Glossary

This glossary explains terminology used throughout the Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper (Services Gatekeeper) documentation set.

3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Project, a collaborative group of telecom standards bodies.

Account

A registered application or service provider. An account belongs to an account group, which is tied to a common SLA.

Account group

Multiple registered service providers or applications that share a common SLA.

Administrative User

Someone who has privileges on the Services Gatekeeper management tool. This person has an administrative user name and password.

Alarm

The result of an unexpected event in the system, often requiring corrective action.

API

Application Programming Interface.

Application

A TCP/IP based, telecom-enabled program accessed from either a telephony terminal or a computer.

Application-facing Interface

The Application Services Provider facing interface.

Application Instance

An Application Service Provider from the perspective of internal Services Gatekeeper administration. An Application Instance has a user name and password or certificate.

Application Service Provider

An organization offering application services to users through a telephony network.

Application Test Environment

A tool that lets application developers test their applications on a simulated Services Gatekeeper.

AS

Application Server.

ATE

Application Test Environment.

CBC

Content based charging. Charging based on the nature of the content delivered, not on time used or simple per-use cost.

CDR

Charging Data Record.

Communication Service

Mechanism by which a particular telecom network capability is made available to Internet-based applications. It consists of an application-facing interface (north), a generic capability, and a network-facing interface (south).

CPU

Central Processing Unit.

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture.

CRM

Customer Relationship Management.

DMZ

Demilitarized Zone, a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external services to a larger, untrusted network.

EAR

Enterprise Archive file.

EDR

Event Data Record.

EJB

Enterprise Java Bean.

Enabler

The Services Gatekeeper layer that performs routing and protocol translation. It provides network-facing interfaces.

End User

The ultimate consumer of the services that an application provides. An end user can be a network subscriber, such as a prepaid service customer or it a non-subscriber, as such as an automated bulk-message application.

Enterprise Operator

See Application Service Provider.

Enterprise Service Bus

A middleware component that supports messaging, routing, XML data transformation, and service orchestration.

ETSI

The European Telecommications Standards Institute, a telecom standards body.

Event

A traceable, expected occurrence in the system, of interest to the operator.

EWS

Extended Web Services, a set of Web Services interfaces developed by Oracle offering access to network functionality not covered by Parlay X.

Facade

A set of interfaces exposed to application service developers. A facade functions as a view of an enabler.

HA

High Availability.

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language.

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

INAP

Intelligent Network Application Part, a telephony signalling protocol.

Interceptor

A mechanism that intercepts and manipulates a request flowing through a Communication Service in Services Gatekeeper. Deployed in the Network Tier.

Interceptor Stack

A flexible set of chained evaluation steps used in Services Gatekeeper.

IP

Internet Protocol.

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity, the Java API for database access.

JEE

Java Enterprise Edition.

JMS

Java Message Service.

JMX

Java Management Extensions.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.

Location Uncertainty Shape

A geometric shape surrounding a base point specified in terms of latitude and longitude. Used in terminal location.

MAP

Mobile Application Part.

Marshall

To record the state and codebase(s) of an object in such a way that when the marshalled object is "unmarshalled," a copy of the original object is obtained, possibly by automatically loading the class definitions of the object.

Mated pair

Two physically distributed installations of Services Gatekeeper nodes sharing a subset of data allowing for high availability between the nodes.

MIB

Management Information Base.

MLP

Mobile Location Protocol.

MM7

A multimedia messaging protocol specified by 3GPP.

MMS

Multimedia Message Service or an instance of this service.

MMSC

Multimedia Message Service Center.

MPP

Mobile Positioning Protocol.

Network Plug-in

The Services Gatekeeper module that implements the interface to a network node or OSA/Parlay SCS through a specific protocol.

NS

Network Simulator.

OAM

Operation, Administration, and Maintenance.

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, an e-business and web standards consortium.

OCSG

Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper.

On-boarding

Registering applications and service providers to enable their access to Services Gatekeeper and the underlying network.

Operator

The party that manages Services Gatekeeper. Usually the network operator.

Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Container

The container hosting communication services.

Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Core Utilities

A set of utilities common to all communication services.

Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Core

The container that holds the Core Utilities.

ORB

Object Request Broker.

OSA

Open Service Access.

OSA/Parlay

The Open Service Access interfaces used by Parlay gateways.

OSS

Operation Support Systems.

Out of the box

The level of functionality available in the default installation of Services Gatekeeper.

PAP

Push Access Protocol.

Parlay

The Parlay Group, a telecom standards body.

Parlay Gateway

A telecom gateway implementing Parlay interface.

Parlay X

A set of telecom Web Services interfaces specified by the Parlay Group.

Plug-in

See Network Plug-in.

Plug-in Manager

The Services Gatekeeper module charged with routing an application-initiated request to the appropriate network plug-in.

POJO

Plain Old Java Object.

Presence information

A status indicator that conveys the accessibility and the willingness of a potential communication partner.

Presentity

A supplier of presence information.

PRM

Partner Relationship Management.

Quotas

An access rule based on an aggregated number of invocations. See also Rates.

QoS

A Quality of Service plan that affects communication service performance, including latency and bandwidth.

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disk.

RAM

Random Access Memory.

Rates

An access rule based on allowable invocations per time period. See also Quotas.

RESTful

Interfaces that follow Representation State Transfer style.

Rf

The Diameter offline charging mode.

RMI

Remote Method Invocation.

Ro

The Diameter online charging mode.

Rules

The customizable set of criteria - based on SLAs and operator-desired additions - according to which requests are evaluated.

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language.

SCF

Service Capability Function or Service Control Function, in the OSA/Parlay sense.

SCS

Service Capability Server, in the OSA/Parlay sense. Services Gatekeeper can interact with these on its network-facing interface.

Service Capability

Support for a specific kind of traffic within Services Gatekeeper. Defined in terms of Communication Services.

Service Provider

See Application Service Provider.

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol.

SLA

Service Level Agreement.

SMPP

Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol.

SMSC

Short Message Service Center.

SMS

Short Message Service or an instance of this service.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol.

SOA

Service Oriented Architecture.

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol. A protocol for exchanging Web Services messages.

SPA

Service Provider APIs.

SPI

Service Provider Interface.

SQL

Structured Query Language.

SS7

Signalling System #7, a signaling protocol used in traditional telecom networks.

Subscriber

A person or organization that signs up for access to an application. The subscriber is charged for the application service usage. See also End User.

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol.

TUPS

Transaction Units Per Second.

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data.

UCP

Universal Computer Protocol.

VAS

Value Added Service.

VASP

Value Added Service Provider.

VCS

Virtual Communication Service.

Virtual Communication Service

Simulated Services Gatekeeper that runs inside the ATE.

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network.

VPN

Virtual Private Network.

W3C

The World Wide Web Consortium, a web standards group.

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol.

WAP Push

A protocol for sending WAP content (an encoded message including a link to a WAP address) that is pushed to a subscriber's handset.

Watcher

A consumer of presence information.

WSDL

Web Services Description Language.

WS-Security

An OASIS security standard for Web Services.

XML

Extensible Markup Language.