This chapter provides upgrade impact information for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) Release 7.3.1 to BRM 7.4. It describes the Pipeline Manager EDR changes that affect your BRM system and what you must consider when you upgrade from 7.3.1 to 7.4.
See "About Upgrading BRM Releases" for information on planning your upgrade implementation, such as setting up your development and test environments.
Table 11-1 lists Pipeline Manager modules that were changed between BRM 7.3.1 release and BRM 7.4.
Table 11-1 Changed Pipeline Manager Modules
Changed Module | Description |
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This module includes the following new semaphore entries:
See ”Semaphore File Entries” in BRM Configuring Pipeline Rating and Discounting. |
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This module includes the following new registry entries:
See ”Registry Entries” in BRM Configuring Pipeline Rating and Discounting. |
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Enhanced to support non-duration resources for prepaid credit limit checks. See ”About Credit Limit Checks in the Real-Time Discounting Pipeline” in BRM Telco Integration. |
The following tables list the new BRM EDR container fields for the following entities:
Table 11-2 lists the new fields for the Associated CAMEL Extension Record.
Table 11-3 lists the new fields for the Associated Roaming Extension Record.
Table 11-4 lists the new fields for the Associated Suspense Extension Record.
Table 11-5 lists the new fields for the Charge Breakdown Record Tax Packet.
Table 11-6 lists the new fields for the Header Record.
Table 11-7 lists the new fields for the Supplementary Charge Packet Record.
Table 11-8 lists the new fields for the Total Advised Charge Value List.
Table 11-9 lists the new function module fields for AAA EDR.
Table 11-9 New Function Module Fields for AAA EDR
Name | Format | Description |
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SESSION_ID |
String |
Timer id needed to cancel the timer Required by FCT_Timer. |
REACTOR_IDPRE |
Integer |
Internal Field: 1st part of the reactor's address |
REACTOR_IDPOST |
Integer |
Internal Field: 2nd part of the reactor's address |
A_NUMBER |
String |
Specifies the event originator. Used for number portability. |
B_NUMBER |
String |
Specifies the event receiver. Used for number portability. |
CHARGING_START_TIMESTAMP |
Date |
Specifies the event charging timestamp. Used for number portability. |
SOURCE_NETWORK |
String |
Specifies the source network. This can either be the PLMN ID or any logical operator code. Used for number portability. |
SOURCE_NETWORK_TYPE |
String |
Optional. Specifies the source network type, for example GSM 900. Used for number portability. |
DESTINATION_NETWORK |
String |
Specifies the network to which an event is routed. Used for number portability. |
DESTINATION_NETWORK_TYPE |
String |
Optional. Specifies the destination network type, for example GSM 900. Used for number portability. |
IGNORE_NP |
Integer |
State variable to indicate NP data needs to be looked up. Used for number portability. |
The AAA EDR container has been changed as follows:
Input and output blocks for the following TCF AAA opcodes have been added:
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_AUTHENTICATE
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_AUTHORIZE
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_UPDATE_AND_REAUTHORIZE
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_CANCEL_AUTHORIZATION
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_STOP_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_START_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_UPDATE_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_QUERY_BALANCE
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_SERVICE_PRICE_ENQUIRY
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_ACCOUNTING_ON
PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_ACCOUNTING_OFF
Input and output blocks for the following GSM AAA opcodes have been removed:
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_AUTHORIZE
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_UPDATE_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_REAUTHORIZE
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_UPDATE_AND_REAUTHORIZE
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_AUTHENTICATE
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_CANCEL_AUTHORIZATION
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_START_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_STOP_ACCOUNTING
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_ACCOUNTING_ON
PCM_OP_GSM_AAA_ACCOUNTING_OFF