Online Charging System Training | OCS Training

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Length: 2 Days

Online Charging System OCS Training

Online Charging System OCS Training Course covers all aspects of Online Charging
System as a real-time on-line billing solution for telecommunications and mobile operators
offering innovative prepaid and postpaid services.

Online Charging System (OCS) manages

account balances in real-time by applying rates
and tariffs to each event generated by a session
initiated by customers. OCS’s real-time rating
capability can handle all types of one-off events
such as sending an SMS, voice call or accessing
the web. Online Charging System training covers
all real-time handling aspects related to end-to-
end revenue generation and management process, enhanced service capabilities,
management efficiency, and minimization of financial risk.

Learn how to offer Prepaid value added services such as voice, data, and content and
other innovative service packages.

Course Topics

Introduction to Online Charging System (OCS)

What is OCS?
Common charging architecture and framework
Applications and interfaces
Charging architecture and principles
Charging related transfer requirements
Basic principles
Charging mechanisms
Offline charging
Online charging
High level common architecture
Online Charging System
Rating Function
Account Balance Management Function
CDR generation for online charged subscribers
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 Centralized Rating approach

OCS Architecture

Architecture reference model for online charging

Functions within the OCS
Event Based Charging Function
Session Based Charging Function
Rating FunctionEvent Based Charging Function (EBCF)
Session Based Charging Function (SBCF)
voice calls
IP CAN bearers
IP CAN session
IMS sessions
Account & Balance Management Function (ABMF)
location of the subscriber’s account balance within the OCS
Rating Function (RF)

High Level Architecture Concept of Online Charging

Online charging sub-functions

Charging Trigger Function (CTF)
Charging Data Function (CDF)
Online Charging Function (OCF)
CTF (Charging Trigger Function)
CDF (Charging Data Function)
CGF (Charging Gateway Function)
BD (Billing Domain)

Online Charging Reference Points

Bo (Offline Charging Reference Point towards the operator’s post-processing system)

Ga (Reference point for CDR transfer between a CDF and the CGF)
Rc (Online Charging Reference Point towards the Account Balance Management
Function)
Re (Online Charging Reference Point towards the Rating Function)
Ro (Online Charging Reference Point towards the online charging functions EBCF,
SBCF)
Rr (Online Charging Reference Point towards an external account recharging server)
Sy (Reference point for policy enforcement between OCF and the PCRF)

Charging Data Transfer in Online Charging

Charging levels and correlation

Charging data configuration
Credit control and balance management
Inter-operator settlement of Charges
Inter-PLMN accounting
‘Visitors’ from other PLMNs
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 ‘Home’ subscribers roaming in other PLMNs
Fixed network operators and other service providers
IMS Interconnection

Types of online charging

Revenue distribution in the value chain

Traditional charging
Call duration
Frequency
Traffic
Variety of new elements
Location
Bearer type
Access channel
Multi-service association
Contents
Immediate Event Charging (IEC)
Event Charging with Unit Reservation (ECUR)
Session Charging with Unit Reservation (SCUR)
Charging scenarios
UE, OCF and CTF
Immediate Event Charging (IEC)
Decentralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Centralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Decentralized Unit Determination & Decentralized Ratin
Event Charging with Unit Reservation (ECUR)
Decentralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Centralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Decentralized Unit Determination & Decentralized Rating
Session Charging with Unit Reservation (SCUR)
Decentralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Centralized Unit Determination & Centralized Rating
Decentralized Unit Determination & Decentralized Rating

Definition of OCS charging information

Re Message Types and Formats

AVPs for Rating on the Re interface
OCS Charging data records
Sy Message Types and Formats

OCS Functionalities and Message Flows

Reference Point Required Functionality

Re Reference Point (EBCF, SBCF – Rating Function)
Re Message Flows
PriceRequest method
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TariffRequest method
Class “B” Rating Function Message Flows
TariffRequest method
Sy Message Flows

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