E.2 Common charging architecture and framework
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E.2.1 High level common architecture
The overall logical charging architecture is depicted below. The Rf and Ro reference points are applicable to GPRS, EPC or IMS NEs only, whereas the Nchf interface is applicable to 5GC NFs only.
Figure E.2.1.1: High level overall charging architecture and information flows
When the target charging system (i.e. 5G CCS or EPC OCS/OFCS) needs to support termination of a reference point or interface from the opposite type of core network (i.e. Ro/Rf or Nchf) implementations will need to include interworking between the HTTP used by SBI and the Diameter protocol.
Annex F (informative):
Change history
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Change history |
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Date |
TSG # |
TSG Doc. |
CR |
Rev |
Subject/Comment |
Cat |
Old |
New |
Work Item |
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Sep 2006 |
SP-33 |
SP-060540 |
0009 |
— |
Extend the IMS correlation description for the access network to cover the fixed broadband access for multimedia data services (FBI-PCBL-CH) |
C |
6.4.0 |
7.0.0 |
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Dec 2006 |
SP-34 |
SP-060714 |
0011 |
— |
Update of Flow Based Charging for PCC – Align with SA2 23.203 |
F |
7.0.0 |
7.1.0 |
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Mar 2007 |
SP-35 |
SP-070044 |
0012 |
— |
Add Alternate Charged Party (ACP) description to subscriber billing cases |
B |
7.1.0 |
7.2.0 |
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Sep 2007 |
SP-37 |
SP-070619 |
0013 |
— |
Add online charging description to Alternate Charged Party (ACP) |
B |
7.2.0 |
8.0.0 |
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Dec 2007 |
SP-38 |
SP-070747 |
0014 |
— |
Introduce SMS into the charging architecture – Align with 23.040 and 23.204 |
B |
8.0.0 |
8.1.0 |
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Mar 2008 |
SP-39 |
SP-080059 |
0015 |
— |
Add NE Interconnect Border Control Function (IBCF) to the IMS Charging architecture |
B |
8.1.0 |
8.2.0 |
IMSTSS |
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Jun 2008 |
SP-40 |
SP-080330 |
0016 |
1 |
Implication on overall Charging description for Common IMS |
B |
8.2.0 |
8.3.0 |
CH8 |
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Jun 2008 |
SP-40 |
SP-080274 |
0017 |
– |
Implications on overall charging architecture description for EPC Charging |
B |
8.2.0 |
8.3.0 |
EPC-CH |
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Sep 2008 |
SP-41 |
SP-080466 |
0018 |
– |
R8 CR 32.240 Add missing reference points description |
F |
8.3.0 |
8.4.0 |
CH8 |
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Sep 2008 |
SP-41 |
SP-080462 |
0019 |
– |
Clarifications for EPC offline Charging |
B |
8.3.0 |
8.4.0 |
EPC-CH |
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Sep 2008 |
SP-41 |
SP-080462 |
0020 |
– |
Alignment on Bx interface |
D |
8.3.0 |
8.4.0 |
EPC-CH |
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Dec 2008 |
SP-42 |
SP-080706 |
0021 |
– |
Clarification on IMS-GWF involvement in the online charging |
D |
8.4.0 |
8.5.0 |
CH8 |
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Dec 2009 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Update to Rel-9 version (MCC) |
– |
8.5.0 |
9.0.0 |
— |
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Jun 2010 |
SP-48 |
SP-100265 |
0024 |
– |
Alignement for “Inter Operator Identification” description setting for IMS Centralised service with TS 24.292 |
A |
9.0.0 |
9.1.0 |
CH8 |
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Jun 2010 |
SP-48 |
SP-100266 |
0022 |
– |
Inter Operator Identification setting description for Emergency IMS session charging |
F |
9.0.0 |
9.1.0 |
CH9 |
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Dec 2010 |
SP-50 |
SP-100761 |
0026 |
2 |
Clarification on Rc reference point – Align with TS 32.296 |
F |
9.1.0 |
10.0.0 |
CH-Rc |
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Mar 2011 |
