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SITE RAS CDR Comparison Billing Workshop v03
SITE RAS CDR Comparison Billing Workshop v03
SITE RAS CDR Comparison Billing Workshop v03
Revenue Assurance
- CDR Comparison
- Billing & Rating
Does the Billing Center provide the right bill for contracted end-user tariffs?
Does the Mediation System summarize all CDR correctly?
Does the core network provide the right CDR?
Does the whole CDR Post-processing run correctly after a software upgrade?
Main parts
Test Call Generation
CDR Verification
Billing / Rating Verification
Benefits
proactively detects revenue leakages
provides fair and accurate billing to the customer
performs quick regression tests after network or tariff changes
Mediation
Systems CDRs
Live Network
Test Call Generation
CDR
Post-
processing
Billing
Filter*
Reference
Live CDRs
CDRs
Mediation
Systems CDRs
Live Network
Test Call Generation
CDR
Post-
processing
Billing
Filter*
Discrepancies between live & corresponding Reference CDRs are calculated Unrated CDRs
Rated CDRs
Detection of revenue leakages on basis of unrated CDRs
* Customization required
CDR
Tariff Post-
Model processing
Billing
Filter*
Unrated CDRs
Reference CDRs are rated according to tariff model
Rated CDRs
Early detection of rating & billing faults * Customization required
Invoice Comparison
Live invoice
Reference invoice
Difference
CDR Structure
Record Type: e.g. TimeBased, VolumeBased, EventBased
Service Type: e.g. SPEECH, FAX, GPRS
Begin of event: timestamp in milliseconds
A Number
B Number
additionally for
Time based Calls Volume based Calls Event based Calls
Call duration Data volume Event count
Detailed
information on
how the billing
price was
calculated
The tariff model is stored in the SITE database and can be defined a
defined and modified by the SITE Admin.
The Price Plan table defines a price for a
certain type of call (e.g. SPEECH),
to a certain destination (e.g. national),
at a certain time (e.g. off-peak).
CDR Comparison
Billing Verification
Rating
Billing Verification
Tariff
Live CDRs
Model
Reference Reporting
rated CDR Comparison CDRs
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