Preface

This guide describes how to integrate Oracle Communication Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) with your telco services.

Audience

This guide is intended for BRM system administrators and developers.

Downloading Oracle Communications Documentation

Product documentation is located on Oracle Help Center:

http://docs.oracle.com

Additional Oracle Communications documentation is available from the Oracle software delivery Web site:

https://edelivery.oracle.com

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this book.

Version	Date	Description
E16721-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16721-02	May 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 1. Added documentation for in-session notifications to the following: Understanding Prepaid AAA Providing In-Session Notifications for Network Connectivity Applications How BRM Processes Prepaid AAA Requests About Performing AAA for Prepaid Services Added information about the VALIDATE_LIFECYCLE processing stage.
E16721-03	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Added "Services Framework AAA Utilities" chapter.
E16721-04	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Added documentation for offer profile threshold breach notifications to the following: Understanding Prepaid AAA Providing In-Session Notifications for Network Connectivity Applications How BRM Processes Prepaid AAA Requests Understanding the Services Framework About Performing AAA for Prepaid Services About Performing AAA for Prepaid GPRS Services
E16721-05	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information.
E16721-06	July 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16721-07	August 2013	On HP-UX IA64, BRM 7.5 is certified as of BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Documentation added for HP-UX IA64.
E16721-08	October 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 6. Added the "How BRM Refunds Charges for Prepaid Activity Events" section.
E16721-09	February 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16721-10	May 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 8. Added the "Configuring Service Status Change for Device-to-Service Associations" section.
E16721-11	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Updated the following sections: How BRM Authorizes Users to Access Prepaid Services How BRM Updates and Reauthorizes Prepaid Sessions How BRM Starts Prepaid Sessions How BRM Ends Prepaid Sessions
E16721-12	August 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 16. Updated the following sections: Preparing GSM-Specific Data by Using Helper Opcodes