1
Scope
2 References
3 Terms and definitions
3.9 Convention
4 Abbreviations
5 Introduction
5.1 IPCablecom overview
5.2 IPCablecom Event Messages
5.3 IPCablecom reference architecture
5.4 IPCablecom, Voice over IP over
Cable
6 Background
6.1 Traditional telephony billing
formats
6.2 Motivation for event‑based
billing
6.3 Real-time billing
6.4 Real-time and Batch Event Message
Delivery
6.5 Terminology and concepts
7 IPCablecom objectives
7.1 IPCablecom required services and
capabilities
7.2 IPCablecom+ supported services and
capabilities
7.3 Assumptions
8 Event Messages architecture
8.1 IPCablecom Event Message
collection
8.2 IPCablecom network elements
8.2.1 Call Management Server (CMS)
8.2.2 Media Gateway Controller (MGC)
8.2.3 Access Node (AN)
8.2.4 Record-Keeping Server (RKS)
8.3 General IPCablecom network element
requirements
8.4 Event Message interfaces
8.4.1 CMS to AN (pkt-em1*)
8.4.2 CMS to MGC (pkt-em2*)
8.4.3 CMS to RKS (pkt-em3)
8.4.4 AN to RKS (pkt-em4)
8.4.5 MGC to RKS (pkt-em5)
8.4.6 Security requirements
8.4.7 Storage requirements
9 IPCablecom services and their
associated Event Messages
9.1 IPCablecom call configurations
9.1.1 On-Net to On-Net call configuration
9.1.2 On-Net to Off-Net call configuration (outgoing PSTN interconnect)
9.1.3 Off-Net to On-Net service (incoming PSTN interconnection)
9.2 Specific services
9.2.1 Emergency Service
9.2.2 Other Short Code Services
9.2.3 Freephone Services
9.2.4 Operator Services
9.2.5 Call Block Service
9.2.6 Call Waiting Service
9.2.7 Call Forwarding Service
9.2.8 Return Call Service
9.2.9 Repeat Call Service
9.2.10 Voicemail Service
9.2.11 Message Waiting Indicator Service
10 IPCablecom Event Message structure
10.1 Event Message structure
10.2 Service_Instance
10.3 Service_Activation
10.4 Signalling_Start
10.5 Signalling_Stop
10.6 Service_Deactivation
10.7 Database_Query
10.8 Intelligent_Peripheral_Usage_Start
10.9 Intelligent_Peripheral_Usage_Stop
10.10 Interconnect_Start
10.11 Interconnect_Stop
10.12 Call_Answer
10.13 Call_Disconnect
10.14 QoS_Start
10.15 QoS_Stop
10.16 Time_Change
10.17 QoS_Change
10.18 RTP_Connection_Parameters Event
Message
11 IPCablecom Event Message attributes
11.1 RADIUS accounting-response
retransmit request attributes
11.2 EM_Header attribute structure
11.2.1 Billing Correlation ID attribute structure
11.2.2 Status Field attribute structure
11.3 Call Termination Cause attribute
structure
11.4 Trunk Group ID attribute structure
11.5 QoS Descriptor
attribute structure
12 Transport-independent Event Message attribute TLV format
13 IPCablecom Event Message File Format
13.1 File Header
13.2 File-naming convention
13.2.1 PKT-EM-yyyymmmddhhmmss-pri-nodeid-seq.bin
13.3 Configuration items
14 Transport protocol
14.1 Radius protocol introduction
14.1.1 IPCablecom transport requirements
14.1.2 RADIUS accounting protocol
14.1.3 IPCablecom extensions
14.2 File Transport Protocol (FTP)
14.2.1 Required FTP server capabilities
Appendix I - Bibliography