That is what session timers are for, theoretically. -- Sent from mobile device
On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:31 AM, nabam serbang <nabamserb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone for valuable inputs. > > It seems that someway or other, billing depends on BYE request at > the end of call to determine the call duration. How shall we > determine call duration in following case: > > A--------------------------INV--------------->B > > <-----------------------200k------- ------------- > > ------------------------------ACK---------------- > > ==============rtp============ > > <<call terminated but no BYE sent>> > > > Call is terminated abruptly either on A or B ( Say just plug out the > cable or power off end-point itself while on call) such that BYE is > not send for terminating party. I guess billing component will be > waiting forever for BYE and hence infinite (at least inaccurate) > billing. > > > Regard > ~Nabam > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Iñaki Baz Castillo <i...@aliax.net> > Cc: "sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu" > <sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:10:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] billing in sip > > 2009/4/29 Paul Kyzivat <pkyzi...@cisco.com>: >> In a topology such as shown below, you don't need an extra media >> relay to >> enforce your billing - you have the gateway, which is already >> terminating >> the media. Why aren't you doing the billing there? > > 1) The gateway could crash (but my pure SIP proxy/B2BUA has > failover/redundancy). > > 2) I could have several models of gateways, but I want an unified > accounting system. Also I can program my proxy or > B2BUA/ApplicationServer to do fancy accounting, but no the "legacy" > and "black box" gateway. > > 3) I could be not the owner of gateways (I get money from customer > since I offer them a VoIP integral solution, but I pay for the RTP to > my carriers). > > > -- > 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
