We also have LTE Billing and Charging (On-Demand).
Course Code: LT1316
A technical overview of the billing and charging architecture defined for 4G LTE networks, including a review of LTE bearer, traffic flow and QoS concepts. The course goes on to examine the architecture of the billing system, both online and offline and identifies the key nodes, interfaces and protocols employed to transport billing and charging information. Finally, the interactions with the billing system during basic LTE procedures are outlined.
Engineers, designers, managers and others involved in the development, deployment or operation of LTE billing and charging systems.
Familiarity with the LTE Evolved Packet Core is assumed. Experience of 2G or 3G billing systems would be beneficial.
Review of EPS bearer concepts and LTE QoS models
Packet flows, service data flows and traffic flow aggregates
Deep packet inspection – heuristic algorithms and bearer-aware applications
Outline of policy and charging control
LTE billing and charging concepts
Flow-based charging
Billing architecture
Online and offline charging systems
Charging data capture points (S-GW, PDN-GW)
IMS charging capture points
Charging Data Function (CDF)
Protocols – Diameter, CAP
Interfaces – Gy, Gz, Rf, Ro and others
Charging criteria – time-based, volume-based, application-based
CDR formats
CDR generation
Charging interaction with basic LTE procedures
