Chapter 6 Prepaid Billing Solution

Generic Call Flow

Access-Request (Quota Depleted)

Flow 7c shows the client sending an Access-Request to the Cisco AR 3.5 server because at least one quota has been depleted. The Access-Request includes different measurements of how much of the quotas were used in VSA format. This enables the billing server to account for the usage and manage the subscriber’s balance before assigning a new quota. Table 6-7lists the attributes returned to the Cisco AR 3.5 server:

Table 6-7 Attributes Sent by NAS When Quota Depleted

Attribute

 

 

 

Number

Attribute Name

Description

Notes

 

 

 

 

1

User-Name

APPL: Mobile Node

Conditional

 

 

Username

 

 

 

 

 

2

NAS IP Address

Accounting Node IP

APPL: Required, POA

 

 

Address

address, or Home Node

 

 

 

address

 

 

 

 

31

Calling-station-ID

APPL:MSISDN or IMSI

APPL: Conditional

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_AUTH_REASON

Refer to VSA

Required

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_USER_ID

APPL: PDSN address or

APPL: Required,

 

 

SSG address

address of SGSN

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_DURATION

Refer to Vendor-Specific

Required

 

 

Attributes, page 6-10

 

26, 9

CRB_TOTAL_VOLUME

Conditional

 

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_UPLINK_VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_DOWNLINK_VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_TOTAL_PACKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_UPLINK_PACKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_DOWNLINK_PACKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accept-Accept (Quota Depleted)

Flow 7s shows the Cisco AR 3.5 server returning the used quota array to the billing server. The call includes aaa_ebs_reauthoriz(). The billing server sends an updated quota array for the next period to the Cisco AR 3.5 server.

In Flow 8s, the Cisco AR 3.5 server converts the quota array into VSAs and sends them to the AAA client.

Table 6-8 Attributes Sent to AAA Client in Access-Accept (Reauthorization)

 

 

 

 

Attribute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

Attribute Name

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_USER_TYPE

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_DURATION

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_TOTAL_VOLUME

 

 

 

 

26, 9

CRB_UPLINK_VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 3.5 manual Access-Request Quota Depleted, Accept-Accept Quota Depleted

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