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Skylo Monthly CDR

Document v0.1: Sept 21, 2023

This document outlines the CDR format for Skylo Monthly CDR sent from Skylo Billing system to customer billing system.

Skylo Monthly CDR

Assumptions

  1. CDR records are related to Skylo core elements and Data Mobility Platform transactions only.
  2. Each row in CDR represents a transaction involving Satellite communication.
  3. Skylo will only share the CDR depicting the network transactions not the rated CDR at each event level.
  4. Skylo's Customer will get the monthly bill based on B2B plans configured for each customer in Skylo Billing system

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Glossary

REGION

Geographic region of transaction

Geographic region of transaction

SKYPACKET_COUNT

Count of Billable packets

Count of Billable packets (Skypackets) that is tracked based on transmitted data size - in increments of defined bytes.

DIRECTION

Direction of transaction w.r.t. to device.

Direction of transaction with respect to device. Upstream signifies message transfer from device to Skylo application. Downstream signifies message transfer from Skylo application to device.

CONTENT_TYPE

Type of message sent e.g. Text msg/Read Receipt/Delivered Receipts

Type of message

IMSI_NO

Unique identifier of a device

Unique identifier of a device

TIMESTAMP

Timestamp in UTC of the transaction.

Timestamp in UTC of the transaction. For upstream message, it is the timestamp at which Skylo application receives the packets from the device. For downstream message, it is the timestamp of delivery from Skylo Application to device.

CUSTOMER_ID

Unique identifier

Unique identifier of a customer in Skylo Billing System to which a particular IMSI belongs

CDR_NO

Chargeable Data Record (CDR) Number.

A CRD is a formatted collection of information about a chargeable telecommunication event. CDR_NO is a unique record number for each transaction in the Skylo Billing System

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