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Contents
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Objectives ...............................................................................................4

Charging Administration .......................................................................5

3
3.1
3.2

Detailed Charging...................................................................................7
Charging record and charging block handling..........................................7
Charging file in the Virtual Data Storage (VDS) .......................................8

4
4.1
4.2

Charging data collection and transfer to the Billing Centre ............10

Checking the states of charging files (normal situation).........................11
Backing up charging data from the hard disk to FDU (fault
situation).................................................................................................11
Interrogating the status of interfaces towards the Billing Centre
(BC) ........................................................................................................12

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Objectives
On completion of this module, you should be able to:

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Output and modify detailed charging parameters

Set the charging control parameters

Monitor the status of detailed charging files

Interrogate the status of the interfaces towards the Billing Centre

(if applicable)

Back up charging data from the hard disk to FDU.

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Charging Administration
Charging administration is mainly handled in command class "G",
Charging Administration.
CHARGING ADMINISTRATION
? .....
A .....
B .....
C .....
D .....
E .....
G .....
N .....
O .....
R .....
T .....
Z; ....

Figure 1.

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DISPLAY MENU
DYNAMIC DATA HANDLING
HOT BILLING HANDLING
CHARGING COUNTERS COPY HANDLING
DAY CLASSES HANDLING
CDR AND REPORT STORING HANDLING
CHANGE GROUPS HANDLING
CHARGING ZONES HANDLING
CHARGING COUNTER OUTPUT HANDLING
CHARGING MONITORING HANDLING
DETAILED CHARGING HANDLING
RETURN TO MAIN LEVEL

Command class "G", charging administration

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Furthermore, command group "IF" has commands used for virtual file
administration (charging records).
VIRTUAL DATA STORING DEVICE HANDLING COMMANDS
?
S:
A:
F:
N:
T:
M:
H:
Q:
C:
O:
P:
I:
Z;

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Figure 2.

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DISPLAY MENU
SET DISK FILE STATUS
SET DISK ALARM LIMITS
DEFINE FILE AND STORING RELATED PARAMETERS
INITIALIZE VDS DEVICE
DEFINE TIME CONTROL FOR CHANGING DISK FILES
MODIFY FTAM ATTRIBUTES
DEFINE CONTROL FILE HANDLING
DEFINE Q3 TRANSFER UP READY PARAMETERS
COPY DATA FILES
DISPLAY CONTROL FILES
DISPLAY FILE STATUS MAP
INTERROGATE DISK FILE INFORMATION
RETURN TO MAIN LEVEL

Command group "IF", virtual file handling

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Detailed Charging
In this section we discuss the different charging records collected in the
DX 200 system. The relevant parameters are interrogated and modified.
Note
The operator cannot change the format of a charging record with MML
commands. This always done by Nokia.

3.1 Charging record and charging block handling

1.

Display the Detailed Charging menu.

Command:
_________________________________________________

2.

Display all the types of CDR formats (Hint: Using GAL command,
but there is no need to execute the command.), and list the
different types of charging records defined in this exchange.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

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3.

Display the file description of the detailed charging record for a

MOC.
Command:
_________________________________________________

4.

Display the contents of the last full charging block.

Command:
_________________________________________________

5.

You can set the charging block be stored from the RAM to the disk
once a day, even if the block is not yet full. Output the parameters
of detailed charging and see what is the charging block storing
time.
Command:
_________________________________________________

6.

Set the charging block storing time to ______________________

Command:
_________________________________________________

3.2 Charging file in the Virtual Data Storage (VDS)

1.

Display the menu of the VDS device handling the command group
(hint: IF-command group).
Command:____________________________________________

2.

Output the disk file information.

Command(s):__________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Disk file size: __________________________________________
Disk file amount: _______________________________________
Alarm limits:___________________________________________
Alarm cancels:_________________________________________
Daily disk file closing time:________________________________
Disk file closing interval:__________________________________

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3.

Set the alarm limits at ______ and ______, and the corresponding
cancel limits at ______ and ______
Command:
_________________________________________________

4.

Check your new alarm limits by outputting the information again.

Command:
_________________________________________________

5.

Set new time control values.

Command:
_________________________________________________

6.

Check your new control values.

Command:
_________________________________________________

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Charging data collection and transfer to

the Billing Centre
In the DX 200 MSC/HLR, the charging system is distributed into several
computer units. In the HLR, the detailed charging function (creating and
saving the charging records) uses the disks of the statistical unit (STU).
In the MSC, the detailed charging function uses a charging unit (CHU).
The charging files are transferred from the Winchester disk of the
STU/CHU using the FTAM file transfer application. The X.25 connection
is provided by the BDCU.

SU

1. Start
Call

STU/CHU
call record

2. End
Call

3.

charging
record

5. Transfer to Billing Center Via BDCU

TTCHAB
charging
block

BDCU

OMU
4. Write block into Charging Files

charging
block

DAT
6. Backup to DAT Tape

3. Generate Record
and put into TTCHAB

Figure 3.

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7. Take DAT to BC

DAT

Collection of charging data and transfer to the Billing Centre

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4.1 Checking the states of charging files (normal

situation)
In daily work, O&M people should check the states of all charging files.
Normally, all charging files should have a "Transferred" state. This
means that "Full" charging files have already been transferred to the
Billing Centre.
7.

Which logical file is used for transferring CDRs in a charging block

(RAM) to the disk?
_____________________________________________________

8.

Which VDS-No. is connected to this logical file (for CHU)? (Hint:

IID command.)
_____________________________________________________

9.

Check states of all charging files in the CHU.

Command:
_________________________________________________

10.

How many charging files have a "FULL" state?

_____________________________________________________
If there are many "FULL" charging files, this means that charging
files can not be transferred to the Billing Centre (BC). You should
check if the data communication link between the MSC/HLR and
the BC is faulty.

4.2 Backing up charging data from the hard disk to FDU

(fault situation)
If the data communication link between the MSC/HLR and the BC has
been faulty for a few days, to correct the problem you should back up
the charging data FULL files to FDU.

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11.

Check the charging files which are in FULL state.

Command:____________________________________________

12.

Insert the MO disk.

If it is not formatted, format the MO disk first.
Command:____________________________________________
If it is formatted, initialise the MO disk.
Command:____________________________________________

13.

Copy files from hard-disk of CHU to MO disk.

Command:____________________________________________

14.

Eject the MO disk.

4.3 Interrogating the status of interfaces towards the

Billing Centre (BC)
It is possible to interrogate the interface towards the BC if it exists in a
OCD Test Bed - if there is a connection between the MSC and the BC.
In this exercise you will interrogate LAN (TCP/IP) interfaces
independently of an existing BC connection. It is sufficient to have LAN
(TCP/IP) interface defined in the MSC and run the following commands:
Interrogating the status of the LAN (TCP/IP) interface towards the
BC
1. Interrogate TCP/IP Network Interface Data.
Command: _______________________________
2. Interrogate TCP/IP Route Data.
Command: _______________________________
3. Interrogate TCP/IP Service Data.
Command: _______________________________

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