Series—Top 10 EPC Considerations Countdown, #3 Reporting, Monitoring, Accounting and Charging

Mobile Packet Core News Views & Opinions (Mar 2 2010)

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Mobile Telecommunications Technologies: CDMA, UMTS
Network Functions, Technologies: ASN Gateway, EPC, GGSN, MME, PDN Gateway, PDSN, SGSN, SGW
  1. Series—Top 10 EPC Considerations Countdown, #3 Reporting, Monitoring, Accounting and Charging

    Session, application, and network knowledge are critical components necessary to provide a superior service experience to customers.  This powerful information can be leveraged to provide a comprehensive consistent set of statistics and reports.  This week as we continue our top 10 countdown for top EPC considerations, we are taking a closer look at reporting, monitoring, accounting and charging.

     

    #3 Reporting, Monitoring, Accounting and Charging

     

    In the EPC, accounting functionality is provided by the SGW and the PGW. The SGW collects accounting information for each UE, including the amount of data transmitted in both the uplink and downlink direction and information about the type of traffic per PDN. The PGW provides charging functionality for each UE and supports flow based online and offline charging based on local configuration and interaction with the Online and Offline Charging Systems.

     

    Some of the EPC accounting and charging considerations include:

    • How accurate and consolidated is the network’s accounting and charging architecture?
    • Do you have revenue leakage and don’t even know about it?
    • Does the accounting and charging solution allow mobile operators to monetize the full value of their network while offering a compelling range of services?
    • Does the charging capability in the EPC support subscriber understanding through indepth examination of services, sessions, and applications, or just count packets?

    This unique understanding is the key to tiered and detailed billing schemes based on how mobile subscribers utilize their devices.

     

    Stay tuned as we countdown the remaining top EPC considerations over the upcoming weeks!


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