Configuring Cost Groups - AudioCodes Mediant 500L User Manual

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3. Configure Time Bands for a Cost Group - see ''Configuring Time Bands for Cost
Groups'' on page 280.
4. Assign Cost Groups to outbound IP routing rules - see ''Assigning Cost Groups to
Routing Rules'' on page 281.

15.5.2.1 Configuring Cost Groups

The Cost Groups table lets you configure up to 10 Cost Groups. A Cost Group defines a
fixed call connection cost and a call rate (charge per minute). Once configured, you can
configure Time Bands per Cost Group.
The following procedure describes how to configure Cost Groups through the Web
interface. You can also configure it through ini file (CostGroupTable) or CLI (configure voip
> sip-definition least-cost-routing cost-group).
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To configure a Cost Group:
1. Open the Cost Groups table (Setup menu > Signaling & Media tab > SIP Definitions
folder > Least Cost Routing > Cost Groups).
2. Click New; the following dialog box appears:
3. Configure a Cost Group according to the parameters described in the table below.
4. Click Apply, and then save your settings to flash memory.
Table 15-17: Cost Groups Table Parameter Descriptions
Parameter
Index
[CostGroupTable_Index]
Name
cost-group-name
[CostGroupTable_CostGroupName]
Default Connection Cost
default-connection-cost
[CostGroupTable_DefaultConnectionCost]
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Defines an index number for the new table row.
Note: Each row must be configured with a unique index.
Defines a descriptive name, which is used when
associating the row in other tables.
The valid value is a string of up to 40 characters.
Note: Each Cost Group must have a unique name.
Defines the call connection cost (added as a fixed charge
to the call) for a call outside the time bands.
The valid value range is 0-65533. The default is 0.
Note: When calculating the cost of a call, if the current
time of the call is not within a time band configured for
the Cost Group, then this default connection cost is used.
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