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TR 28.849
Study on Charging aspects of Common API Framework for Northbound APIs (CAPIF) Phase 2
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2025/06 44 p.
Rapporteur:
Mr. Rodrigues, João
Nokia
full Table of Contents for
TR 28.849
Word version: 19.1.0
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1
Scope
p. 8
2
References
p. 8
3
Definitions of terms, symbols and abbreviations
p. 8
3.1
Terms
p. 8
3.2
Symbols
p. 8
3.3
Abbreviations
p. 9
4
Void
p. …
5
Concepts and background
p. 9
5.1
General Description
p. 9
5.2
Background
p. 10
5.2.1
API Exposure
p. 10
5.3
Business Roles related to CAPIF charging
p. 11
5.3.1
Basic CAPIF business relationships
p. 11
5.3.2
CAPIF business relationships for RNAA
p. 11
5.4
Charging aspect requirements by SA6
p. 12
6
CAPIF Charging Scenarios and Topics
p. 13
6.1
Topic #1 CAPIF Converged Charging support of Service APIs Operation and Management
p. 13
6.1.1
General description and assumptions
p. 13
6.1.2
Use Case
p. 13
6.1.2.1
Use Case #1.1: Service API Operation and management via CAPIF
p. 13
6.1.2.2
Use Case #1.2: API invoker management via CAPIF
p. 13
6.1.2.3
Use Case #1.3: Service API discovery via CAPIF
p. 14
6.1.3
Potential charging requirements
p. 14
6.1.4
Key issues
p. 14
6.1.4.1
Key issue#1.1: Charging events and charging information required
p. 14
6.1.4.2
Key issue#1.2: Charging events and charging information required
p. 14
6.1.4.3
Key issue#1.3: Charging events and charging information required
p. 14
6.1.5
Possible Solutions
p. 15
6.1.5.1
Solution #1.1 API Service Management Charging
p. 15
6.1.5.1.0
General
p. 15
6.1.5.1.1
Service API Publish Invocation - IEC
p. 16
6.1.5.1.2
Service API Publish Invocation - ECUR
p. 17
6.1.5.1.3
Service API Notification Invocation - IEC
p. 18
6.1.5.1.4
Service API Notification Invocation - ECUR
p. 19
6.1.5.1.5
Service API Update - IEC
p. 20
6.1.5.1.6
Service API Update - ECUR
p. 21
6.1.5.2
Solution #1.2: Service API discovery via CAPIF
p. 22
6.1.5.2.1
General description
p. 22
6.1.5.2.2
Architecture description
p. 22
6.1.5.2.3
Procedures description
p. 22
6.1.5.3
Solution #1.3: API invoker management by via CAPIF
p. 24
6.1.5.3.1
General description
p. 24
6.1.5.3.2
Architecture description
p. 24
6.1.5.3.3
Procedures description
p. 24
6.1.5.4
Solution #1.4: Service API management via CAPIF
p. 25
6.1.5.4.1
General description
p. 25
6.1.5.4.2
Architecture description
p. 25
6.1.5.4.3
Procedures description
p. 26
6.1.5.5
Solution #1.5: Use of Exposure function Northbound Application Program Interfaces (APIs) charging
p. 26
6.1.5.5.1
General description
p. 26
6.1.5.5.2
Architecture description
p. 26
6.1.5.5.3
Procedures description
p. 26
6.1.5.6
Solution #1.6: Use of subscription based charging
p. 27
6.1.5.6.1
General description
p. 27
6.1.6
Evaluation
p. 27
6.1.6.1
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #1.1
p. 27
6.1.6.2
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #1.2
p. 27
6.1.6.3
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #1.3
p. 27
6.1.7
Conclusion
p. 28
6.2
Topic #2 CAPIF Converged Charging of multiple API Providers
p. 28
6.2.1
General description and assumptions
p. 28
6.2.2
Use Case
p. 28
6.2.2.1
Use Case #2.1: API Provider Converged Charging
p. 28
6.2.2.2
Use Case #2.2: API Invoker Converged Charging
p. 28
6.2.3
Potential charging requirements
p. 28
6.2.4
Key issues
p. 29
6.2.4.1
Key issue#2.1: Charging events and charging information required
p. 29
6.2.5
Possible Solutions
p. 29
6.2.5.1
Solution #2.1 Multiple API Provider Service Management Charging
p. 29
6.2.5.2
Solution #2.2: Use of Exposure function Northbound Application Program Interfaces (APIs) charging
p. 30
6.2.5.2.1
General description
p. 30
6.2.5.2.2
Architecture description
p. 30
6.2.5.2.3
Procedures description
p. 30
6.2.6
Evaluation
p. 30
6.2.6.1
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #2.1
p. 30
6.2.7
Conclusion
p. 30
6.3
Topic #3 API Service usage charging of CAPIF
p. 30
6.3.1
General description and assumptions
p. 30
6.3.2
Use Case
p. 31
6.3.2.1
Use Case #3.1: API Service Usage via CAPIF
p. 31
6.3.3
Potential charging requirements
p. 31
6.3.4
Key issues
p. 31
6.3.4.1
Key issue#3.1: Charging events and charging information required
p. 31
6.3.5
Possible Solutions
p. 31
6.3.5.1
Solution #3.1: API invocation via CAPIF
p. 31
6.3.5.1.1
General description
p. 31
6.3.5.1.2
Architecture description
p. 31
6.3.5.1.3
Procedures description
p. 32
6.3.5.2
Solution #3.2: Use of Exposure function Northbound Application Program Interfaces (APIs) charging
p. 32
6.3.5.2.1
General description
p. 32
6.3.5.2.2
Architecture description
p. 32
6.3.5.2.3
Procedures description
p. 33
6.3.5.3
Solution #3.3: CAPIF APIs charging
p. 33
6.3.5.3.1
General description
p. 33
6.3.5.3.2
Architecture description
p. 33
6.3.5.3.3
Procedures description
p. 34
6.3.6
Evaluation
p. 37
6.3.6.1
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #3.1
p. 37
6.3.7
Conclusion
p. 37
6.4
Topic #4 CAPIF Converged Charging of NEF API
p. 37
6.4.1
General description and assumptions
p. 37
6.4.2
Use Case
p. 37
6.4.2.1
Use Case #4.1: API Provider Converged Charging
p. 37
6.4.3
Potential charging requirements
p. 38
6.4.4
Key issues
p. 38
6.4.4.1
Key issues#4.1: Charging events and charging information required
p. 38
6.4.5
Possible Solutions
p. 38
6.4.5.1
Solution #4.1 CAPIF Converged Charging of NEF API
p. 38
6.4.5.2
Solution #4.Y CAPIF Converged Charging when NEF implement the API provider domain
p. 40
6.4.5.2.1
General description
p. 40
6.4.5.2.2
Architecture description
p. 41
6.4.5.2.3
Procedures description
p. 42
6.4.6
Evaluation
p. 42
6.4.6.1
Solutions evaluation for Key issue #4.1
p. 42
6.4.7
Conclusion
p. 43
7
Evaluation
p. 43
8
Conclusion
p. 43
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