Enhanced Charging Service Overview
Postpaid Billing in ECS
This section describes the postpaid billing that is used to implement off-line billing processing for a variety of end user
services.
The following figure shows a typical deployment of ECS for postpaid billing system.
Figure 186. Postpaid Billing System Scenario with ECS
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How ECS Postpaid Billing Works
ECS Postpaid Billing in GPRS/UMTS Networks
The following figure and steps describe how ECS works in a GPRS/UMTS network for postpaid billing.
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AAA
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Rating
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Postpaid Billing in ECS ▀
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xDR Storage
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