Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Downloading Oracle Communications Documentation
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

Part I Overview of Integrating Wireless Services

1 About Integrating Wireless Services

• About Using BRM for Wireless Services
  • GSM Services
  • GPRS Services
• About Managing SIM Cards
• About Managing Telephone Numbers
• How Accounts Are Created and Managed
• How GSM Usage Events Are Rated
  • Rating Postpaid GSM Events
  • Rating Prepaid GSM Events

2 Overview of BRM Wireless Services Installation

• Overview of a BRM Wireless System
  • Creating and Managing Customer Accounts
  • Setting Up the Price List
  • Setting Up Rating
• Overview of Installation and Configuration Tasks
  • Overview of Pipeline Manager Installation
  • Summary of Installable Components
• Component Configuration Dependencies
  • Prerequisites for Running Components
  • Supported Operating Systems and Databases
  • Running Components on Different Machines
• End-to-End Testing

3 Installing Wireless Suite

• About Wireless Suite
• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing Wireless Suite
• Setting Up Wireless Provisioning
  • Enabling Wireless Provisioning
• Uninstalling Wireless Suite

Part II Prepaid AAA Overview

4 Understanding Prepaid AAA

• How BRM and Your External Networks Support AAA
• About Authenticating Prepaid Customers
• About Authorizing Prepaid Usage
  • About the Authorized Duration or Volume
  • About the Validity Period for Volume-Based Authorizations
  • About Determining whether there Are Sufficient Resources
    • Determining Resource Sufficiency for Policy-driven Charging Sessions
    • How BRM Handles Discountable Events and Multiple RUMs
  • About Calculating Maximum Authorizations
    • About Calculating Maximum Authorization for Policy-Driven Charging Sessions
  • About Reserving Resources for Prepaid Services
• About Reauthorizing Prepaid Usage
• About Canceling Authorizations for Prepaid Usage
• About Accounting for Prepaid Sessions
• Setting Up BRM to Process AAA Requests

5 Providing In-Session Notifications for Network Connectivity Applications

• About AAA Responses Containing In-Session Notifications
  • About the Flow of Information Between BRM and the Network Connectivity Application
• About In-Session Notifications in BRM
  • About the Conditions that Trigger In-Session Notifications
  • About the Maximum Scaled Delay Time for Tariff Changes
  • About the Opcode Used to Set Up In-Session Notifications
  • About Service-Related Information in the In-Session Notifications
• About Subscriber's Preferences Data in In-Session Notifications
• Configuring Your Environment to Provide In-Session Notifications
  • Enabling In-Session Notifications
  • About Configuring the Maximum Scaled Delay Time for a Resource
• How BRM Provides In-Session Notifications
  • How BRM Provides Credit Threshold Breach Notifications
    • How BRM Avoids Repetitions of Threshold Breach Notifications for a Session
  • How BRM Provides Subscription Expiration Notifications
  • How BRM Provides Streaming Usage Threshold Summaries
  • How BRM Provides Call Denial Notifications
    • Call Denial Error Codes
  • How BRM Provides Tariff Change Indication in the AAA Responses
    • How BRM Calculates the Scaled Delay Time for a Service
  • How BRM Provides Subscriber Preferences in Notifications
• How the PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_POL_POST_PROCESS Policy Opcode Works
• Customizing the Handling of In-Session Notifications from BRM
  • Customizing AAA Processes by Extending Policies
  • About Setting Up Custom Applications to Receive Credit Threshold Breach Information
• How Network Connectivity Applications Orchestrate Prepaid Sessions

6 Managing Subscriber Preferences

• About Subscriber Preferences
• Maintaining Subscriber Preferences with Customer Center
  • About Regulating Permissions to Update Subscriber Preferences
• Maintaining Subscriber's Preferences Data with Custom Client Applications
• Customizing Subscriber Preferences

