METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE EXTENDED USAGE OF RETRANSMISSION CDR FIELD TO IMPROVE DUPLICATE DETECTION MECHANISM AND REDUCE CHARGING DATA LOSS DUE TO INTERNAL ERRORS

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for facilitating usage of a retransmission field of a Charging Data Record (CDR). An exemplary method may comprise generating one or more CDRs, the one or more CDRs comprised of raw charging data, wherein generation of the CDR comprises marking each of the one or more CDRs with a retransmission field in an instance in which an internal error is detected, the retransmission field configured to provide an indication that each of the one or more CDRs marked with the retransmission field comprises potentially duplicate raw charging data; and transmitting each of the one or more CDRs to a post-processing system.