Cisco Systems OL-3351-01 manual Generating BAF Records, Interworking of Bams Configuration Tables

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Chapter 5 Configuring BAMS for BAF Output

Generating BAF Records

Note Before configuring BAMS to generate billing and measurements, you should familiarize yourself with Chapters 3 to 9 of this guide.

Note BAMS performs only limited data validation on the information provisioned into its tables. It is important that you enter data carefully and understand the algorithms and their implementation.

BAMS values entered through the MML command-line interface are case sensitive; the verbs and keywords are not.

Generating BAF Records

The following section explains how BAF records are generated from Cisco MGC switch data.

Interworking of BAMS Configuration Tables

The first step in using BAMS is understanding the billing area that must be covered. Are there special cases for billing within the area? Are there banded areas with special rating? Do some number prefixes receive different treatment? Are special billing records required for these (or other) circumstances?

The answers to these questions are important in creating zones that are used to define interactions between different origination and termination NPA-NXX combinations. These interactions also determine the call types that are used to decide which BAF record to use for billing output. See the “Call Area Provisioning Example” section on page 5-9for more details.

Once the billing area information has been gathered, it can be tabulated as shown in Table 5-1.

Table 5-1 Datafill Information Example

From

 

 

To

 

 

Results in

 

 

 

 

 

 

LATA

NPANXX

Zone

LATA

NPANXX

Zone

Map Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

202344

1

1

202345

1

FLAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

202344

1

1

202223

2

FLAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

202767

5

2

202333

3

MESSAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

703298

8

1

202268

1

INTERLATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites for BAF Records

The following steps are required before Bellcore AMA Format (BAF) and Cisco Media Gateway Controller (MGC) End of Call 1110 ASCII records can be generated:

1.The Billing and Measurements Server (BAMS) collects the individual call data blocks (CDBs) generated by the Cisco MGC. This is performed by the Polling (POL) task.

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Contents Configuring Bams for BAF Output OverviewPrerequisites for BAF Records Interworking of Bams Configuration TablesGenerating BAF Records Identifying Call Types Default BAF Structure Codes and Call Types Call Category Call TypeException and Special Processing Overriding Call TypesBAF Output Provisioning Example Processing Transit/Tandem CallsBulk Provisioning Cisco Billing and Measurements Server User’s Guide Call Area Provisioning Example Designing a Billing PlanAssumptions Used in This Example Zone Membership River CityFree Calling Between Zones Configuring IntraLATA Calls Configuring Trunk Groups for InterLATA CallsConfiguring Adjacent Area Codes Banded Message RatesConfiguring for a Rating Exception Configuring Toll-Free CallsConfiguring a Metropolitan Calling Plan Bams Provisioning WorksheetsAdding a New Zone ID BAF Configuration ParametersUpdating BAF Structure Codes Adding a New Npanxx Zone Membership

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