7 How BRM Processes Prepaid AAA Requests

• About Processing Prepaid AAA Requests
• How BRM Authenticates Prepaid Customers
• How BRM Authorizes Users to Access Prepaid Services
  • Authorizing Multiple Services for a User with a Single Call
  • Authorizing Multiple Services for a User without Reserving Resources
  • Authorizing Multiple Services for a User with Monetary Balances in a Non-BRM Database
• How BRM Reauthorizes Prepaid Services
• How BRM Updates and Reauthorizes Prepaid Sessions
• How BRM Cancels Prepaid Service Authorizations
• How BRM Rates and Records Prepaid Activity Events
• How BRM Refunds Charges for Prepaid Activity Events
• How BRM Manages Prepaid Sessions
  • How BRM Handles Quota Readjustment
  • How BRM Handles Offer Profile Threshold Breaches
  • How BRM Starts Prepaid Sessions
  • How BRM Updates Prepaid Sessions
  • How BRM Ends Prepaid Sessions
  • How BRM Closes Prepaid Sessions When the External Network Shuts Down
  • How BRM Closes Prepaid Sessions When the External Network Restarts
• Scaling Quantities for Prepaid Authorization Requests
• Credit Limit Checks during Prepaid Authorization
  • About Credit Limit Checks by Rating Opcodes
  • About Credit Limit Checks in the Real-Time Discounting Pipeline
    • Determining Whether there Are Sufficient Resources
    • Calculating Maximum Quantities for Single-RUM Authorization Requests with Discounts
    • Calculating Maximum Quantities for Multi-RUM Authorization Requests
    • Enabling Rounding for Maximum Quantity Results
    • Special Cases for Calculating Maximum Authorizations
• Readjustment of Quota During Prepaid Authorization for Policy-Driven Charging

8 Using Lightweight Authorization

• About Lightweight Authorization
  • About Traffic-Light Status
    • How BRM Determines the Traffic-Light Status
    • About Traffic-Light Status and Multiple Resources in a Service
    • About Traffic-Light Status and Sponsored Accounts
  • About Reducing Authorization Latencies
    • About the Upper Threshold
    • About the Reservation Amount
    • About Enabling Lightweight Authorization for Reauthorization Requests
    • How BRM Reduces Authorization Latencies
  • About Reducing Network Spikes during a Tariff Change
    • About the Lower Threshold
    • About the Maximum Time Delay
    • How BRM Uses a Scaled Delay Time to Reduce Network Spikes during a Tariff Change
  • How BRM Authorizes Users to Access Services When Lightweight Authorization Is Configured
  • How BRM Reauthorizes Prepaid Services When Lightweight Authorization Is Configured
  • About Setting the Reauthorization Amount
• Setting Up Lightweight Authorization
  • Enabling Lightweight Authorization in BRM
  • Configuring Lightweight Authorization
  • Editing the Lightweight Authorization Configuration File
    • Editing the File to Reduce Authorization Latencies
    • Editing the File to Reduce Network Spikes during a Tariff Change
    • Format of the Prepaid Traffic-Light Configuration File
    • Sample Prepaid Traffic-Light Configuration File
    • Customizing the Scaled Delay Time
  • Overriding the Traffic-Light Status, Reservation Amount, and Scaled Delay Time

9 About Provisioning GSM Services

• How GSM Provisioning Works
  • Actions that Trigger GSM Provisioning
• About Delayed Provisioning
• About GSM Service Provisioning Flags
• About Supplementary Service Provisioning Flags
• About Service ERA Provisioning Flags
• Using Event Browser to Determine the Provisioning Status
• About Customizing and Localizing GSM and Supplementary Service Provisioning Flags
• About XML Provisioning
• Sample XML Document
• Service Order XML DTD

