Price Plans - Voice - Destination Based Rating (FT-1023.002)
About this document
Scope
This document provides background information as well as a functional description of the FT-1023.002 Price Plans - Voice - Destination Based Rating advanced feature.
The described features are supported from the release version 4.3 onwards.
Note
Price Plans - Voice - Destination Based Rating is an advanced feature and requires a special license. Ensure that you have agreed with Mavoco about the usage of this feature before taking it into use.
This feature is part of the Usage-based Charging functionality with number FN-1023.
Feature Availability
Feature Version | Available from | Summary of changes |
|---|---|---|
v1 | CMP Release 4.3 | Initial release |
Feature overview
Goals
The aim of the Price Plans - Voice - Destination Based Rating feature is to allow Voice MO Destination based Rating.
A Destination Zone Model is used to support Voice destination party analysis.
Out of scope
Network Price Plans and Voice Supplementary Services charging is not supported
Voice charging related to APN and Rating Group is not relevant
International calling and roaming indicator in Rating Logic (i.e., rating has no logic to detect or treat international or roaming calls in any specific way)
Real-time service blocking for Offline CDR Voice
Functionality of the feature
Price Plans - Voice - Destination Based Rating feature introduces Voice MO Destination based Rating for all types of Zone Price Plans (Prepaid or Postpaid, and Individual or Pool). Existing Price Plan change rules and logic applies also for the Voice elements of the Price Plans.
Voice charging is fully optional, users can select from multiple Voice Charge Types to define the set of services to be charged. At Zone Price Plan creation the following Voice Charge Types can be selected:
None: Voice Usage is not charged.
MO: Only Mobile Originated (outgoing) Voice usage is charged.
MT: Only Mobile Terminated (incoming) Voice usage is charged.
MO+MT: Mobile Originated (outgoing) and Mobile Terminated (incoming) Voice usage is charged.
Note that Destination Based Rating is only applicable to Voice MO.
If Voice Charge Type is set to MO, MT, or MO+MT, charges must be defined for the selected services, however, they can be 0.0 for free of charge.
Note: Charging of Voice Supplementary Services is not supported.
Defining a Monthly Included value determines how many voice minutes can be used in each Zone of the Zone Model within a Billing Cycle before an overage rate is applied, i.e. the Monthly Included Service is covered by the Monthly Recurring Charge (MRC) of the Price Plan.
CMP provides an option to set an overage price based on a time slice structure for voice usage over the included limit or to allow using voice overage at no charge by selecting the Included option. The same or different overage rates can be charged for each of the time slices, as well as combinations of rated and included time slices may be configured.
CMP can charge MO Voice based on two different, selectable Voice Charge Models: Simple, and Destination based Rating. If the Charge Model Destination based Rating is selected, CMP will rate the call based on A Party Location (defined by the Location Zone of the SIM) and B Party Destination Zone, which is based on the Country of the B Party (MS)ISDN and not the actual location of the SIM and the time of day (Time Slice).
CMP will rate MT Voice based on the B Party SIM Location Zone, which is defined by the Location Zone in which the SIM is located and the time of day (Time Slice).
Example
If Caller (A) Party is located in AT&T Network in the USA, it is located in the Home Location Zone. Called (B) Party's MSISDN is +43xxxxxxxxxx. +43 is resolved to Austria, which is in the EU Destination Zone. Usage, in this case, will be first charged against the 20 minutes included allowance and then charged at $0.5/min.
The example applies with one time slice only for simplicity.
A Party Location | B Party Home Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Destination Zone | EU Destination Zone | MEA Destination Zone | RoW Destination Zone | |
Home Location Zone Included: 100mins | Overage: $0.1/min | Overage: $0.5/min | Overage: $0.75/min | Overage: $1/min |
EU Location Zone Included: 20mins | Overage: $0.5/min | Overage: $0.2/min | Overage: $0.75/min | Overage: $1/min |
RoW Location Zone Included: 0mins | Overage: $0.5/min | Overage: $1/min | Overage: $1/min | Overage: $1/min |
Destination Zone Model
A new Zone Model type is introduced to support the Destination based Rating Charge Model. The new Destination Zone Model contains two or more Destination Zones which are defined in terms of one or many countries. Destination Zone Models are created in the Resource Manager just like Location Zone Models; however, the new Zone Model type is independent of the existing Location Zone Model and is used for Voice called party (i.e., B) analysis.
Note:
Country and Destination Zone definition will be immutable, and cannot be changed once provisioned. If a Zone needs to be extended, a new one has to be created and used in the Price Plan definition.
Destination Zone Model has to be defined only for Price Plans that have Voice MO charging (i.e., Voice Charge Type MO or MO+MT) and Voice Charge Model Destination based Rating configured.
Prepaid Behavior of the Price Plan has to be defined for MO Voice on Location Zone Level and for MT Voice on Destination Zone Level in case usage is exhausted in a specific Zone. The behavior is also defined separately if Auto-Renew is enabled or disabled.
Without Auto-Renew options are
Block Service (in related Zone only): allows the Price Plan to stay active and consume usage in other Zones.
Block Price Plan: Price Plan will be expired.
With Auto-Renew options are
Block Service (in related Zone only): allows the Price Plan to stay active and consume usage in other Zones.
Force Auto-Renew: Price Plan will be expired and renewed automatically.
Overusage Cost Cap
Overusage Cost Cap defines the maximum amount of money value, that is allowed to be charged for the total overage on the Price Plan. Overusage Cost Cap is only applicable for Postpaid Price Plans.
In case the Price Plan has a Cost Cap limit configured and the total overage costs of the Price Plan are higher than this Cost Cap within a Billing Cycle, an additional credit line is created for the cost difference between the real costs and the cap.