SP-51 |
SP-110108 |
0029A |
– |
Removing inconsistency among abbreviations |
A |
10.0.0 |
10.1.0 |
CH9 |
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Mar 2011 |
SP-51 |
SP-110109 |
0027 |
1 |
Correction on usage of Inter Operator Identifier (IOI) type 2 |
F |
10.0.0 |
10.1.0 |
CH10 |
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Mar 2011 |
SP-51 |
SP-110106 |
0029 |
1 |
Add Interconnection Charging for transit scenarios |
B |
10.1.0 |
11.0.0 |
IOI_IMS_CH |
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Sep 2011 |
SP-53 |
SP-110531 |
0030 |
1 |
Correction to fix misalignment with TS 23.203 |
D |
11.0.0 |
11.1.0 |
CH11 |
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Dec 2011 |
SP-54 |
SP-110712 |
0032 |
2 |
Correction of Transit IOI description |
F |
11.1.0 |
11.2.0 |
IOI_IMS_CH |
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Dec 2011 |
SP-54 |
SP-110849 |
0031 |
2 |
Add Sy reference point |
B |
11.1.0 |
11.2.0 |
CH11 |
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Mar 2012 |
SP-55 |
SP-120059 |
0033 |
1 |
Add charging principles for RAVEL |
B |
11.2.0 |
11.3.0 |
RAVEL-CH |
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Jun-2012 |
SP-56 |
SP-120362 |
0034 |
– |
Correction on Charging architecture with ePDG introduction – Alignment with 23.402 |
F |
11.3.0 |
11.4.0 |
CH11 |
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Jun 2012 |
SP-56 |
SP-120362 |
0035 |
1 |
Correction of the CDR generation on Ga |
F |
11.3.0 |
11.4.0 |
CH11 |
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Jun 2012 |
SP-56 |
SP-120365 |
0036 |
1 |
Introduction of MME in Charging architecture for MTC |
B |
11.3.0 |
11.4.0 |
SIMTC-CH |
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Jun-2012 |
SP-56 |
SP-120374 |
0037 |
1 |
Modification of Inter-Operator-Identifier (IOI) for RAVEL |
B |
11.3.0 |
11.4.0 |
RAVEL-CH |
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Sep-2012 |
SP-57 |
SP-120566 |
0351 |
1 |
Editorial refinements |
D |
11.4.0 |
11.5.0 |
CH11 |
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Sep-2012 |
SP-57 |
SP-120576 |
0352 |
2 |
Editorial corrections on Roaming Architecture for Voice over IMS with Local Breakout |
D |
11.4.0 |
11.5.0 |
RAVEL-CH |
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Mar-2013 |
SP-59 |
SP-130062 |
0353 |
3 |
Clarification of Type 1 IOI Usage for IMS Roaming |
F |
11.5.0 |
11.6.0 |
,IOI_IMS_CH |
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Mar 2013 |
SP-59 |
SP-130055 |
0354 |
1 |
Introduction of Reference Point to the Billing Domain for SMS-SC Offline Charging |
B |
11.6.0 |
12.0.0 |
SMS-SC-CH |
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JUN-2013 |
SP-60 |
SP-130276 |
0357 |
1 |
Introduction of TDF Gyn and Gzn interfaces in charging architecture for ABC |
B |
12.0.0 |
12.1.0 |
ABC |
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Sep-2013 |
SP-61 |
SP-130436 |
0367 |
1 |
Modification of Gzn to support Ga |
C |
12.1.0 |
12.2.0 |
ABC |
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0368 |
1 |
Introduction of PCEF located in Fixed Broadband access for Convergent scenario |
B |
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Dec-2013 |
SP-62 |
SP-130621 |
0369 |
1 |
Introduction of SimgleIMSI architecture for EU roaming |
B |
12.2.0 |
12.3.0 |
CHARP |
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SP-130625 |
0370 |
1 |
Definition of TDF based charging in case of Fixed Broadband Access scenario |
B |
P4C-F-CH_T |
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SP-130626 |
371 |
2 |
Introduction of Charging architecture description for PCEF located in IP-Edge |
B |
P4C-F-CH_P |
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June 2014 |
SP-64 |
SP-140343 |
375 |
1 |
Clarification on transit IOI exchange over ISC interface |
F |
12.3.0 |
12.4.0 |
IOI_IMS_CH |
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General editorial changes: bullet points,styles,quotes… |
12.4.0 |
12.4.1 |
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Sep-2014 |