Part III Managing GSM Services

10 About Performing AAA for Prepaid GSM Services

• About Processing AAA Requests for GSM Services
• About GSM AAA Manager
  • About the GSM AAA Manager Opcodes
  • About the GSM AAA Manager Storable Classes
  • About the GSM AAA Manager Utilities
• Setting Up Your System to Perform AAA for Prepaid GSM Services
• Specifying Default AAA Preferences for GSM Services
• Sending AAA Requests to GSM AAA Manager
  • Authenticating Users for GSM Services
  • Authorizing GSM Services
  • Reauthorizing GSM Sessions
  • Updating and Reauthorizing GSM Sessions
  • Canceling Authorization for GSM Services
  • Managing Prepaid GSM Sessions
    • Starting Prepaid GSM Sessions
    • Updating a Prepaid GSM Session
    • Ending Prepaid GSM Sessions
    • Closing Prepaid GSM Sessions When the External Network Shuts Down
    • Closing Prepaid GSM Sessions when the External Network Restarts
  • Customizing GSM Authorization IDs
• Preparing GSM-Specific Data by Using Helper Opcodes
  • Preparing GSM-Specific Input Flists for Authorization
  • Preparing GSM-Specific Input Flists for Reauthorization
  • Preparing GSM-Specific Input Flists for Stopping Accounting Sessions
  • Preparing GSM-Specific Input Flists for Updating Accounting Sessions
  • Building Search Templates for GSM Session Objects
  • Building Search Templates for GSM Active Session Objects
  • Aggregating Return GSM Data

11 Installing and Configuring GSM Manager and Provisioning Data Manager

• About the GSM Manager Components
• Mandatory Configuration Tasks
• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Installing GSM Manager and Provisioning Data Manager
• Configuring and Testing GSM Manager and Provisioning Data Manager
• Applying the Correct Partitioning Layout to Event Tables
• Configuring the Provisioning Data Manager
  • Provisioning Data Manager Configuration File Entries
• Connecting the Connection Manager to the Provisioning Data Manager
• Creating Network Elements
• Loading GSM Configuration Files
  • Loading Provisioning
  • Loading Service Order States
  • Loading the Telco Event Map
  • Loading GSM Provisioning Flag Definitions
  • Loading the Permit Mapping Files
• Configuring Event Notification for GSM Manager
• Loading the Sample GSM Price List
  • Loading the Sample Price List XML File
• Testing GSM Provisioning
• Uninstalling GSM Manager and Provisioning Data Manager

12 Installing GSM AAA Manager

• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Installing GSM AAA Manager
• Uninstalling GSM AAA Manager

13 Setting Up GSM Wireless Pricing

• About Creating GSM Products
• Specifying Usage Rate Plan Names
• About Resources
• About RUMs
• About Impact Categories
• About the Event Map
• About the Sample GSM Pricing Configuration
  • About the Sample GSM G/L IDs
• About the Sample GSM Price List
  • Corporate Plus Data Add-On Plan
  • Corporate Plus Fax Add-On Plan
    • Corporate Plus Fax Add-On Product
  • Corporate Plus GSM Plan
    • Corporate Plus SMS Product
    • Corporate Plus Telephony Package Product
  • Standard Data Add-On Plan
  • Standard Fax Add-On Plan
    • Standard Fax Add-On Product
  • Standard GSM Plan
    • Standard SMS Product
    • Standard GSM Telephony Product
  • Teen Data Add-On Plan
  • Teen Fax Add-On Plan
    • Standard Fax Add-On Product
  • Teen GSM Plan
    • Teen SMS Product
    • Teen Telephony Product
  • Corporate Plus Telephony Add-On Deal
  • Standard Telephony Add-On Deal
  • Teen SMS Add-On Deal
  • Teen Telephony Add-On Deal
  • Settlement Plan
    • Settlement Deal
    • Settlement Product

Part IV Services Framework Overview

14 Understanding the Services Framework

• About the Services Framework
  • About Collecting Information for Prepaid Customers
  • About Service Management
  • About Provisioning Services
  • About Processing AAA Requests for Prepaid Services
• Services Framework Architecture

15 Installing Services Framework Manager

• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing Services Framework Manager
• Uninstalling Services Framework Manager

16 Installing Services Framework AAA Manager

• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing Services Framework AAA Manager
• Uninstalling Services Framework AAA Manager

17 About Customizing the Services Framework Manager Client

• About Customizing the Services Framework Manager Client
• Overview of Customizing the Services Framework Manager Client
• Creating Custom Service and Device Panels
  • Coding Your Customizations
  • Creating Custom Service Panels
  • Creating Custom Device Panels
    • Sample Device Panel Subclass Template
  • Creating Custom Device Search Panels
  • Creating Custom Device Search Entry Panels
    • Sample Search Entry Subclass Template
  • Creating Custom Device Search Results Panels
    • Sample Search Results Subclass Template
• Utility Class CCTelcoUtility
• Configuring Service and Device Panel Layouts by Using Configurator
  • Telco Service Configurator
  • Telco Device Configurator
  • About Device Prepopulation

