By

Abhishek Mehrotra
IN Fault Management
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Main Objectives

Intelligent Network Evolution

IN Introduction
Intelligent Network in Ericsson
Charging System
Description of Intelligent Services
Nodes
Basic Call Flow
Health Checkup

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Intelligent Network Evolution

Need for Customer Oriented

network
Needs to distribute the
intelligence to the network
nodes
Demand for Bigger network

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Plain old Telephone system

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Intelligent Network 1

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Benefits of Intelligent Networks

Introduce new services rapidly

Provide service customization
Establish vendor independence
Create open interfaces

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IN in Ericsson Charging
system

In Ericsson , the Intelligent

Network is stated as Charging
system 3.0
Various Nodes in the Ericsson
Charging System
SDP (Service Data Point)
AIR (Account Info & Refill)
VS (Voucher Server)

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MINSAT
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
CCN ( Charging Control Node)
DWS (Data WareHouse System)
EMM ( Ericsson Multimediation )
AF (Account Finder)
All the nodes in the Intelligent Networks are Solaris
based and using UNIX platform as their command
line

Except for the CCN it is a TSP based node

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IN System Overview
0..n

ISUP

IVR

(if ASCS)

NQ

MSC

gsmSSF
gsmSRF
SSF
SRF

CS1+,
CAP
v1-v2

gsmSCF
SCF

gsmSCF
SCF

1..n

Batch
jobs
(ftp)

AIR

CAPv3 (PS MO-SMS, GPRS)

CCN

IPCC

LDAP HTTP
(TCP/IP)

RPC
(FaF
adm)

Charging
Mgmt

CAI

EPK/U/TM-01:008 Uen Rev PD11

0..n

EMM

Online
Mediation

EMM/

DR/CDR

CAI
(if MINSAT),
PAMI
(if ASCS)

File & Event Mediation

Call history
data to ADM

0..n

NQ

MML

HLR

FNR

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Number Query to FNR

Charging System
Nodes
New Charging
System Nodes
Certified Nodes

1..n

0..n

EMA

0..n

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DWS

NQ

DR/CDR

Same bundle

Service
Network

Account Finder Query

EMAPv1&2

MML
(barring)

EMM 0..n

(On-line Gateway)

Open Interface

CDR Transfer (ftp)

Content
Service
Provider

Parlay (Corba),
Diameter Credit Control
+ other

Service PIPS
Layer
Enabler
Products
(e.g. MMC)

0..n

Account
Finder

MML
(provisioning)
(if MINSAT)

EMAP
v1&v2
0..n

0..n

DNS
update
from ADM

NQ

HTTP (TCP/IP)

SBCC

CS1+

l
ntro
it Co
Cred
eter P/IP)
Diam
(TC

ter
Diame )
P
(TCP/I

DR

LDAP towards
ext. system
(Community)

0..n

Batch jobs
(ftp)
UCIP

UGW

RPC

SDP

Batch jobs
(ftp)

Charging
System
3.0

XML/http

0..n

1..n

gprsSSF

0..n

(Community)

CS1+

PSL

CAPv3 (CS MO-SMS)

GGSN

Thresh.
Notif.
(ftp)

LDAP

TSP, Co-locatable

Voucher
Server
(VS)

XML/http

INS

SGSN

0..n

XML/http

NQ

1..n

XML/http

RPC

CS1+

PPS-IN

0..n

CS1+,
CAP
v1-v2

0..n

IN-IVR

ADM
DR

XML/http

SCP-T

Same platform (FDS/Sun)

Co-locatable

Batch jobs
(ftp)

POSI, PAMI
(if ASCS)

MML
0..n

CC API (CAI)
(if MINSAT)

HP

SCE/SMS

1..n

DNS update to
Account Finder

Call history data from DWS

Core Network

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Release Candidate

Service Data Point (SDP)

Contains the database with subscriber and

account information
Rates calls and events, including postprocessing of Call Detail Records (CDR)
Initiates USSD- and SMS-notifications
Provides the evaluation logic required for
the call-control performed by the SCP or
CCN
Triggers the setup of a USSD Call-back
Call

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MINSAT

MINSAT is Mobile IN Subscriber

Administrative Tool
Responsible for all subscriber
administration
No traffic is handled, but interaction in realtime with other systems for provisioning
and updates is possible through the
external interfaces provided
Used to provision and delete subscribers
Delivers Reports to support Business
Management

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AIR

All refill operations go through the

AIR system
Manages all refill configurations
Supports a number of file based
batch-jobs for making bulk
adjustments, -promotions, and
refills
SS7 configuration
AIR is able to handle multiple
Voucher Servers

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AF

AF is account finder
enables usage of multiple
SDPs by providing SDP
identity for a certain account

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VS

Voucher Generation
Import of voucher-batches generated
by a third-party source
Purging of Vouchers and Voucher
history
Batch State Changes
Enquiries of Voucher Information
Providing AIR with voucher
information during refill

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HP-IVR / IN-IVR/ VXML- IVR

The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is a

voice based self-service application for
refill, account balance etc
IVR interacts with AIR to provides services
3 possible IVRs IN-IVR (SCP-T), HP-IVR
& VXML-IVR
IN-IVR stores all voice announcements in
the announcement equipment in the MSC
or MGw
HP-IVR or VXML-IVR stores all voice
announcements initiated by the in the IVR
itself.

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CCN
Allows real-time charging of switched calls,
data, GPRS, SMS and content based
services communications.
CCN is built on Ericsson Telecom Server
Platform (TSP). CCN has the following
main
Functions
Charging session control
Charging System session handling
Charging System interface
Account routing
Call Detail Record (CDR) generation

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DWS

Data Warehouse System (DWS) is a

system for correlating information from
many different sources to reconcile
provisioning and usage information, answer
customer enquiries in near real-time, and
better manage the complex tasks of a
Charging System business.
DWS collects data from various network
sources, then filters, correlates, and
transforms this information to provide
business critical reports for customer care,
financial and audit departments

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EMM

Ericsson MultiMediation

File & Event Mediation

Collector
Processing
Distribution

File & Event Activites

Value Router
Formatter
Consolidator

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Call flow
Originating Charged Call

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Terminating Charged Call

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Questions?
Questions?

Questions?

Questions

Questions?
Questions?

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