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HLR Router provides these functionalities:
- SCCP message relay functions for HLR Routing
- PDBI provisioning allowing independent information systems to add, delete, change or retrieve information about any IMSI, DN, or Network Entity association
- The ability to add an NPA to a region using NPA Splits
- Automatic provisioning of blacklist entries for new Network Entities
- Efficient and flexible MTP3-style routing of SS7 signaling between MSCs and HLRs
- A Mate Network Entities table that contains preferred and mate relationships that allows rerouting to a Mate Network Entity if the primary is not available
- Ability to throttle the amount of any GSM messages destined to the HLR
- Exception routing of messages that do not find a successful translation in the provisioning database
- The ability for a remote client to run adhoc, read-only queries on a provisioned database using Query Server
- Geographically independent Disaster Recovery NOAM servers that can, upon activation, take over the responsibilities of the main NOAM
- Enhanced application security via the ability to manage the administration of accounts, logins, and passwords
- Real-time alarms and alarm history availability
- The ability to capture and preserve vital collections of configured data using manual and/or automatic backups
- Automatic file-based bulk import of provisioning data on the NOAM
- Map Layer Routing (MLR) to activate or deactivate the map layer routing feature
- On-demand ability to collect performance data on HLR Router
- Access to the Secure Active Network Environment (SANE)