[Serusers] session duration accounting

[Olivier Taylor]

Hi Paul,

Well, in this case, I must agree, in my case I am charged only from the
ACKs, I use B2bua for accounting, but I have no diffrence between ACC
standard table, Radacct(radius accounting) and my pstn provider, that's why
I use ACKs and not Invites.

In your case, you will charge the caller even if the callee is away and even
if the caller decides to cancel the call before the callee answers.

What's the meaning of life ;)

Regards, 
Olivier

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Java Rockx [mailto:javarockx at gmail.com] 
Envoyé : mardi 5 juillet 2005 15:44
À : Olivier Taylor
Cc : Iqbal; Ryan Pagquil; serusers at lists.iptel.org
Objet : Re: RE : [Serusers] session duration accounting


I understand what you're saying, however, I disagree with your suggestion
because me (as a PSTN gateway owner) will be charged tolls based on the
INVITE-to-BYE duration from my carriers for completed calls.

So if I'm only billing durations from ACK to BYE, then :

1) How would I accurately determine which ACK to account against considering
that many ACKs can happen during any call? For instance, if you get put on
hold or a re-INVITE.

2) Why should I give the customer 30 seconds of free platform time when my
carriers bill me toll charges for that period?

Regards,
Paul

On 7/5/05, Olivier Taylor <olivier.taylor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Iqbal,
> I think the query u gave is not really correct, the INVITES are the 
> beginning of the sessions, I think we must use the ACKs for a real 
> accounting of the call. Just think, if it takes 30 seconds to the 
> callee to hang on, u will overcharge him.
> I just suggest to replace the INVITES by ACKs.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Olivier
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : serusers-bounces at iptel.org [mailto:serusers-bounces at lists.iptel.org] De 
> la part de Iqbal Envoyé : mardi 5 juillet 2005 13:28
> À : Ryan Pagquil
> Cc : serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Objet : Re: [Serusers] session duration accounting
> 
> 
> put those queries in mysql and it should lookup your acc table
> 
> Iqbal
> 
> Ryan Pagquil wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >       So the only concept on how will I account for duration is to 
> > account for INVITE and BYE methods...BTW, where will I put those 
> > queries? Sorry, I'm in a stage of discovering SER.=)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Java Rockx wrote:
> >
> >> Ryan,
> >>
> >> This MySQL query should do the trick. It joins the acc table to 
> >> itself. One side grabs INVITE messages and the other side grabs BYE 
> >> messages.
> >>
> >> NOTE: This will not work if you account for re-INVITE messages 
> >> because you will then have multple INVITEs for the same call.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> SELECT t1.from_uri as orig_number,  t1.to_uri as term_number, 
> >> TIMEDIFF(t2.time, t1.time) as duration,  t1.timestamp as calldate 
> >> FROM acc t1, acc t2  WHERE t1.sip_callid = t2.sip_callid AND 
> >> ((t1.fromtag = t2.fromtag and t1.totag = t2.totag) OR (t1.fromtag = 
> >> t2.totag and t1.totag = t2.fromtag)) AND t1.sip_method='INVITE' AND
> >> t2.sip_method='BYE'
> >>
> >> On 7/4/05, Iqbal <iqbal at gigo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> its records the INVITE and BYE, so fro there you can work out the 
> >>> session duration
> >>>
> >>> Iqbal
> >>>
> >>> Ryan Pagquil wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> guys,
> >>>>      just want to ask if i can make ser to account session 
> >>>> durations for billing purposes?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>
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