SP-65 |
SP-140564 |
376 |
1 |
Corrections for alignment between charging specifications |
F |
12.4.1 |
12.5.0 |
CH12 |
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SP-140563 |
377 |
1 |
Removal of I-WLAN solution |
F |
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Dec-2014 |
SP-66 |
SP-140804 |
378 |
– |
Additional corrections for removal of I-WLAN solution |
F |
12.5.0 |
12.6.0 |
CH12 |
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SP-140805 |
379 |
1 |
Corrections on definition for parameter category |
F |
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SP-140808 |
380 |
– |
Distributed Charging Trigger Function for ProSe Charging |
B |
ProSe-CH |
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Dec 2015 |
SP-70 |
SP-150703 |
381 |
– |
Introduction of TWAG in the offline charging architecture |
B |
12.6.0 |
13.0.0 |
eSaMOG-CH |
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SP-150816 |
383 |
1 |
Introduction of Announcement service |
ANIMO |
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Mar 2016 |
SP-71 |
SP-160035 |
384 |
– |
Introduction of Monitoring Event charging |
B |
13.0.0 |
13.1.0 |
MONTE-CH |
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Change history |
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Date |
Meeting |
TDoc |
CR |
Rev |
Cat |
Subject/Comment |
New version |
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2016-06 |
SA#72 |
SP-160411 |
0387 |
3 |
B |
Introduce CP data transfer charging |
13.2.0 |
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2016-06 |
SA#72 |
SP-160417 |
0386 |
1 |
F |
Insertion of missing IMS nodes in logical architecture figure – align with TS 32.260 |
14.0.0 |
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2016-09 |
SA#73 |
SP-160623 |
0388 |
1 |
B |
Add charging principles for roaming architecture for voice over IMS with home routed traffic |
14.1.0 |
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2016-09 |
SA#73 |
SP-160625 |
0389 |
1 |
B |
New clause on Determination of Completeness of Charging Information in IMS |
14.1.0 |
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2016-12 |
SA#74 |
SP-160847 |
0390 |
– |
F |
Correction on NOTE related to Inter Operator Identification (IOI) |
14.2.0 |
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2017-03 |
SA#75 |
SP-170138 |
0391 |
1 |
D |
Remove reference to RFC 3588 |
14.3.0 |
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2017-06 |
SA#76 |
SP-170506 |
0393 |
– |
B |
Removal of Editor’s Note for Completeness of Charging Information in IMS |
14.4.0 |
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2018-01 |
SA#78 |
SP-170967 |
0394 |
1 |
B |
Introduce the Northbound API charging |
15.0.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180061 |
0395 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G in the scope and references |
15.1.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180061 |
0396 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G in charging architecture |
15.1.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180061 |
0397 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G converged charging |
15.1.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180139 |
0398 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G service based interface |
15.1.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180061 |
0399 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G in charging mechanisms |
15.1.0 |
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2018-03 |
SA#79 |
SP-180061 |
0401 |
1 |
B |
Introduce the 5G charging in clause 3 |
15.1.0 |
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2018-06 |
SA#80 |
SP-180425 |
0402 |
1 |
B |
Charging mode clarifications in Converged Charging System |
15.2.0 |
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2018-06 |
SA#80 |
SP-180425 |
0403 |
1 |
B |
Update of converged charging |
15.2.0 |
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2018-06 |
SA#80 |
