Our LTE Billing and Charging Training Course provides a comprehensive technical overview of the billing and charging architecture specifically designed for 4G LTE networks. Participants will gain insights into LTE bearer, traffic flow, and Quality of Service (QoS) concepts, as well as an in-depth understanding of the architecture of both online and offline billing systems. Key nodes, interfaces, and protocols used for transporting billing and charging information will be explored, along with the interactions with the billing system during basic LTE procedures.

This course is ideal for engineers, designers, managers, and individuals involved in the development, deployment, or operation of LTE billing and charging systems. Familiarity with the LTE Evolved Packet Core is assumed, and experience with 2G or 3G billing systems would be beneficial. Topics covered include EPS bearer concepts, LTE QoS models, packet flows, deep packet inspection, policy and charging control, flow-based charging, billing architecture, charging data capture points, protocols (Diameter, CAP), interfaces (Gy, Gz, Rf, Ro), charging criteria, CDR formats, CDR generation, and charging interaction with basic LTE procedures. Join us for this informative and practical training session to enhance your knowledge and skills in LTE billing and charging.

This self-paced on-demand distance learning course features illustrated course books, videos, tests and full tutor support.

Who would benefit

Engineers, designers, managers and others involved in the development, deployment or operation of LTE billing and charging systems.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the LTE Evolved Packet Core is assumed. Experience of 2G or 3G billing systems would be beneficial.

Topic Areas Include

• Review of EPS bearer concepts and LTE QoS models
• Packet flows, service data flows and traffic flow aggregates
• Deep packet inspection – heuristic algorithms and bearer-aware applications
• Outline of policy and charging control
• LTE billing and charging concepts
• Flow-based charging
• Billing architecture
• Online and offline charging systems
• Charging data capture points (S-GW, PDN-GW)
• IMS charging capture points
• Charging Data Function (CDF)
• Protocols – Diameter, CAP
• Interfaces – Gy, Gz, Rf, Ro and others
• Charging criteria – time-based, volume-based, application-based
• CDR formats
• CDR generation
• Charging interaction with basic LTE procedures