XACCT Contributes its Network Accounting Protocol to IPDR.org

XACCT Technologies has contributed its CRANE (Common Reliable Accounting for Network Elements) protocol to IPDR.org, for adoption as the IPDR Streaming Protocol (IPDR/SP-TCP). The protocol can be used to export high volumes of accounting information from IP network and service elements to downstream OSS/BSS applications. XACCT said its CRANE protocol has been successfully implemented by over a dozen network equipment vendors and is already in use in carrier networks. The protocol is being used to capture usage data and revenue for SMS inter-connect accounting over SS7 over IP networks; to capture end-to-end service intelligence data across ATM/Frame Relay service for service level monitoring and reporting; and to collect and aggregate network data from probes distributed
across global networks.
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