Configuring Time Bands for Cost Groups

The Time Band table lets you configure Time Bands per Cost Group. A Time Band defines a day and time range (e.g., from Saturday 05:00 to Sunday 24:00) and a fixed call connection charge and call rate per minute for this interval. You can configure up to 70 Time Bands, where up to 21 Time Bands can be assigned to each Cost Group.

● You cannot configure overlapping Time Bands.
● If a Time Band is not configured for a specific day and time range, the default connection cost and default minute cost configured for the Cost Group in the Cost Groups table is applied.

The following procedure describes how to configure Time Bands per Cost Group through the Web interface. You can also configure it through ini file [CostGroupTimebands] or CLI (configure voip > sip-definition least-cost-routing cost-group-time-bands).

➢ To configure a Time Band per Cost Group:
1. Open the Cost Groups table (Setup menu > Signaling & Media tab > SIP Definitions folder > Least Cost Routing > Cost Groups).
2. Select a Cost Group for which you want to assign Time Bands, and then click the Time Band link located below the table; the Time Band table for the selected Cost Group appears.
3. Click New; the following dialog box appears:

4. Configure a Time Band according to the parameters described in the table below.
5. Click Apply, and then save your settings to flash memory.

Time Band Table Description

Parameter

Description

'Index'

timeband-index

[CostGroupTimebands_TimebandIndex]

Defines an index number for the new table row.

Note: Each row must be configured with a unique index.

'Start Time'

start-time

[CostGroupTimebands_StartTime]

Defines the day and time of day from when this time band is applicable. The format is DDD:hh:mm, where:

■ DDD is the day of the week, represented by the first three letters of the day in uppercase (i.e., SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, or SAT).
■ hh and mm denote the time of day, where hh is the hour (00-23) and mm the minutes (00-59)

For example, SAT:22:00 denotes Saturday at 10 pm.

'End Time'

end-time

[CostGroupTimebands_EndTime]

Defines the day and time of day until when this time band is applicable. For a description of the valid values, see the parameter above.

'Connection Cost'

connection-cost

[CostGroupTimebands_ConnectionCost]

Defines the call connection cost during the time band. This is added as a fixed charge to the call.

The valid value range is 0-65533. The default is 0.

Note: The entered value must be a whole number (i.e., not a decimal).

'Minute Cost'

minute-cost

[CostGroupTimebands_MinuteCost]

Defines the call cost per minute charge during the time band.

The valid value range is 0-65533. The default is 0.

Note: The entered value must be a whole number (i.e., not a decimal).