FCI (SINAP)
SINAP Furnish Charging Information
This node supports the SINAP variant of the standard CS1
FurnishChargingInformation
operation.
The binary FCI details are broken into a number of specific fields, as described below. As this variant is fairly unique, the user interface will hard code a number of fields initially, and if these require changing the textual test definition will need to be edited.
Test Fields
optional This field should hold the service number without the CAC (Carrier Access
Code), SD (Service Digits) or MOLI (Mobile Location Indicator). Essentially this is the service number as dialled by the user. ExamplesCharged Party ID
1300 345 131
optional The billed item list is a list of 0 or more billable item references. The user
interface supports two items. The first is constructed in the following format
when being sent prior to a When being set prior to any other operation, the format is: In both cases the FCI sequence is to be ExamplesBilled Item List (First Value)
Connect
operation:0<FCI sequence>#
00<FCI sequence>
A
for the first FCI in the message
flow, B
for the second etc.
00A
0B#
optional The billed item list is a list of 0 or more billable item references. The user
interface supports two items. The second is constructed as either ExamplesBilled Item List (Second Value)
001
when
sent prior to a Connect
and 000
when sent prior to any other message.
001
000
optional The service indicator is a number between 0 and 65535, whose value depends on
the service number being sent in the Charged Party ID field. ExamplesService Indicator
1
65535
4341
optional The transparent data field is a text field with a predefined structure. It
always begins with 28 The Country Code package requires the following data structure:
The MOLI package requires the following data structure:
ExamplesTransparent Data
#
characters. It is then followed by text data that
provides data based on one or more SINAP packages:
Field
Length (bytes)
Value
Package Number
3
S09
Package Length
3
variable
Country Code Length
2
variable
Country Code
variable (usually 2 or 3 digits)
variable
Field
Length (bytes)
Value
Package Number
3
S11
Package Length
3
variable
Country Code Length
2
03
Country Code
3
000 - 999
S090100232S1101103034
- This shows a country code of 32
, followed by a MOLI number of 034
.