Rating-Group (The name in message tracing results is rating-group.)

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The Rating-Group AVP is contained in the Charging-Rule-Definition AVP and X-HW-Service-Usage AVP.

• The syntax of the Charging-Rule-Definition AVP is as follows:

  Charging-Rule-Definition ::= < AVP Header: 1003 >

  { Charging-Rule-Name }

  [ Service-Identifier ]

  [ Rating-Group ]

  ...

• The syntax of the X-HW-Service-Usage AVP is as follows:

  X-HW-Service-Usage ::= < AVP Header: 2007 >

  [ Rating-Group ]

  [ Service-Identifier ]

  [ CC-Input-Octets ]

  ...

The Rating-Group AVP is used to identify a rating group.

All the services of the same rating type use the same rating group. The Service-Identifier AVP and the Rating-Group AVP are used to jointly identify a requested rating group.

The rating group can be configured in the ChargingAction action on the UPCC. It is delivered from the UPCC to the policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) using the Charging-Rule-Definition AVP included in a CCA message to notify the PCEF of the rating group applied to the rule. This AVP is used in the proprietary fair usage policy (FUP) service provided by Huawei. The monitor key configured in a quota must be the same as the rating group configured in the ChargingAction action. This allows the PCRF to notify the PCEF of the service to which the quota associated with the monitor key is applied.

The PCEF includes the X-HW-Service-Usage AVP in a CCR message and sends the CCR message to the PCRF to report the data usage. In this case, other sub-AVPs such as the Rating-Group AVP are also included in the CCR message.