Objects used by the VoIP Billing module

Prefix

These are the prefixes and destinations. For instance, 44 ; United Kingdom

Provider

This defines the VoIP Provider you want to use to deliver your VoIP calls. Each provider will be associated to a Gateway which will link to the Service Provider.

VoIPPlan

VoIPPlans are associated to your clients, this defines the rate at which the VoIP calls are sold to your clients. A VoIPPlan is a collection of VoIPRetailPlans, you can have 1 or more VoIPRetailPlans associated to the VoIPPlan.

  • A client has a single VoIPPlan
  • A VoIPPlan has many VoIPRetailPlans
  • A VoIPRetailPlan has VoIPRetailRates

LCR rules will bill the call based on the lowest cost carrier.

VoIPRetailPlan

This contains the VoIPRetailRates, the list of rates to retail to the customer. These plans are associated to the VoIPPlan with a ManyToMany relation.

It defines the costs at which we sell the VoIP calls to the clients. VoIPRetailPlan will then contain a set of VoIPRetailRates which will define the cost of sending a VoIP to each destination.

The system can have several VoIPRetailPlans, but only the ones associated to the VoIPplan will be used by the client.

VoIPPlan_VoIPRetailPlan

Help to setup the ManytoMany relationship between VoIPPlan & VoIPRetailPlan.

VoIPRetailRate

A single VoIPRetailRate consists of a retail rate and prefix at which you want to use to sell a VoIP to a particular destination. VoIPRetailRates are grouped by VoIPRetailPlan, which will be then in turn be associated to a VoIPPlan.

VoIPCarrierPlan

Once the retail price is defined by the VoIPRetailPlan, we also need to know which is the best route to send the call, what will be our cost, and which Gateway/Provider will be used.

VoIPCarrierPlan is linked to the VoIPRetailPlan, so once we have determined the destination, we need to look at which carrier (Provider) we want to use. The VoIPCarrierPlan defines exactly this.

The system can have several VoIPCarrierPlans, but only the one associated to the VoIPRetailPlan-VoIPPlan will be used to connect the VoIP of the client.

VoIPCarrierRate

The VoIPCarrierRates are a set of all the carrier rate and prefix that will be used to purchase the VoIP from your carrier, VoIPCarrierRates are grouped by VoIPCarrierPlan, which will be then associated to a VoIPRetailPlan.

VoIPPlan_VoIPCarrierPlan

Help to setup the ManytoMany relationship between VoIPPlan & VoIPCarrierPlan.

VoIP Call Report

This gives information of all the call delivered with the carrier charges and revenue of each message.