18 About Managing Prepaid Services and Extended Rating Attributes

• About BRM Prepaid Services
  • About Telco Service Logins and Passwords
  • About Associating SIM Cards and Numbers with Services
    • About Assigning SIM Cards
    • About Assigning Numbers
• About Provisioning Tags for Telco Services
  • About the Provisioning Tags Application
  • Examples of Provisioning Tags for Prepaid Services
• About GSM Supplementary Services
  • How Supplementary Services Are Stored in BRM
• About Extended Rating Attributes for Telco Services
  • About Configuring ERAs for Individual Customers
  • How ERAs for Telco Services Are Stored in BRM
• Defining Provisioning Tags for Telco Services by Using the pin_telco_tags file
  • Configuring Provisioning Tags in the pin_telco_tags File
  • Loading the pin_telco_tags File
• Defining ERAs for Telco Services
• Defining Account-Level ERAs in the pin_telco_tags File
• Supported Supplementary Services
• Default Account-Level ERAs
• Default Service-Level ERAs

19 About Provisioning Services

• About Services Framework Provisioning
  • About Provisioning Telco and Non-Telco Services
• About Service Orders
  • About Creating Service Orders for Supplementary Services
  • About Creating Service Orders for Devices
  • About Creating Service Orders for Profile Changes
  • About Service Order Status
• About the Provisioning Process
  • About Adding Details to the Service Order
  • About the Allowable Service Order State Transitions
  • About Provisioning Modes
  • Provisioning Process Opcode Flow
• Setting Up Services Framework for Provisioning
  • Setting Up Event Notification for Provisioning
  • Specifying the Details to Add to the Service Order
  • Specifying the Available States for Each Service Order
  • Configuring Service Status Change for Device-to-Service Associations
• Setting Up Services Framework for Non-Telco Services
  • Specifying the Non-Telco Services Supported by Services Framework
  • Customizing the Provisioning Mode Based on Service Order Attributes
  • Setting a Timeout Value for Requests Sent in Confirmed Mode
• Enabling In-Flight Changes to Service Orders
• Service and Device Object Updates

20 About Performing AAA for Prepaid Services

• About Processing AAA Requests for Prepaid Services
• About Services Framework AAA Manager
  • About Services Framework AAA Opcodes
  • About the Services Framework AAA Storable Classes
  • About the Services Framework AAA Manager Utilities
    • Utilities to Load Data Specific to In-Session Notifications
  • Services Framework AAA Manager Process Overview
• About Tracking Data in Master Sessions and Subsessions
  • Specifying How to Rate Subsessions
    • Flagging Session Data As a Master Session or a Subsession
    • Specifying to Store Master and Subsession Data in Storable Class Extensions
    • Specifying Whether a Network Connection Is Closed or Still Open
    • Ensuring That All Subsessions Have Stopped before Closing the Master Session
• Specifying Default AAA Preferences
  • Specifying Default Authorization and Reauthorization Values
  • Configuring How Services Framework AAA Manages Session Objects
    • About Maximum Scaled Delay Times for Resources and In-Session Notifications
    • Configuring Services Framework AAA Parameters XML Files
  • Configuring Services Framework to Call Helper Opcodes
  • Configuring How BRM Calculates Reservation Balances
    • Calculating Reservation Balances for IMDB Cache-Enabled Systems
    • Calculating Reservation Balances for Non-IMDB Cache Systems
• Improving Search Performance for Prepaid Services
• Configuring Services Framework AAA Manager for Custom RUMs
  • Supporting Custom RUMs during the AAA Process
  • Supporting Custom RUMs in a Multiple RUM Scenario
• Implementing AAA Functionality for Custom Service Types
• Sending AAA Requests to the Services Framework AAA Opcodes
  • Authenticating Users for Custom Services
  • Authorizing Prepaid Services
    • About Limiting Event Authorization Time
  • Reauthorizing Prepaid Sessions
  • Updating and Reauthorizing Prepaid Sessions
  • Canceling Authorization for Prepaid Services
  • Rating and Recording Activity Events
  • Managing Prepaid Sessions
    • Starting Prepaid Sessions
    • Updating a Prepaid Session
    • Ending Prepaid Sessions
    • Closing Prepaid Sessions when the External Network Shuts Down
    • Closing Prepaid Sessions when the External Network Restarts
    • Requesting an Account's Balance Information
    • Requesting Service Price Information
• Preparing Service-Specific Data by Using Helper Opcodes
  • Preparing Service-Specific Flists for Authorization
  • Building Service-Specific Search Templates
  • Preparing Service-Specific Flists for Reauthorization
  • Preparing Service-Specific Flists for Ending Accounting Sessions
  • Preparing Service-Specific Flists for Updating Accounting Sessions
  • Preparing Service-Specific Flists for Activity Events

