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Objectives

At the end of the lesson the student will be able to:

Describe the Roaming Engine User Interface

Select the different parameters needed
Select the different options
Understand how to use Roaming aggregator

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Cigale Roaming Engine Overview

Probe (usually 24
hours recording

*.edx file if OCEAN Probe

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.xl3 file

Roaming engine
.qrm file

MySql database

Roaming view

Activity Analysis

QoS control and trends

emphasis First level
troubleshooting

High detail level investigation

and analysis Second level
troubleshooting

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User interface
Main menu

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Select the XL3 file you want to process

Click on the button

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to open a window as below:

Select the output directory

1. Click on the button

to allow to set the output directory

2. Click on the button

to choose the directory

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Define the HPLMN Detection

The HPLMN is set automatically to your MCC-MNC network
code if Automatic HPLMN detection is checked.

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Define the area

Enter the name of the area

choose a unique identifier (1-255).

It will be used for aggregation mechanism.

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Define the options

Trace with imei

If checked Cigale roaming will

associate IMSI/TMSI to IMEI

ROM,RLS,
and RID files

Files on CDR, Statistics and

IMSI/IMEI associations

OFO,XLI
and XRC files

statistics Files on location

update

Loss of Roamers

Statistics files for Loss of

roamers

TRF file

Statistics files for traffic analysis

Roaming database

To be able to generate
The roaming database

MySQL Database

Define the database

parameters

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All the files can be

read using excell

Start the process

Click
Start

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You can
Stop also

Roaming aggregator
Roaming Aggregator is installed in [AGGREGATOR] Roaming View installation folder.It
works in command line:
Options setting:

-A : Complete path and name of MS ACCESS 2000 application

-R : Complete path and name of roaming view application
-D : Complete path of Roaming View Database (*.qrm files)
-F : Complete path and name of output database

Exemples:

Command: C:\Program Files\Astellia\RoamingViewGIS\AGGREGATOR/ROAMING_AGGREGATOR.exe"

-A "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSACCESS.EXE"
-R "C:\Program Files\Astellia\Roaming View GIS\RoamingView_GIS.mde"
-D "E:\in"
-F "E:\\out\union.qrm

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Exercise on Roaming Engine

Use an .XL3 file to process with all the options defined and

process it and choose area 1

Use a second .XL3 file to process with all the options
defined and process it and choose area 2
Use the two .qrm generated and using command line
aggregate them into a single .qrm file

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