Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

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DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide  
555-233-506  
Issue 1
April 2000
Features and technical reference 
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Call Charge Information 
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two or more outgoing trunks are connected together via trunk-to-trunk 
transfer, the DEFINITY ECS may receive AOC information from the 
network for each outgoing trunk involved in the call.
CDR Adjuncts
DEFINITY ECS does not tandem AOC information through a private 
network to other switches. Therefore, the CDR adjunct that records AOC 
information must receive its input from DEFINITY ECS directly connected 
to the public network.
CDR Call Splitting
If you use CDR Call Splitting for outgoing trunks, each time a call is 
transferred, the system generates a separate record. Attendant Call 
Recording, a form of Call Splitting, generates a CDR record when an 
attendant drops from a call. Incoming Trunk Call Splitting has no effect on 
charge information.
If you rely on Call Splitting or Attendant Call Recording, you should 
request call charge information during the call. However, for AOC, this 
increases message activity on the signaling channel and reduces Busy Hour 
Call Capacity of the DEFINITY System.
In some countries, or with specific protocols, AOC information during a 
call is not available. In this case, you can use the Elapsed Time in the CDR 
records to allocate the charges among the parties on the call.
You must use CDR Call Splitting if you want the charge display to restart 
at 0 when a call is transferred.
Centralized Attendant Services
In any configuration where a branch system has no direct connection to the 
public network, the private network does not pass call-charge information 
to these branches.
Conference
If a user adds a third party to a call in charge-display mode, the display 
returns to normal. Call charges will not appear as long as there are more 
than two parties on the call.
Distributed Communications System (DCS)
In any configuration where a branch system has no direct connection to the 
public network, the private network does not pass call-charge information 
to these branches.
Electronic Tandem Network (ETN)
In any configuration where a branch system has no direct connection to the 
public network, the private network does not pass call-charge information 
to these branches.