21 Adding New Prepaid Services

• About Adding a Prepaid Service
• Extending Configuration, Event, Service, and Device Objects
• Creating and Loading Configuration Files
• Modifying Policy Files
• Modifying Customer Center to Support Your New Service
  • Create Service Panels
  • Configure Customer Center by Using Configurator
• Testing Provisioning by the Network Simulator

22 Testing Provisioning Using BRM Network Simulator

• About the Network Simulator
• Perl-Based Agent
• Java-Based Simulator
• Using the Network Simulator
• Running the Java-Based Simulator
  • Parameter Descriptions
  • Java-Based Simulator Sample Command

23 Services Framework Utilities

• load_pin_network_elements
• load_pin_service_framework_permitted_service_types
• load_pin_telco_provisioning
• load_pin_telco_service_order_state
• load_pin_telco_tags

24 Services Framework AAA Utilities

• load_config_reservation_aaa_prefs
• load_aaa_config_opcodemap_tcf
• load_pin_telco_aaa_params
• load_pin_config_auth_reauth_info

Part V Managing GPRS Services

25 About Performing AAA for Prepaid GPRS Services

• About Processing AAA Requests for GPRS Services
• About GPRS AAA Manager
  • About the GPRS AAA Manager Opcodes
  • About the GPRS AAA Manager Storable Classes
  • About the GPRS AAA Manager Utilities
• Setting Up Your System to Perform AAA for Prepaid GPRS Services
• Specifying Default AAA Preferences for GPRS Services
• Sending AAA Requests to GPRS AAA Manager
  • Authorizing GPRS Services
  • Reauthorizing GPRS Sessions
  • Updating and Reauthorizing GPRS Sessions
  • Canceling Authorization for GPRS Services
  • Rating and Recording Activity Events
  • Managing Prepaid GPRS Sessions
    • Starting Prepaid GPRS Sessions
    • Updating a Prepaid GPRS Session
    • Ending Prepaid GPRS Sessions
    • Closing Prepaid GPRS Sessions when the External Network Shuts Down
    • Closing Prepaid GPRS Sessions when the External Network Restarts
  • Customizing GPRS Authorization IDs
• Preparing GPRS-Specific Data by Using Helper Opcodes
  • Preparing GPRS-Specific Flists for Authorization
  • Preparing GPRS-Specific Flists for Reauthorization
  • Preparing GPRS-Specific Flists for Updating Sessions
  • Preparing GPRS-Specific Flists for Ending Sessions
  • Building Search Templates for GPRS Session Objects
  • Building Search Templates for GPRS Active Session Objects

26 Installing GPRS Manager 3.0

• Installing GPRS Manager 3.0
• Configuring Event Notification for GPRS Manager
• Uninstalling GPRS Manager 3.0

