C.5 Common types/information elements

24.6473GPPAdvice Of Charge (AOC) using IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) subsystemRelease 17TS

C.5.1 time unit

Time unit shall be an integer value.

C.5.2 decimal

Decimal shall be a decimal value.

C.5.3 scale

The scale of time units shall have one of the following values:

– 0,01 s;

– 0,1 s;

– 1 s;

– 10 s;

– 1 min;

– 1 hour; or

– 24 hours.

C.5.4 currency identifier

It shall be a string specifying the used currency or a charging unit identifier.

C.5.5 currency amount

It shall be expressed as the value of decimal (see subclause C.5.2).

C.5.6 length of time unit

It shall be expressed as value of integer × scale:

– time unit (see subclause C.5.1); and

– scale (see subclause C.5.3).

C.5.7 granularity

This specifies the time unit applied for calculation of charges by the network.

It shall be expressed as value of integer × scale:

– time unit (see subclause C.5.1); and

– scale (see subclause C.5.3).

C.5.8 type of charging

Type of charging shall have one of the values of "step function" or "continuous".

C.5.9 recorded number of currency units

It shall be expressed as:

– currency identifier (see subclause C.5.4);

– currency amount (see subclause C.5.5).