Description
Configuration name |
Call Information Report |
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Applicable contexts |
SS7 service |
The Call Information Report configuration determines if Sentinel will request Call Information Reports from the network for an SS7 first-party call and if call alerting time will be chargeable for Mobile Originating calls. Call Information Reports can be used for more accurate charging as they’re produced directly by the MSC/SSF controlling the call and are therefore not influenced by network or external resource latencies in the service.
Any Call Information Reports received by Sentinel are also included in the CDR produced for the call.
Configuration
The default behaviour of Sentinel is:
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to request Call Information Reports from the network for both originating and terminating call parties
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not to charge for call alerting time.
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A-party or B-party Call Information Reports can be suppressed in order to reduce network traffic. |
In the case where the terminating party report is not suppressed, Sentinel can use this report when finalising the amount of credit consumed by the subscriber. For a Mobile Originating (MO) call this report can also be used to charge the subscriber for the call alerting time.
The Call Information Report configuration includes:
| Parameters | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
SuppressOriginatingPartyCallInformationReport |
Boolean |
Boolean, if true, stops Sentinel from sending a Call Information Report request for the originating call party. |
SuppressTerminatingPartyCallInformationReport |
Boolean |
Boolean, if true, stops Sentinel from sending a Call Information Report request for the terminating call party. |
CallAlertingTimeIsChargeable |
Boolean |
Boolean, if true, will cause Sentinel to also charge the subscriber for call alerting time (MO calls only).
This option can only be set to true if |
CallAlertingTimePrereservationSeconds |
The number of seconds of credit to pre-reserve in the initial credit reservation if call alerting time is chargeable.
This value should be set to the maximum expected alerting time. This option is only relevant if |
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CirTimeout |
The number of milliseconds to wait for CIRp before timeout and continuing the session. May be set between range 500 - 10000, with a default of 3000. |
Configuration profile naming
| Configuration Profile Table Name | Description | Profile Naming |
|---|---|---|
CallInformationReportConfigurationTable |
Service configuration |
SentinelSelectionKey (for example, |
Provisioning interfaces
The configuration can be provisioned using the Sentinel machine provisioning API — see Call Information Report REST API.
