The mBoss XCDR supports a billing mediation platform used for collecting and pre-processing CDR file for billing purposes. Located at the rating engine layer of the mBOSS, the Prepaid Service Center (PSC) is the sub-component that is responsible for Call Detail Record (CDR) collection, storing, billing, and call control functions.
Genew Settlement is the process to settle service fee or related charge among telecom operation entities according to preset rules. For example, Operator B can rent circuit lines from Operator A to roll out services to its customers. In such case, Operator B should pay Operator A for the rented lines. Given another example, when a subscriber of Operator C calls another subscriber of Operator D, part of the call fee collected by Operator C may be settled to Operator D according to agreement, since the call involves using the network resource of Operator C.
The AC consists of two logical modules: Charging and Importing Module and Online Accumulation Module. These two modules are correlated in terms of function implementation, since the service functions they provide require both online features and data integrity.
