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Oracle® Communications Service Broker Policy Controller Implementation Guide
Release 6.1
Part Number E29455-01
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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
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1
About Policy Controller
What Policy Controller Does
About Policy Controller Scalability
About Policy Controller Terms
About the Policy Controller Architecture
Architecture Overview
About the Policy Controller Back End Components
About the Policy Designer Interface
About Creating PCC Profiles to Set Bandwidth and Charging Levels
About Creating ADC Profiles to Manage Application Traffic
About the Policy Controller Session Call Flow
2
Installing and Configuring Policy Controller
Policy Controller Hardware and Software Requirements
Installing and Deinstalling Policy Controller
Creating and Starting a Domain and Managed Server for Policy Controller
Understanding Policy Controller Memory Requirements
Configuring Java JVM Parameters
Example Configuration for a Unified Domain with Service Continuity
Example Configuration for Service Availability
Starting, and Configuring Policy Designer
Starting Policy Designer
Setting the Policy Designer Port Number
Using the Policy Designer Accessibility Features
Selecting Accessibility Features
Disabling the Policy Designer Automatic Start
Configuring Policy Controller
Policy Controller Configuration Checklist
Configuring Your Diameter Traffic
Configuring the SSU Diameter and Specify AF and PCEF Servers as Peers
Configuring the SSU Diameter to Route PCEF and AF Service Data Flow
Configuring Policy Controller System Parameters
Configuring Policy Controller Global Parameters
Add any Vendor-specific Values for Event-Trigger to Use as Event Triggers
Configuring the Policy Controller Session Guard Timers
About Execution Blocks
Configuring Data Storage for Policy Controller
Configuring Your PCEF Server
Configuring Your AF Server
(Optional) Configuring Policy Controller to Send SMS Messages
(Optional) Configuring Custom Event Triggers
(Optional) Configuring the Operation Timeout Setting
Changing the Operation Timeout Settings
(Optional) Supporting Explicit Rule Removal
3
Configuring Subscriber Profile and Charging Information
About the SPR/OCSs Available for Policy Controller
How Policy Controller Obtains Subscriber Information from Your SPR/OCS
About the Subscriber Store Data Model
Using the Local Subscriber Store as an SPR/OCS
Using Oracle Billing and Revenue Management as an SPR/OCS
About BRM Subscriber Profiles
Using the BRM as an SPR/OCS
Configuring the BRM Subscriber Store
Configuring the PCP Profile Provider
Configuring a Subscriber Store Provider
Subscriber Profile Data Model
globalProfileData Element
pcrfProfileData Element
counterProfileData Element
About Counter Regions
profileDataExtension Element
userIdentifier Element
PCP Profile Provider Data Mapping
Using a Third-Party SPR with Diameter Connectivity
Using a Third-Party SPR/OCS with Web-Based Connectivity
Confirming that Your Web-Based SPR/OCS is Connected
4
Monitoring Policy Controller Using Runtime MBeans
About Monitoring Policy Controller
Monitoring the Processing Domain
Monitoring the Policy Controller Interfaces
Getting Statistics on the Gx Interface
Getting Statistics on the Rx Interface
Monitoring the Signaling Domain
Checking the Status of Diameter Network Entities
Checking the Status of PCP Network Entities
Checking the Status of Web Service Network Entities
Checking the Status of SMPP Network Entities
5
Implementing Overload Protection
About Overload Protection
Using Gauges and Counters as Key Overload Indicators
About System and Module Levels of Overload Protection
Understanding the Essential Steps for Configuring Overload Protection
Configuring Threshold Crossed Notifications Rules
Specifying Your Key Overload Indicators
Configuring General Monitoring Parameters For Policy Controller
Configuring the Overload Protection Behavior
6
Adding Custom Diameter AVPs
About Adding Custom Diameter AVPs
Adding Custom AVPs to Use with Policy Controller