SP-180426 |
0404 |
1 |
B |
Introduce IMS over 5GS |
15.2.0 |
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2018-09 |
SA#81 |
SP-180832 |
0407 |
1 |
F |
High level overall charging architecture |
15.3.0 |
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2018-12 |
SA#82 |
SP-181052 |
0408 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of SMSF in charging architecture for 5GS |
15.4.0 |
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2019-03 |
SA#83 |
SP-190128 |
0409 |
– |
B |
Introduction of AMF in charging architecture |
16.0.0 |
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2019-12 |
SA#86 |
SP-191160 |
0411 |
– |
A |
Clarify the Category across specifications |
16.1.0 |
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2020-12 |
SA#90e |
SP-201070 |
0413 |
1 |
B |
Add PGW in logical ubiquitous charging architecture- service based interface |
17.0.0 |
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2021-03 |
SA#91e |
SP-210146 |
0415 |
1 |
A |
Correct the definition of billing domain |
17.1.0 |
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2021-03 |
SA#91e |
SP-210146 |
0417 |
1 |
A |
Correct the charging architecture |
17.1.0 |
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2021-03 |
SA#91e |
SP-210149 |
0418 |
– |
F |
Inclusive language review |
17.1.0 |
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2021-03 |
SA#91e |
SP-210158 |
0420 |
1 |
A |
Correction for Network Slice charging |
17.1.0 |
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2021-03 |
SA#91e |
SP-210146 |
0422 |
1 |
A |
Add the CCS in the definitions |
17.1.0 |
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2021-06 |
SA#92e |
SP-210466 |
0423 |
1 |
F |
Delete PGW in logical ubiquitous charging architecture- service based interface |
17.2.0 |
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2021-06 |
SA#92e |
SP-210418 |
0425 |
1 |
A |
Clarify the charging data configuration |
17.2.0 |
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2021-06 |
SA#92e |
SP-210407 |
0426 |
1 |
C |
Correction on Reference Points for 5GS |
17.2.0 |
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2021-09 |
SA#93e |
SP-210886 |
0428 |
1 |
A |
Correction on Converged charging functions |
17.3.0 |
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2021-12 |
SA#94e |
SP-211479 |
0429 |
1 |
B |
Introduction of 5G DDNMF in charging architecture for 5GS |
17.4.0 |
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2021-12 |
SA#94e |
SP-211480 |
0434 |
– |
B |
Addition of the 5G LAN service charging |
17.4.0 |
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2022-03 |
SA#95e |
SP-220166 |
0436 |
1 |
A |
Correction on charging architecture for management domain |
17.5.0 |
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2022-03 |
SA#95e |
SP-220164 |
0437 |
1 |
B |
Addition of the 5G LAN-type service Description |
17.5.0 |
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2022-03 |
SA#95e |
SP-220155 |
0439 |
– |
B |
Charging architecture for Local Breakout |
17.5.0 |
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2022-06 |
SA#96 |
SP-220517 |
0441 |
1 |
F |
Missing section number correction |
17.6.0 |
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2022-06 |
SA#96 |
SP-220518 |
0442 |
1 |
B |
Addition of the architecture for 5G LAN charging |
17.6.0 |
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2022-06 |
SA#96 |
SP-220519 |
0443 |
– |
B |
Enhance charging architecture for Edge Computing |
17.6.0 |
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2022-09 |
SA#97e |
SP-220850 |
0444 |
1 |
F |
Introduction of Reference point representation for Converged Charging |
17.7.0 |
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2022-09 |
SA#97e |
SP-220866 |
0446 |
– |
B |
Adding New Consumer for MMS in Charging Architecture |
18.0.0 |
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2022-129 |
SA#98e |
0450 |
– |
A |
Add the missing reference point for EES charging |
18.1.0 |
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