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Oracle® Communications Network Charging and Control

Release Notes

Release 5.0.1

June 2013

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Contents

About the Release Notes.......................................................................................................................... 1 New Features ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Documentation Updates .........................................................................................................................13 Known Problems ....................................................................................................................................14 Fixes in This Release .............................................................................................................................15 About NCC Documentation ....................................................................................................................17 Third Party Products and Licensing .......................................................................................................21

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About the Release Notes

This document provides the release notes for the new and enhanced features introduced between Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control (NCC) release 5.0.0 and NCC release 5.0.1.

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New Features

New CAP3GPRS Control Agent

The new NCC CAP version 3 GPRS Control Agent (CAP3GPRS Control Agent) is a SLEE application that translates between CAP 3 GPRS messages and internal INAP operations.

For more information, see CAP3GPRS Control Agent Technical Guide.

New BRM Charging Driver Features

The BRM Charging Driver includes the following new functionality:

If a subscriber is not provisioned on NCC, the BRM Charging Driver uses the logical calling number to make a reservation, charge, or recharge on BRM.

When using NCC vouchers with BRM, NCC is able to recharge multiple balances with associated expiration dates.

The BRM Charging Driver creates a direct named event for a non-reserveable event at the service level (for example, /service/telco/gsm/telephony) for BRM deals.

You are no longer required to select an NCC balance as a third-party balance when you configure NCC balance types in the Service Management System GUI. You map a third-party balance to an NCC balance by identifying the third-party balance in the 3rd Party Balance field.

The BRM Charging Driver uses the value of the BRM PIN_FLD_SESSION_ID flist field as a sequence number for PCP opcodes so that BRM can identify duplicate opcodes sent within a session.

The BRM Charging Driver uses PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_ACCOUNTING instead of PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_STOP_ACCOUNTING when charging for SMS messages.

You can now specify custom opcodes. The BRM Charging Driver uses the PIN_FLD_DIRECTION field in the input flist to indicate either an

originating or terminating trigger for voice calls and SMS messages. You can now copy PCM input flist fields to an ACS EDR. The BRM Charging Driver records PIN_FLD_RESULT, PIN_FLD_REASON, and

PIN_FLD_RATING_STATUS in profile buffers. For more information, see BRM Charging Driver Technical Guide.

Duration Charged for Sessions Now Output in Type 1 EDRs

You can now capture the duration charged for sessions, which enables you to include the duration in reports and bills, for example; for external business support systems (BSS). The new DURATION_CHARGED field will be output for type 1 EDRs for sessions. DURATION_CHARGED contains the actual charged duration or charged volume for the session.

For more information about EDRs, and a description of the DURATION_CHARGED field, see NCC Event Detail Record Reference Guide.

This feature was introduced in NCC release 5.0.0.1 Patch Set 14637739.

New Configuration in acs.conf

You can now configure ACS to reload the profile tag values, that are set in a control plan, from source when the control plan hands control of the current session to another service. You configure profile tag values to be reloaded from source by setting the new acsChassis sourceSelectionOnHandover parameter in the acs.conf configuration file.

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For more information, see the discussion on acsChassis single instance parameters in NCC Advanced Control Services Technical Guide.

In addition, the acsChassis SRF (Special Resource Function) configuration in acs.conf now supports an SRF from the ZTE Corporation. For more information, see the discussion on acsChassis srf configuration in NCC Advanced Control Services Technical Guide.

New ACS Profile Tags

Four new ACS profile tags are now available in the incoming session data profile block. The profile tags contain the ext-TeleService and ext-BearerService data from the Ext-BasicServiceCode parameter of an IDP, the connect status, and the message type set from the eventtypeBCSM parameter in the IDP.

You can use these profile tags in Profile Branching feature nodes in control plans. For example, you can use the incoming session data in the ext-BearerService and ext-TeleService profile tags for roaming, to determine whether the incoming call is a fax or other non-teleservice. You can use the message type to branch based on whether the incoming message type is for voice MO or voice MT.

