Charging management; Study on charging aspects of network slicing
The present document studies the charging aspects of network slicing based on TS 23.501 [201], TS 23.502 [202], TS 28.541 [221], TS 28.530 [203] and TS 28.531 [204] Release15 specifications:
- Charging scenarios and potential requirements for different business and service model (e.g. B2B Services, NSaaS) using network slice.
- The possible charging aspects for network slice management, including the impact on charging architecture charging function and charging procedures.
The stage 1 requirements from TS 22.261 [102] Release 15 and the open issues on network slicing topic that are for further study in TR 32.899 [60] also are considered in this study.