1
Scope
2 References
3 Terms and definitions
4 Abbreviations and conventions
4.1 Abbreviations
4.2 Conventions
5 Background
5.1 Traditional telephony
billing formats
5.2 Motivation for event‑based
billing
5.3 Originating/terminating
call model to support customer billing and settlements
5.4 Real-time billing
5.5 Real-time and batch
event message delivery
5.6 Terminology and
concepts
5.7 Supporting
documentation
6 IPCablecom objectives
6.1 IPCablecom required
services and capabilities
6.2 Additional IPCablecom
supported services and capabilities
6.3 Assumptions
7 Event messages architecture
7.1 IPCablecom Event
Message collection
7.2 IPCablecom network
elements
7.3 General IPCablecom
network element requirements
7.4 Event Message
interfaces
8 IPCablecom services and their
associated Event Messages
8.1 IPCablecom call
configurations
8.2 Specific services
9 IPCablecom Event Message
structure
9.1 Event Message
structure
9.2 Service_Instance
9.3 Service_Activation
9.4 Signalling_Start
9.5 Signalling_Stop
9.6 Service_Deactivation
9.7 Database_Query
9.8 Intelligent_Peripheral_Usage_Start
9.9 Intelligent_Peripheral_Usage_Stop
9.10 Interconnect_Start
9.11 Interconnect_Stop
9.12 Call_Answer
9.13 Call_Disconnect
9.14 QoS_Reserve
9.15 QoS_Release
9.16 Time_Change
9.17 QoS_Commit
9.18 RTP_Connection_Parameters
event message
9.19 Media_Alive
9.20 Media_Statistics
10 IPCablecom Event Message attributes
10.1 EM_Header attribute
structure
10.2 Call termination cause
attribute structure
10.3 Trunk group ID
attribute structure
10.4 QoS descriptor attribute
structure
10.5 Redirected-from-info
attribute structure
10.6 Electronic-surveillance-indication
attribute structure
10.7 Attributes for
conference parties
11 Transport-independent event
message attribute TLV format
12 IPCablecom event message file
format
12.1 File bit/Byte order
12.2 File header
12.3 File-naming convention
12.4 Configuration items
12.5 File EM structure
header
13 Transport protocol
13.1 Radius protocol
introduction
13.2 RADIUS accounting
protocol
13.3 File transport
protocol (FTP)
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