Managing Presence Reporting Area

You can manage, view, import, export and create the Presence Reporting Area from Pra Management screen.

Note:

Only administrators can create presence reporting area.

To configure the service:

  1. From the navigation menu, under Policy Configurations, then under Common, click Presence Reporting Area.
    The Pra Management screen appears with the listing of all the available reports. You can create or import new reports from this page.

    Note:

    Click Export to download the available reports to your system.
  2. Click Add.

    The Create Pra screen appears.

  3. On the Create Pra screen, enter values for the input fields common to all the groups available on the screen. .
    The following table describes the fields:
    Field Name Description
    Name The unique name assigned to the PRA.
    Pra Id The unique identifying number of the PRA list. The ID must be numeric value between 0 and 16777125. This field is present if the Area of Interest subscribed or reported is a Presence Reporting Area.
    Presence State

    Indicates whether the UE is inside or outside of the area of interest (e.g presence reporting area or the LADN area), or if the presence reporting area is inactive in the serving node.

    Select any one of the following values:
    • IN_AREA : Indicates that the UE is inside or enters the presence reporting area.
    • OUT_OF_AREA : Indicates that the UE is outside or leaves the presence reporting area.
    • UNKNOWN : Indicates it is unknown whether the UE is in the presence reporting area or not.
    • INACTIVE : Indicates that the presence reporting area is inactive in the serving node.
  4. Expand the Tracking Area List group.
    The expanded window displays the available tracking area lists. To create new lists:
    1. Click Add.

      The Add Tracking Area List window appears on the screen.

    2. Enter the applicable values in the input fields available on the window.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description
      Mnc Defines the Mobile Network Code. Two to three digit number.
      Mcc Defines the Mobile Country Code. Three digit number.
      Tac 28-bit string identifying an E-UTRA Cell Id as specified, in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the Cell Id shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bit of the Cell Id shall appear last in the string.

      Pattern: '^[A-Fa-f0-9]{7}$'

      Example:

      An E-UTRA Cell Id 0x5BD6007 shall be encoded as "5BD6007".

      Note:

      Click Cancel to cancel the changes.
    3. Click Save.
      The value gets listed in the Tracking Area List.

      Note:

      Use Edit or Delete buttons available in the next column to update or delete the listing.
  5. Expand the Ecgi List group.
    The expanded window displays the available Eutra Cell Ids. To create new Ids:
    1. Click Add.

      The Add Ecgi List window appears on the screen.

    2. Enter the applicable values in the input fields available on the window.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description
      Mnc Defines the Mobile Network Code of the PLMN. Two to three digit number.
      Mcc Defines the Mobile Country Code of the PLMN. Three digit number.
      Eutra Cell Id

      28-bit string identifying an E-UTRA Cell Id as specified in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the Cell Id shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bit of the Cell Id shall appear last in the string.

      Pattern: '^[A-Fa-f0-9]{7}$'

      Example:

      An E-UTRA Cell Id 0x5BD6007 shall be encoded as "5BD6007".

      Note:

      Click Cancel to cancel the changes.
    3. Click Save.
      The value gets listed in the Ecgi List.

      Note:

      Use Edit or Delete buttons available in the next column to update or delete the listing.
  6. Expand the Ncgi List group.
    The expanded window displays the available Nr Cell Ids. To create new Ids:
    1. Click Add.

      The Add Ncgi List window appears on the screen.

    2. Enter the applicable values in the input fields available on the window.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description
      Mnc Defines the Mobile Network Code of the PLMN. Two to three digit number.
      Mcc Defines the Mobile Country Code of the PLMN. Three digit number.
      Nr Cell Id

      36-bit string identifying an NR Cell Id as specified in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the Cell Id shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bit of the Cell Id shall appear last in the string.

      Pattern: '^[A-Fa-f0-9]{9}$'

      Example:

      An NR Cell Id 0x225BD6007 shall be encoded as "225BD6007".

      Note:

      Click Cancel to cancel the changes.
    3. Click Save.
      The value gets listed in the Ncgi List.

      Note:

      Use Edit or Delete buttons available in the next column to update or delete the listing.
  7. Expand the Global Ran NodeId List group.
    The expanded window displays the available N3 lwf Ids. To create new Ids:
    1. Click Add displayed in the window.

      The Add Global Ran NodeId List window appears on the screen.

    2. Enter the applicable values in the input fields available on the window.

      The following table describes the fields:

      Field Name Description
      Plmn Id
      Mnc Defines the Mobile Network Code of the PLMN. Two to three digit number.
      Mcc Defines the Mobile Country Code of the PLMN. Three digit number.
      N3 lwf Id

      This field is included if the RAN node belongs to non 3GPP access (i.e a N3IWF).

      If included, this field contains the FQDN of the N3IWF.

      gNb Id
      Bit Length

      Unsigned integer representing the bit length of the gNB ID within the range 22 to 32

      gNb Value

      This represents the identifier of the gNB.

      The string shall be formatted with following pattern:

      '^[A-Fa-f0-9]{6,8}$'

      The value of the gNB ID shall be encoded in hexadecimal representation. Each character in the string shall take a value of "0" to "9" or "A" to "F" and shall represent 4 bits. The most significant character representing the 4 most significant bits of the gNB ID shall appear first in the string, and the character representing the 4 least significant bit of the gNB ID shall appear last in the string.

      Examples:

      "382A3F47" indicates a gNB ID with value 0x382A3F47

      Nge Nb Id This field is included if the RAN Node Id represents a NG-eNB. When present, this field contains the identifier of an NG-eNB.

      Note:

      Click Cancel to cancel the changes.
    3. Click Save.
      The value gets listed under Global Ran NodeId List.

      Note:

      Use Edit or Delete buttons available in the next column to update or delete the listing.
  8. Click Save.

    The Pra details are listed on the Presence Reporting Area screen.

    Note:

    Click Cancel to cancel the configuration.

Importing the Presence Reports

To import the reports:

  1. Click Import.

    The File Upload window appears on the screen.

  2. Upload the files in required format by clicking Drop Files here or click to upload button.