| Description | Charging characteristics is a parameter introduced in
Release 99.Charging Characteristics allows the operator
to apply different charging methods on a per PDP basis.
Charging Characteristics is a 2-octet parameter:
The first 4 bits of the first octet, the 'P' bits, is called
the charging profile index. It specifies up to 16 different
charging profiles.
The remaining bits, the 'B' bits, can be used to further
characterize the Charging behavior.
Charging characteristics can be received from the SGSN as an
IE in the create PDP request message or from locally defined
defaults. There can be local default at the access-point or
GGSN levels. At either level, there may be also different
defaults for home, roaming, visiting subscribers, etc.
This table allows to create a charging profile and define
all the characteristics for that profile. This profile
will be mapped to some APN. |