hi everyone,
I need a clarification on the following issue for H.225 -Annex G used for communication between two border elements(BE). I would appreciate any help on this.
1. In the current Annex G specfications, border elements exchange "usageIndication" messages with each other to inform each about "call usages" etc for billing purposes. The usage Indication message is sent according to a information element called "usageSpecifcation". This element is exchanged in messages like ACCESS_CONFIRM etc.
The ASN syntax defined for this "usageSpecification" is:
UsageSpecification::= sequence { sendTo ElementIdentifier .... }
The "sendTo" field is supposed to identify the destination "border element" to which the "usage indication" messages for a call must be sent. The issue here is that "elementidentifier" is not defined as a "unique string", so the "sendTo" field by itself cannot identify the destination BE of the "usageIndication" message uniquely?
In other words, to send a usage indication message, a BE needs to know the logical address of the "destination" BE. This logical address could then be resolved to a transport address which in turn is used to send "usageIndication" messages.
So dont we need to add suitable fields to the "usageSpecification" field to identify the recipient of the "usageindication" message uniquely? If yes, then we should add a "domainId"(this defines the domain within which the BE resides) and also a "logical address" to the "usageSpecification" element.
Do we agree that this is required?
Regards Archana
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