Tut Systems SMS2000 - Manual (Page 61)

Billing
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Chapter 9 - Billing
Billing is charging the subscriber money for using the service.
Billing
The SMS2000 is capable of performing billing by using an external server (OCS or
RADIUS). For more information on using the OCS for billing, see the OCS User’s
Guide.
For more information on RADIUS, see Chapter 13, “Using SMS2000 with a RADIUS
Server.” Scenarios for performing these functions in various configurations are described
below.
Table 9-1 shows how billing is performed with no external server, with RADIUS, and
with the OCS.
Table 9-1 Billing
Server Functionality
With No External
Server
Billing must be handled independently
With RADIUS The SMS2000 sends RADIUS messages to drive third party billing
systems.
With OCS Manual, credit card (one time or periodic), pre-paid time card, or property
management system (PMS).