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This guide provides billing information for the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software Release 9. You should read the system-level documentation supplied with your system before using this guide. A complete list of these documents is included in the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Release 9 Installation and Configuration Guide that ships with your system.
Audience
The audience for this document is network operators and administrators. This audience is assumed to have experience in telecommunications networks, protocols, and equipment, and a familiarity with data communications networks, protocols, and equipment.
Related Documentation
This document contains information that is related to Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch billing parameters. For additional information on the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch, see the documents at this URL:
•Overviews of the related telephony solutions—Describe the Cisco telephony solutions with which the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node is associated
•Provisioning guides for the related telephony solutions—Describe the provisioning steps for the Cisco telephony solutions with which the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node is associated
•Solution gateway installation and configuration guides—Describe the steps for installing and configuring the media gateway for a particular Cisco telephony solution
•Cisco IP Transfer Point - LinkExtender—Describes the Cisco IP Transfer Point - LinkExtender (Cisco IPT-L, formerly known as the Cisco Signaling Link Terminal or Cisco SLT) and provides configuration information
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Document Change History
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OL-1089-16
October 2009
•Added tags 4255, 4256, 4257, 4258
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OL-1089-15
August 2009
•Added tags 4021 and 4022
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OL-1089-14
June 2009
•Modified description of tags 4207 and 4208
•Added tag 4059
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OL-1089-13
June 2009
•Modified tags 4052 and 4053
•Added tags 4057 and 4058
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OL-1089-12
February, 2009
•Throughout the document—Updated tags for Release 9.8.
•Throughout the document—Incorporated editorial comments to improve readability.
•In Chapter 2, "MGC Info Sub-fields," added a clarifying note to indicate that the MGC Info field is disabled as of Release 7.3.x, 7.4.x.