About Diameter AVP Data Types
Functions Available for Each Data Type
7
Working With the Policy Designer Interface
Working with Deployments
Managing Deployments
Sharing Deployment Files
Working with Profiles
About Rules
Example Rule Strategies
About Redirecting Subscriber Service or Session Traffic
About Using Policy Controller to Send SMS Messages
Using Multi-service Products
Dynamically Changing Service Offerings
About the Advanced Settings for Rulesets, Rules, and Rule Actions
Using the Advanced Menu Features for All Rulesets
Using the Advanced Settings for the Active Ruleset
Using the Advanced Settings for a Rule
Working with Rulesets
Managing Lists of Values
Creating a List of Values
Editing a List of Values
Deleting an Item in a List of Values
Deleting a List of Values
Using Grouped AVPs in the Rules
Adding Grouped AVPs to the Rule Condition Browser
Removing Grouped AVPs from the Rules Condition Browser
8
Creating Policy Charging and Control Profiles
About PCC Profiles
Planning Your PCC Profiles
Creating Rating Group IDs to Use in PCC Profiles
Creating Service IDs to Use in PCC Profiles
Creating a Dynamic PCC Profile
Creating a Predefined PCC Profile
Changing the PCC Profile Table Display
Filtering PCC Profiles by Text, Bandwidth, or Date
Deleting PCC Profiles
9
Creating Application Detection and Control Profiles
About ADC Profiles
Planning Your ADC Profiles
Creating an ADC Profile
Changing the ADC Profile Table Display
Filtering ADC Profiles by Text, Bandwidth, or Date
Deleting ADC Profiles
10
Strategies for Creating Rules
About Creating Policy Controller Rules
Understanding How Policy Controller Makes Policies Take Effect
Selecting Among Subscriber Sessions
Creating Rules Using OCS Subscriber Thresholds
Redirecting Users to a URL
Using Vendor-specific and Default Gx Event Triggers to Reinterpret Rules
Redirecting Service Data Flow for a Session or Individual Service
Globally Redirecting All Services in a Session
Redirecting Individual Services Inside a Session
Creating Aliases for Redirection Target Addresses
Using Rules to Send SMS Messages
Configuring Policy Controller to Send SMS Messages
Adding SMS details to a Rule
Using Custom Diameter AVPs in Your Rules
Example Rules
Using Subscriber Data to Change a PCC Profile
Applying a New Service to an Existing Service
Applying a Profile for Part of a Day
Using an Event Trigger to Change a PCC Profile
Throttling Back QoS When Credit Expires
Using a Local Fact to Apply a PCC Profile
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Creating Rules and Rulesets
About Rules and Rulesets
Working with Rules
Implementing Rules
Rule Editor Naming Conventions
Viewing and Modifying Deployments
Creating and Deleting Rulesets
Creating a Ruleset
Deleting a Ruleset
Setting the Effective Date for a Rule or Ruleset
Managing Rulesets
Creating and Deleting Rules
Creating a Rule
Deleting a Rule
Defining the Condition of a Rule
Creating a Test
Deleting a Test from a Rule
Creating a Condition with Multiple Tests
Changing the Order of Tests
Defining the Actions of a Rule
Asserting a New Action
Changing the Order of Actions
Deleting an Action
About Event Triggers
Using the Condition Browser
Using the Expression Builder
Changing the Display Order of Rules in a Ruleset
Deploying Rulesets to a Deployment
12
Working With Service Data Records
About Service Data Records
About Service Data Record Types
Network SDRs
Application SDRs
About Service Record Data Formats
Common Header Fields for Network SDRs
Common Header Fields for Application SDRs
About Service Record Data Templates
Diameter Templates
SOAP Templates
Customizing Templates
About SDR Output Files
SDR Output Format
Output Fields
SDR Examples
SDR Example Fields
SDR Record Examples
Enabling SDR Generation
Customizing Templates
Configuring SDR Logging
Setting the Maximum File Size and Number of Files
Administrative Issues
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Policy Controller Reference
Policy Controller Specification Reference
Supported Gx Event-Trigger Event Values
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