Product Description

Get
Adobe Reader

Introduction and Roadmap

Guide to this Document

Terminology

Related Documentation

WebLogic Network Gatekeeper documentation

WebLogic Network Gatekeeper Introduction

Functions and benefits overview

Wide range of APIs based on Web Services standards

Common access control point for both internal and 3rd party applications

Policy-based execution for flexible application access control

Subscriber privacy and subscriber profile data

Wide range of standard network service capabilities

Built-in network routing

Extensible application and network interfaces

Enhanced network protection

Carrier grade and fully scalable architecture

Optional modules for more operator value

Partner Management Tools

Application Development Tools

Service Descriptions

Messaging

Charging

Call

Network triggered calls

Application initiated calls

Subscriber profile

User interaction

Call based user interaction

Message based user interaction

User location

Circle and ellipse uncertainty shapes

Terminal altitude

User status

Application Development and Test

Web Services APIs

Extended API compared to Parlay X

Access

Messaging

Charging

Call

Subscriber Profile

User Interaction

User Location

User Status

Developer's guides and API descriptions

Controls for WebLogic Workshop

Test flow

Network Gatekeeper application test environment

Interactive graphical interface

Testing applications

Service Provider and Application Administration

Administration model

Partner Management Tools

Service provider tasks

Operator tasks

Statistics

Operator intranet, extranet and CRM/PRM system interfaces

Back end system interfaces

Application connection

Other administration areas

Network Interface

Network routing

Network triggered events

Core network plug-ins and supported protocols

Plug-ins for extended protocol support

Policy

Core policy areas

Authentication

Authorisation and access control

Service capability usage/quality of service

Network protection and access Control

Access control

Traffic throttling/overload protection

Node load and delay reduction

Quality of service assurance

Other policies areas

Rule based policy execution

Plug-in manager policy execution

Charging

CDR based charging

Data generation

Content based charging and accounting

Revenue sharing

Billing system integration

CDR database

Billing gateway and other similar

Charging plug-in

Operation, Administration and Maintenance

Management tool

Graphical interface

Text based interface

OAM tasks overview

OSS and PRM/CRM integration

OSS

PRM/CRM

Alarm and Event Handling

Alarm handling

Event handling

OSS integration

CORBA

SNMP

Statistics and Performance Data

Usage statistics

Performance data

Security

Identification and authentication

Web Services

Other integrated interfaces

Authorisation and service access

Web Services

Other integrated interfaces

SLA data

Integrity and confidentiality

Auditing and non-repudiation

Network authentication

Database security

Management security

User and password

Access levels and administration groups

Service Extensibility

API/service capability extensibility

Custom APIs

Network protocol extensibility

Simple installation and OAM

Deployment service for installation, start and activation

Administration through the WebLogic Network Gatekeeper management tool

Trace

Event log and alarm list

Hardware Architecture

Configuration

High availability

Scalability

Software Architecture Overview

Processes

Service distribution

Scalability

Software configuration example

Scaling the system

Resource sharing contexts

Software Module Descriptions

SLEE services

SLEE service load balancing

SLEE utility services

Service capability modules

Charging data generation

Plug-in selection

Policy enforcement

Load balancing

High availability

SESPA modules

Load balancing

High availability

Network plug-ins

Load balancing

High availability

Database

Storage and replication

Redundancy and Load Balancing

Preservation of listeners, states and sessions

High availability and load balancing between software modules

Platform robustness

Charging Data

Charging

Call

Messaging

Subscriber profile

User interaction

User location

User status

Policy Data

Request specific policy data

Charging

Messaging

Call

Subscriber profile

User interaction

User location

User status

Technical Specification

Supported Configurations

Network Gatekeeper Base platform

Intel Itanium2

Intel Xeon

Network Gatekeeper Application Test Environment

Intel Pentium

Database included

General characteristics

Programmable interfaces

Supported network protocols

References