27 About Managing and Provisioning GPRS Services

• About GPRS Manager 3.0
• About Provisioning GPRS Services
• About Associating APNs and QoS with GPRS Services
• Setting Up Provisioning for GPRS Services
  • Creating Provisioning Tags for GPRS Services
  • Specifying the Provisioning Configuration for GPRS Services
  • Specifying the Available States for Each GPRS Service Order
  • Specifying the Event Types Available for GPRS Services
  • Creating RUMs for GPRS Services
• Associating APNs and QoS with GPRS Services
  • Mapping Service Types to Service-Specific Opcodes
  • Associating APN and QoS Pairs with GPRS Services
  • Updating Custom GPRS Service Fields

28 Installing GPRS AAA Manager

• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing GPRS AAA Manager
• Uninstalling GPRS AAA Manager

Part VI Managing IMT and PDC Services

29 About Using IMT Manager

• About Using IMT Manager
• How Usage Events Are Rated
• Overview of a BRM Wireless System
  • Setting Up the Price List
  • Setting Up Rating

30 Installing and Configuring IMT Manager

• Overview of IMT Manager Installation and Configuration Tasks
  • Overview of Pipeline Manager Installation
  • Summary of Installable Components
  • Component Configuration Dependencies
  • Prerequisites for Running Components
  • Supported Operating Systems and Databases
  • Running Components on Different Machines
• Hardware and Software Requirements for IMT Manager
• Installing IMT Manager
• Configuring IMT Manager
  • Applying the Correct Partitioning Layout to Event Tables
  • Enabling IMT Manager and Disabling Provisioning
  • Loading IMT Manager Configuration Files
    • Loading Provisioning Tags
    • Loading the Event Map
    • Loading IMT or PDC Notification Events

31 Configuring IMT and PDC Services and Extended Rating Attributes

• About PDC and IMT BRM Services
• About Supplementary Services
  • How Supplementary Services Are Stored in BRM
• About Extended Rating Attributes
  • How ERAs Are Stored in BRM
• About Configuring Services, Supplementary Services, and ERAs
• About Creating ERA Definitions and Provisioning Tags
  • Creating Custom ERAs
  • Creating Account ERA Definitions
  • Creating Provisioning Tags
  • Loading Provisioning Tags
• Default Service-Level ERAs

32 Adding a New IMT or PDC Service

• About Extending IMT and PDC Services
  • Extending the IMT and PDC Services
  • Customizing the Policy FM for a New IMT or PDC Service
  • Creating Control Files for a New IMT or PDC Service
  • Mapping Event Types to Services
  • Configuring Bill Items
  • Configuring the Pipeline for Services and Event Types
  • Setting Up the IMT and PDC Price Lists
• End-to-End Testing Your IMT Manager Implementation

Part VII Managing Telephone Number Inventory

33 About Managing Telephone Numbers

• About Managing Numbers
• About Using Number Administration Center
  • About Managing Blocks and Numbers
  • About Managing Numbers with Branded Accounts
    • Brand-Aware Number Attributes
    • Number Attributes that Are Not Brand Aware
  • Managing Numbers in a Multischema System
  • Getting Information about Number Usage
• About Managing Telephone Numbers in Customer Center
• About Number Device States
  • Taking Numbers Out of Quarantine
  • Displaying the Number Inventory
• Creating a Block of Telephone Numbers
  • About Customizing Block Creation and Modification
• About Modifying a Block
  • Changing the Size of the Number Block
  • Splitting a Block
• Updating Telephone Numbers
• About Number Customization Options
• About the Number Manager Opcodes
  • Creating Blocks of Numbers
  • Modifying Blocks of Numbers
  • Splitting Blocks of Numbers
  • Managing Number Quarantine
  • Managing Number Portability
• Customizing Number Manager
  • Customizing Number Normalization
  • Customizing How Numbers Are Associated with Services
  • Customizing Telephone Number Attributes
  • Customizing How a Number Can Be Changed
  • Changing a Block's Brand

