1 Oracle CDR Format Cartridge Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle Communications Offline Meditation Controller Oracle CDR Format Collection Cartridge (CC), which parses the call detail record (CDR) data conforming to the Oracle CDR format.

Before reading this chapter, you should be familiar with Offline Mediation Controller cartridge concepts. For more information, see Offline Mediation Controller Cartridge Development Kit Developer's Guide.

About the Oracle CDR Format

The Oracle CDR format is the CDR file format used by Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) Pipeline Manager to process CDRs for offline charging. For more information about Oracle CDR format, see BRM documentation.

Offline Mediation Controller Oracle CDR Format CC collects the CDR input files conforming to the Oracle CDR format and parses the Oracle CDR format data into a network accounting record (NAR).