A.1 General

32.2543GPPCharging managementExposure function Northbound Application Program Interfaces (APIs) chargingRelease 17Telecommunication managementTS

A subscriber (The API Invoker) may have Charging Characteristics assigned to his subscription. Default charging characteristics may be pre-provisioned on the SCEF. The charging information content is configured for each API, including charging method (online and offline charging), Event based charging, whether report the message content or not.

The Charging Characteristics parameter format is specified TS 32.298 [51]. Each bit of the string of 16 bits corresponds to a specific charging behaviour which is defined on a per operator basis, configured within the SCEF and pointed when bit is set to "1" value.

One way to define a charging behaviour could be to associate it to a specific usage, which may consist of a set of trigger profiles associated to CDR types e.g.:

– EA-SCE-CDR: activate/deactivate CDRs, time limit, data volume limit, maximum number of API invocation.

In addition to these trigger sets, a CDF/CGF address may also be included.

Annex B (normative):
Support 5G VN group management charging