You may also like to see IMS 3GPP specifications on billing TS 22.115, TS 32.240, TS 32.260 to get some more idea.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Manish Kambdur <manishkamb...@huawei.com> wrote: > Hi Nabam, > > No charging/billing messages are defined by the SIP protocol, which implies > that the application is responsible for the billing. > > That is, SIP does not specify any methods for billing, and you are 'free to > choose' and implement any application specific billing solution you need. > > Most often this is done in a pure SIP B2BUA as specified by Iñaki Baz > Castillo. > > As an example you may consider, that the B2BUA (AS) will start a timer on > receiving a 200 OK from callee and stops it when it gets a BYE. Now it has > the call duration, hence you can charge based on the call duration. > > Regards, > Manish > www.huawei.com > > **************************************************************************** > *********** > This e-mail and attachments contain confidential information from HUAWEI, > which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed > above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way (including, > but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, reproduction, or > dissemination) by persons other than the intended recipient's) is > prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by > phone or email immediately and delete it! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sip-implementors-boun...@lists.cs.columbia.edu > [mailto:sip-implementors-boun...@lists.cs.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of nabam > serbang > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:23 PM > To: Iñaki Baz Castillo > Cc: Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] billing in sip > > Hi Iñaki Baz Castillo, > > Could you elaborate what does "SIP is not "designed" for billing" mean? I > mean there must be some way to do billing on SIP call otherwise how service > provider or vendor will get revenue. I understand that one way is by > specified duration such as monthly, yearly etc. > > In IP-PBX based we might avoid billing but one is really required in > IP-Centric SIP call server deployment. > > Regards > ~Nabam > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Iñaki Baz Castillo <i...@aliax.net> > Cc: Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:55:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] billing in sip > > 2009/4/27 nabam serbang <nabamserb...@yahoo.com>: >> Hi, >> Could some one tell me how billing is done is SIP? Any call flow example > would highly be appreciated. > > SIP is not "designed" for billing. Also billing is too much complex > and wide to try to explain it in an unique way. > Basically billing can be done in a gateway (which handles also the > media), in a proxy (very very very vulnerable), in a pure SIP B2BUA > (more reliable and secure than a proxy for billing)... > > There is no magic response. > > > -- > Iñaki Baz Castillo > <i...@aliax.net> > > _______________________________________________ > Sip-implementors mailing list > Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/sip-implementors > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sip-implementors mailing list > Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/sip-implementors > > > _______________________________________________ > Sip-implementors mailing list > Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/sip-implementors > _______________________________________________ Sip-implementors mailing list Sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/sip-implementors
