2016-03)   language:English language
Release Date:10-Mar-2016   technical committee:3GPP SA 5 - Telecom Management
Drafting committee:   ICS number:
ETSI TS 1132 273 V13.2.0 (201616-03)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONION
Digital cellular telecommmmunications system (Phase e 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telelecommunications System ( (UMTS);
LTE;
Telecommmunication management;
Chararging management;
Multimedia Broadcast at and Multicast Service (MBMSMS) charging
(3GPP TS 32.2.273 version 13.2.0 Release 13 13)

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RTS/TSGS-0532273vd20
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
GSM identities. These should be interpreted as being references to the corresponding ETSI deliverables.
The cross reference between GSM, UMTS, 3GPP and ETSI identities can be found under
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Modal verbs terminology
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"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 7
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Symbols . 10
3.3 Abbreviations . 10
4 Architecture considerations . 12
4.1 High level MBMS architecture . 12
4.2 MBMS offline charging architecture . 12
4.3 MBMS online charging architecture . 12
5 MBMS charging principles and scenarios . 13
5.1 MBMS charging principles . 13
5.1.1 General principles for GPRS . 13
5.1.1A General principles for EPS . 14
5.1.2 Triggers for generation of charging information . 15
5.2 MBMS offline charging scenarios . 16
5.2.1 Basic principles . 16
5.2.2 Rf message flows . 18
5.2.2.1 Broadcast service . 18
5.2.2.1.1 User service charging . 18
5.2.2.1.2 Session Start for GPRS . 18
5.2.2.1.2A Session Start for EPS . 19
5.2.2.1.2B Void . 19
5.2.2.1.3 Session Stop for GPRS . 20
5.2.2.1.3A Session Stop for E-UTRAN . 21
5.2.2.1.3B Void . 21
5.2.2.1.4 BM-SC initiated Registration and Deregistration . 21
5.2.2.1.5 Session Update for EPS with E-UTRAN and UTRAN . 22
5.2.2.2 Multicast Service . 23
5.2.2.2.1 Session Start . 23
5.2.2.2.2 Session Stop . 24
5.2.2.2.3 BM-SC initiated MBMS Deregistration . 25
5.2.2.2.4 UE Activation . 26
5.2.2.2.5 UE Deactivation . 27
5.2.3 CDR generation . 28
5.2.3.1 CDRs related to MBMS subscribers . 28
5.2.3.1.1 Triggers for S-BMSC-CDR charging information collection. 28
5.2.3.1.2 Triggers for S-BMSC-CDR charging information addition . 28
5.2.3.1.3 Triggers for S-BMSC-CDR closure . 29
5.2.3.2 CDRs related to content provider . 30
5.2.3.2.1 Triggers for BMSC-CDR charging information collection . 30
5.2.3.2.2 Triggers for C-BMSC-CDR charging information addition . 30
5.2.3.2.3 Triggers for C-BMSC-CDR closure . 30
5.2.4 Ga record transfer flows . 31
5.2.5 Bmb CDR file transfer . 31
5.3 MBMS online charging scenarios . 31
5.3.1 Basic principles . 31
5.3.2 Ro message flows . 31
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5.3.2.1 Broadcast Service . 31
5.3.2.1.1 User service charging . 31
5.3.2.1.2 Session Start . 31
5.3.2.1.3 Session Stop . 31
5.3.2.1.4 BM-SC initiated Registration and Deregistration . 31
5.3.2.2 Multicast Service . 33
5.3.2.2.1 Session Start . 33
5.3.2.2.2 Session Stop . 34
5.3.2.2.3 BM-SC initiated MBMS Deregistration . 35
5.3.2.2.4 UE Activation . 36
5.3.2.2.5 UE Deactivation . 37
5.3.3 Credit-Control related . 38
5.3.3.1 Triggers for stopping for an MBMS service Credit-Control session . 38
5.3.3.2 Triggers for providing interim information for a MBMS service Credit-Control session . 38
6 Definition of charging information . 39
6.1 Data description for MBMS offline charging . 39
6.1.1 Rf message contents. 39
6.1.1.1 Summary of offline charging message formats . 39
6.1.1.2 Structure for the Rf message formats . 39
6.1.1.2.1 Charging Data Request message . 39
6.1.1.2.2 Charging Data Response message . 41
6.1.2 Ga message contents . 42
6.1.3 CDR description on the Bmb interface . 42
6.1.3.0 Introduction . 42
6.1.3.1 CDR description for subscriber charging . 42
6.1.3.2 CDR description for content provider charging . 43
6.2 Data description for MBMS online charging . 44
6.2.1 Ro message contents . 44
6.2.1.1 Summary of message formats . 44
6.2.1.2 Structure for the message formats . 45
6.2.1.2.1 Debit / Reserve Units Request message . 45
6.2.1.2.2 Debit / Reserve Units Response message . 46
6.3 MBMS charging specific parameters . 47
6.3.1 Definition of the MBMS charging information . 47
6.3.1.0 General . 47
6.3.1.1 MBMS charging information assignment for Service Information . 47
6.3.1.2 Definition of the MBMS Information . 47
6.3.2 Formal parameter description . 48
6.3.2.1 MBMS charging information for CDRs . 48
6.3.2.2 MBMS charging information for charging events . 48
6.4 Bindings for MBMS offline charging . 48
Annex A (informative): Bibliography . 50
Annex B (informative): Change history . 52
History . 53

