PROTEI Real-time Data Charging
Gateway
Functionality:
- Real-time charging of data services provided by GSM/UMTS network or by other networks (e.g. wireless broadband networks like Wi-Fi)
- Per-session or per-call subscriber authorization and charging
- Volume-based or time-based billing of data transfer sessions using the operator’s main billing system
- RADIUS, DIAMETER, HTTP, IACC and proprietary protocols support
- Diameter-proxy functionality for full DIAMETER interoperability when data equipment from different vendors with different protocol implementations is used;
- Various methods for subscriber authorization:
- WEB-authorization
- Authorization by MAC-address
- Standard NGN authorization mechanisms (SIP-register)
- EAP-SIM authorization
- MSISDN- or IMSI-based authorization for GSM/UMTS data services
- Built-in password generation subsystem for access to services via Wi-Fi or any other broadband network (using WEB-authorization)
- Generation of access parameters (one-time passwords) on SMS or USSD request
- Delivery of one-time passwords via SMS
- CDR generation for all processed sessions/transactions
- SNMP support for integration with operating and maintenance systems.
System structure