Method for billing a service in a Telecommunications /data network

摘要

The method involves transmitting transactions that relate to debits to a debiting system on network units by a billing protocol that supports a termination message of the debiting system. A message is transmitted to the debiting system at the start and end of the service via a network unit that is involved in debiting transaction. The service is timed in the debiting system in parallel with the execution of the service.