1.1 --- a/data/dictionary.xml Mon Aug 19 19:27:38 2013 +0200
1.2 +++ b/data/dictionary.xml Mon Aug 19 19:43:31 2013 +0200
1.3 @@ -781,12 +781,24 @@
1.4 </concept>
1.5 <concept>
1.6 <term abbreviation="CTF" completeForm="Charging Trigger Function" language="en"/>
1.7 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.8 + <explanation language="en">
1.9 + <text>
1.10 + one of two peers involved in charging process;
1.11 + CTF decides how to charge particular subscriber for specific service;
1.12 + issues requests to the OCF
1.13 + </text>
1.14 + </explanation>
1.15 <tag>charging</tag>
1.16 </concept>
1.17 <concept>
1.18 <term abbreviation="OCF" completeForm="Online Charging Function" language="en"/>
1.19 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.20 + <explanation language="en">
1.21 + <text>
1.22 + one of two peers involved in charging process;
1.23 + accepts requests from CTF and performs actual charging
1.24 + based on the message type, service logic, user's profile or other circumstances
1.25 + </text>
1.26 + </explanation>
1.27 <tag>charging</tag>
1.28 </concept>
1.29 <concept>
1.30 @@ -814,16 +826,33 @@
1.31 <concept>
1.32 <term abbreviation="" completeForm="SMS gateway" language="en"/>
1.33 <term abbreviation="RE" completeForm="routing entity" language="en"/>
1.34 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.35 + <explanation language="en">
1.36 + <text>
1.37 + a software component located between the SMSC (or other service centre) and ESME (applications);
1.38 + passes messages in both directions,
1.39 + uses SMPP and other messaging protocols,
1.40 + does routing of messages, their transformations, conversions or other operations
1.41 + </text>
1.42 + </explanation>
1.43 </concept>
1.44 <concept>
1.45 <term abbreviation="" completeForm="pre-paid" language="en"/>
1.46 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.47 + <explanation language="en">
1.48 + <text>
1.49 + a kind of subscription where the subscriber pays in advance
1.50 + and his services are charged (usually immediately, online) from his pre-paid balance
1.51 + </text>
1.52 + </explanation>
1.53 <tag>charging</tag>
1.54 </concept>
1.55 <concept>
1.56 <term abbreviation="" completeForm="post-paid" language="en"/>
1.57 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.58 + <explanation language="en">
1.59 + <text>
1.60 + a kind of subscription where the subscriber pays later than he uses the services (usually monthly);
1.61 + compared to pre-paid, batch processing of CDR files and offline processing is common here
1.62 + </text>
1.63 + </explanation>
1.64 <tag>charging</tag>
1.65 </concept>
1.66 <concept>