System Management Solutions
Call Charge Information
DEFINITY ECS provides two ways to know the approximate charge for outgoing calls:
■Advice of Charge — For ISDN trunks
Advice of Charge collects charge information from the public network for each outgoing call. Charge advice is a number representing the cost of a call; it is recorded as either a charging or currency unit.
■Periodic Pulse Metering — For
Periodic Pulse Metering accumulates pulses transmitted from the public network at periodic intervals during an outgoing call. At the end of the call, the number of pulses collected is the basis for determining charges.
Call Detail Recording
Also included in the timely and efficient management of your communications system is the management and control of call costs. Call Detail Recording allows you to monitor and analyze call patterns and usage in your system. DEFINITY ECS has enhanced the Call Detail Recording capabilities available to you.
Call Detail Recording Features
DEFINITY ECS enhances Call Detail Recording with the following new capabili- ties:
■Distinguish voice from data on trunk calls
■Determine if a data call used a conversion resource, such as a modem pool
■Choose whether to record the vector directory number in the “Dialled Number” field of the Call Detail Recording record, or record either the split or the agent extension in the same field
■Allow Call Detail Recording records to be generated for internal calls (calls to and from a set of extensions, including data endpoints) so administered (a maximum of 500 extensions in large configurations)
■With Call Privacy, allow up to seven digits of the dialled number to be blanked from the Call Detail Recording record
