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| Field(s) | Description |
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| Subscriber's information | Allow to identify the subscriber responsible for the usage. The fields depend on the network's specification, but normally one can expect ICC, IMSI or the A-Number to be there. |
| Event Date | Date and time when the event began. |
| B-Number | The number receiving the phone call, message. This applies only to certain types of usage. |
| Duration | The duration of the phone call or the amount of data. This applies only to certain types of usage and some network may define two separate fields: one for phone calls and one for data sessions. |
| Event Type | Network's defined fields that specify exactly the type of usage; e.g. national call to a fixedline number, premium SMS, roaming call, etc. |
| Cost Price | The price of the usage as determined by the network. |
| Rating code, rating key | Determined by mediation |
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Rate Plan
This step is aimed at finding the subscriber and his/her rate plan. Subscriber's info available in the billing record is used in tables like:
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For investigation purposes, operators can use IMSI/ICC information of the billing record to find the subscribers vie the advanced search. The rate plan is displayed in the subscription details. |
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Find theNumber Plan
Once the rate plan is known, its tele rates configuration is matched against the billing record's rating code. The rate plan's tele rates configuration is where every possible rating code is assigned to a number plan. This assignment is valid on a specified range of dates; again, the billing record's event date is used to find the number plan attached to a rating code.
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The algorithm is explained below.
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as Plan Element Name
Not always the plan element found by the best match algorithm is the one that points to the charges. The plan elements tree can be used to group several elements under one parent, which points to the charges that are valid for all its children.
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In the screenshot below, the rate day assigned to then MOBILE plan element is N-SINGLE and has an open start and end date.
7: Day Charge
After the rating process has found the rate day, it looks at the day charges. It again compares the charge/event data present in the billing record with the configured day charges.
In order to look at the 'Day Charge' configuration, select the relevant 'Rate Day' and then click Edit. On the 'Edit Rate Day' pop-up, there will be a 'Day Charge' panel. Please note that the day the charge/event took place should be within the configured days. In the screenshot it can be seen that all the days of the week are selected for the rate day 'N-SINGLE'.Day charges are used to specify the charge depending on the day of the week (Monday to Sunday). Most of the times, a rate day has one single day charged which includes all the days of the week. Billing record's event date is used again to find the relevant day charge.
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Day charges are displayed in the Edit Rate Day pop-up GUI. Select a rate day and click the Edit button on the Rate Day frame. |
Step 8 - Check the Time Charges
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