34 Installing and Configuring Number Manager and Number Administration Center

• Mandatory Configuration Tasks
• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing Number Manager on UNIX
• Installing Number Administration Center
• Configuring Event Notification for Number Manager
• Customizing Number Quarantine
  • Changing the Default Quarantine Period
  • Changing the Quarantine Status Manually
  • Changing How Number Quarantine Works
• Customizing Device States
  • If a Number Has No Status Displayed in Number Administration Center
  • Adding Device State Names
• Creating Network Elements
• Creating Number Categories
• Creating Vanity Types
• Customizing Number Device Service Associations
• Customizing How Service Types Are Used
• Changing the Number Administration Center Number Display Format
  • How BRM Chooses a Mask
  • About Truncating Numbers by Using Masks
  • Changing the Number Display Format
  • Creating a Custom Number Format Class
• Configuring Search Performance in Number Administration Center
• Uninstalling Number Manager

35 Number Manager Utilities

• load_pin_num_config
  • Location
  • Syntax
  • Parameters
  • Results
• pin_change_num_quarantine
  • Location
  • Syntax
  • Parameters
  • Results
  • Examples

Part VIII Managing SIM Card Inventory

36 About Managing SIM Card Inventory

• About Managing SIM Cards
• About Creating SIM Cards
  • About SIM Card Orders
  • About Managing Orders
  • About SIM Card Request and Response Files
  • About SIM Card Pre-Provisioning
    • Enabling SIM Card Pre-Provisioning
  • About Managing SIM Cards in a Branded System
  • Managing SIM Cards in a Multischema System
• About Associating a SIM Card with a Customer's Service
• About SIM Card Device States
• Changing the Brand or Network Element of SIM Cards
• About SIM Card Customization Options
• Getting Information about SIM Card Usage
• About the SIM Manager Opcodes
  • Creating and Updating SIM Card Orders
  • Creating SIM Cards
  • Provisioning SIM Cards
• Customizing SIM Card Manager
  • Customizing SIM Card Service Association
  • Customizing SIM Card Validation
  • Customizing SIM Card Number Changes
  • Customizing SIM Card Brand Association

37 Installing and Configuring SIM Manager and SIM Administration Center

• Mandatory Configuration Tasks
• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing SIM Manager on UNIX
• Installing SIM Administration Center
• Configuring Event Notification for SIM Manager
• Customizing SIM Card and Service Associations
• Supporting Encrypted KI Values with Oracle
• Creating Network Elements
• Creating SIM Card Formats
• Customizing SIM Card Device States
  • If a SIM Card Has No Status Displayed in SIM Administration Center
  • Adding Device State Names
• Customizing Service Types
• Customizing How to Pre-Provision SIM Cards
  • Specifying the Pre-Provisioning Service
  • Changing the Pre-Provisioning MSISDN
• Loading Order Status Definitions
• Customizing SIM Administration Center
  • Specifying the Maximum Quantity of SIM Cards in a Request File
  • Specifying the Maximum Quantity of SIM Cards in an Order
  • Specifying the Information You Want to Receive about SIM Cards
  • Specifying whether the Response File Includes a Check Digit
  • Specifying the Size of Searches
  • Specifying SIM and IMSI Number Maximum Length
• Creating SIM Cards for Testing
• Uninstalling SIM Manager

38 load_pin_sim_config

• Location
• Syntax
  • Parameters
  • Results

Part IX Managing Voucher Inventory

39 About Managing Voucher Inventory

• About Managing Voucher Cards
• About Creating Vouchers
  • About Voucher Orders
  • About Voucher Deals
  • About Dealers
  • About Recharge Card Types
  • About Voucher Details
  • About Managing Orders
  • About Modifying Orders
  • About Voucher Request and Response Files
    • Vendor Request Files and Voucher Orders
    • Vendor Response Files and Voucher Devices
  • About Request and Response File Templates
    • About Request and Response File Encryption
• About Managing Vouchers
  • About Voucher Device States
  • About Managing Vouchers in a Branded System
  • Managing Vouchers in a Multischema System
• Managing Expired Vouchers
• About Voucher Customization Options
• Getting Information about Voucher Usage
• How Voucher Association Works
• Customizing How Voucher Manager Manages Devices
  • Customizing Voucher Creation
  • Customizing Voucher Validation
  • Customizing Voucher Association
  • Customizing Voucher/Service Association
  • Setting the Brand for a Voucher
• Customizing How Voucher Manager Manages Orders
  • Customizing Order Creation
  • Customizing Order Association
  • Customizing Order Attributes
  • Setting the Brand for an Order
  • Canceling Orders
  • Deleting Orders

