About Mediation Servers

The mediation server is used to interface between the SPR (either UDR or SDM) and the BOSS to manage subscriber data. See Policy Management Integration with CMCC for more information about the role of the mediation server in the CMPP system.

The mediation server uses the SOAP over HTTP/HTTPS protocol to process subscriber profile and service subscription data. The mediation server provides:

Initial SPR data provisioning
The mediation server processes the initial subscriber data provisioning file issued by the CMPP system.
SPR provisioning
The mediation server processes the request and response between the CMPP BOSS system and either the UDR or the SDM system.
SPR data consistency checking
The mediation server ensures data consistency between the BOSS and UDR or the SDM systems. After the check is complete, the mediation server generates full or incremental SPR data by time frame or MSISDN prefix and sends the SPR data file to the BOSS system using FTP. The BOSS system compares the data and returns a conflict results file. The mediation server can resolve the conflict by modifying the UDR or the SDM system.