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Foreword
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This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3 Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
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y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections,
updates, etc.
z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.
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1 Scope
The present document is part of a series of Technical Specifications (TSs) that specify charging functionality and
charging management in GSM/UMTS networks. The GSM/UMTS 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 and Online Charging description for the Multimedia Broadcast and
Multicast Service (MBMS), based on the functional stage 2 description in TS 23.246 [200].
This charging description includes the offline and online charging architecture and scenarios specific to MBMS, as well
as the mapping of the common 3GPP charging architecture specified in TS 32.240 [1] onto MBMS.
It further specifies the structure and content of the CDRs for offline charging, and the charging events for online
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 MBMS offline and online charging is specified in TS 32.299
[50].
All terms, definitions and abbreviations 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 domains
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.
Furthermore, requirements that govern the charging work are specified in TS 22.115 [101].
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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.
[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] - [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] Void.
[54] 3GPP TS 32.295: "Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data
Record (CDR) transfer".
[55] - [99] Void.
[100] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP specifications".
[101] 3GPP TS 22.115: "Service aspects; Charging and billing".

[102] - [199] Void.
[200] 3GPP TS 23.246: "Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS); Architecture and functional
description".
[201] 3GPP TS 22.146: "Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS); Stage 1".
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[202] 3GPP TS 22.246: "Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) user services; Stage 1".
[203] 3GPP TS 26.346: "Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS); Protocols and codecs".
[204] 3GPP TS 29.061: "Interworking between the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) supporting
packet based services and Packet Data Networks (PDN)".
[205] 3GPP TS 23.486: "Group Communication System Enablers for LTE (GCSE_LTE); Stage 2".
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], TS 32.240 [1], TS 23.246
[200] and the following apply:
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.
accounting: process of apportioning charges between the Home Environment, Serving Network and Subscriber.
Advice of Charge (AoC): real-time display of the network utilization charges incurred by the Mobile Station (MS).
The charges are displayed in the form of charging units. If a unit price is stored by the MS then the display may also
include the equivalent charge in the home currency.
AoC service: combination of one or more services, both basic and supplementary, together with a number of other
charging relevant parameters to define a customized service for the purpose of Advice of Charge (AoC).
billing: function whereby CDRs generated by the charging function(s) are transformed into bills requiring payment.
Billing Domain (BD): part of the operator network, which is outside the core network, that receives and processes CDR
files from the core network charging functions.
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).
chargeable event: activity utilizing telecommunications network infrastructure 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.
charged party: user involved in a chargeable event that 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 subscribers account balance may
be debited (online charging).
Charging Data Record (CDR): formatted collection of information about a chargeable event (e.g. time of call set-up,
duration of the call, amount of data transferred, etc.) for use in billing and accounting.
For each party to be charged for parts of or all charges of a chargeable event 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 function: entity inside the core network domain, subsystem or service that is involved in charging for that
domain, subsystem or service
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Fully Qualified Partial CDR (FQPC): partial CDR that contains a complete set of the fields specified in the present
document.
This includes all the mandatory and conditional fields as well as those fields that the PLMN operator has provisioned to
be included in the CDR. The first Partial CDR is a FQPC.
GPRS: packet switched bearer and radio services for GSM and UMTS systems.
GTP': GPRS protocol used for CDR transport. It is derived from GTP with enhancements to improve transport
reliability necessary for CDRs.
NOTE: This protocol is not used for tunnelling.
inter-system change: change of radio access between different radio access technologies such a
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