Chargeable Events
You can activate, deactivate, and modify PCC charging rules at any time during the PDU session lifetime.
PCF can modify the following attributes in a dynamic PCC rule active in the SMF:
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Charging Key
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Service Identifier
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Measurement Method
Note | No modification is supported for Gy. |
Activities on PCC rules and QoS flows aren’t chargeable events. However, a change of charging rule in PCC rules leads to chargeable events. Some of the examples are the following:
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Start of service data flow.
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Termination of service data flow, for the last service data flow for the original PCC rule.
The charging key (that is, rating group) is used to request an online charging quota.
Note | In the case of Gy, the quota is requested based on rating group (RG) or RG+SID depending on the reporting level received from the PCRF or from the local configuration available in the charging profile, if the reporting level is unavailable in the PCC rule. |