40 Installing and Configuring Voucher Manager and Voucher Administration Center

• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Mandatory Configuration Tasks
• Installing Voucher Manager
• Installing Voucher Administration Center
• Customizing Voucher Device States
  • If a Voucher Has No Status Displayed in Voucher Administration Center
  • Adding Device State Names
• Loading Order Status Definitions
• Loading Dealer Details
• Loading Recharge Card Details
• Loading Voucher Device States
• Loading Voucher Order States
• Customizing and Loading Voucher Service Associations
• Loading Voucher Details
• Creating Vouchers for Testing
• Uninstalling Voucher Manager

41 Voucher Manager Utilities

• load_pin_dealers
• load_pin_recharge_card_type
• load_pin_voucher_config
• pin_voucher_expiration

Part X Managing IP Address and APN Inventories

42 About IP Address Manager

• About Managing IP Address and APN Device Inventories
• About IP Address Manager
  • About IP and APN Device States
    • IP Address Device States
    • APN Device States
  • Associated Services Lists
• IP Address Manager Configuration
  • Important /device Object Fields

43 Installing and Configuring IP Address Manager and IP Address Administration Center

• System Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Installing IP Address Manager
• Installing IP Address Administration Center
• Configuring IP Address Manager
  • Customizing IP Address and APN Device Life Cycles
    • Customizing IP Address Device States
    • Customizing APN Device States
  • Customizing IP Address and APN Service Association Lists
    • Customizing the IP Service Association List
    • Customizing the APN Service Association List
• Troubleshooting
  • APN States Not Displayed in IP Address Administration Center
  • IP Address States Not Displayed in IP Address Administration Center
• Uninstalling IP Address Manager

44 Using the IP Address Manager APIs

• Using the IP Address Manager APIs
• Managing Your IP Address Device Life Cycle
  • Creating a Single IP Address Device
  • Creating a Range of IP Address Devices
    • Creating a Range of IP Addresses with a Subnet Mask
  • Customizing IP Address Creation
  • Associating an IP Address with Accounts or Services
  • Disassociating an IP Address Device from Accounts or Services
  • Changing IP Device States from Unallocated to Returned
  • Modifying an IP Address Device
  • Setting the Brand on an IP Device
  • Sorting IP Devices by Using Canonical IP Address
  • Deleting an IP Address Device
• Managing your APN Device Life Cycle
  • Creating an APN Device
  • Associating APN with an Account or Service
  • Modifying an APN Device
  • Changing the APN Device State
  • Setting the Brand for an APN Device
  • Deleting an APN Device
• Extending the IP Address Manager Storable Classes
• Adding Business Logic to the IP Address and APN Policy FMs

Part XI Managing Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls

45 About Finding Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls

• About Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
• About the Criteria for Finding Dropped Calls
• About the Criteria for Finding Continuation Calls
• How Batch Rating Detects Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
  • How Batch Rating Identifies Dropped Calls
  • How Batch Rating Identifies Continuation Calls
  • About the Dropped Calls Data File
  • About Recycling Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
  • About Batch Rerating and Dropped Calls
• How Real-Time Rating Detects Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
  • How Real-Time Rating Detects Dropped Calls
  • How Real-Time Rating Detects Continuation Calls
  • About Storing Dropped Call Data during Real-Time Rating
  • About Real-Time Rerating and Dropped Calls
• About Applying Discounts and Credits to Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls

46 Configuring Your System for Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls

• Setting Up Your System to Identify Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
  • Creating the Dropped Calls ERA
    • Sample pin_config_provisioning_tags_droppedcall.xml File
  • Configuring Batch Rating to Find Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
    • Specifying the EDR Fields for Finding Dropped Calls
    • Specifying the EDR Fields for Identifying Continuation Calls
    • Mapping Dropped Call Fields to Continuation Call Fields
  • Configuring Real-Time Rating to Find Dropped Calls and Continuation Calls
    • Specifying the Termination Causes for Dropped Calls
    • Specifying the Rules for Finding Continuation Calls
• Purging Old Call Data from Memory