ASAI and Feature Interactions
Conferences will affect the charging number provided in the Charging Event Report in the following ways (which are identical to Call Detail Recording [CDR]):
Basic Conference Scenario:
For a conference call that is established with three or more parties, including one AOC trunk, the charging number in the next Charging Event Report will contain the extension number of the controlling station that originated the outgoing call over the trunk, even if the controlling station is no longer involved in the conference.
Scenario with CDR Call Splitting disabled:
A station originates an outgoing call over an AOC trunk, and then conferences in another station. If DEFINITY ECS receives charging information from the network for the AOC trunk, it will include the originating station’s extension as the charging number in the corresponding Charging Event Report, even if the originating station disconnects from the conference before the conferenced station connects.
Scenario with CDR Call Splitting enabled:
A station originates an outgoing call over an AOC trunk, and then conferences in another station. The originating station then disconnects from the conference. At this point, DEFINITY ECS sends a charging event indicating a split charge against the originating station. If DEFINITY ECS received additional charging information from the network for the AOC trunk, it will include the conferenced station’s extension as the charging number in the corresponding Charging Event Report.
Conferences Calls involving Multiple Trunks and
Stations
In this situation, as long as there are two more internal parties in the conference call, as well as two or more AOC trunk parties, the station that added the AOC trunk will be recorded as the charging number in any Charging Event Report, even if it is no longer involved in the conference.
With CDR Calling Splitting disabled:
Using the above scenario, the originating station (the station that first set up the outgoing call) remains as the charging number even if has disconnected from the conference.
With CDR Call-Splitting enabled:
When only one internal party remains on the conference, and the remaining station differs from the one that originated the outgoing trunk call, then the next Charging Event Report for any remaining trunk will contain the remaining station’s extension number as the charging number.