The following table lists the names, types, numbers and descriptions for the new profile tags.

Profile Tag Name Profile Tag Type

Profile Tag Number

Description

CC Connect Status Unsigned 32-bit Integer

327818 The connect status. This profile tag was introduced in NCC release 5.0.0.1 Patch Set 14637739.

CC Ext-BearerService

Integer 327816 A code that identifies the type of bearer-service, based on the integer value for the first octet of the IDP parameter ext-basicServiceCode.extBearerServic. This profile tag was introduced in NCC release 5.0.0.1 Patch Set 14637739.

CC Ext-TeleService Integer 327817 A code that identifies the type of tele-service, based on the integer value for the first octet of the IDP parameter ext-basicServiceCode.extTeleService. This profile tag was introduced in NCC release 5.0.0.1 Patch Set 14637739.

CC MSG TYPE Integer 327799 Set from the eventtypeBCSM parameter in the InitialDP.

For more information about profile blocks and profile tags, see the discussion of the main components of ACS in NCC Advanced Control Services Technical Guide.

Default Control Plan for Service Number Enhancement

Calls made to the ACS_Prefix service now use the default control plan if the associated service number either does not have a control plan scheduled or has one that is scheduled at a future date. In earlier releases, the ACS_Prefix service was able to process calls only to service numbers that had a control plan scheduled.

DCA Enhancements

Two new parameters can be configured for the Diameter Control Agent (DCA) in the DCAInstances section of the eserv.config configuration file:

customDefaultUnits configures whether DCA should terminate sessions for initial requests or update requests that do not contain an RSU AVP. Note that the customDefaultUnits parameter applies only when multiple service credit control (MSCC) is in use.

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dontDiscardRatingGroupInResponse configures whether the Rating-Group AVP is returned in CCA responses.

For more information about configuring DCA, see NCC Diameter Control Agent Technical Guide.

DCA Abort Session Request Enhancement

The DCA now sends back the Auth-Application-Id in Abort-Session-Request (ASR) messages that it received earlier in the session (in a CCR) from the Diameter credit-control client. For more information, see Diameter Control Agent Protocol Conformance Statement.

DCD Can Now Exclude Unknown Mandatory AVPs

You can now configure the Diameter Charging Driver (DCD) to exclude unknown mandatory AVPs by setting the new DCD checkDefinedAVPFlags parameter. This flag configures whether DCD should check incoming AVPs for flags that are defined in the base Diameter protocol, or in any of the Diameter application specifications, so that unknown mandatory AVPs can be excluded.

For more information about configuring DCD, see NCC Diameter Charging Driver Technical Guide.

OSD Now Rejects SOAP Requests with Missing Mandatory Parameters

The Open Services Development (OSD) osdInterface is an existing SLEE interface that accepts SOAP requests from ASPs across a configurable range of TCP/IP ports, and transforms them into IDPs. The osdInterface now rejects requests that do not contain the mandatory parameters for the service being used. The interface returns a fault with errorCode 3 ("Missing parameter") when it rejects a request.

For more information, see OSD User's & Technical Guide.

Setting SMPP Parameters for Notifications from a Control Plan

You can now use temporary storage tags to set parameters in SMPP messages sent for notifications.

Note that this new functionality only applies to notifications as sent, for example, using the XMS Send SMS Notification feature node or the ACS Send Notification feature node. It does not apply to network originated messages modified by ACS control plans.

For more information about setting SMPP parameters for notifications, see the discussion on configuring Messaging Manager Director in Messaging Manager Technical Guide.


New SMPP NPI Access Feature

You can now branch in control plans based on number plan indicator (NPI) values, or type of number (TON) values available in four new Messaging Manager profile fields in the temporary storage profile. For more information, see NCC Feature Nodes Reference Guide.

This table lists the new Messaging Manager profile fields.

Profile Field Name Tag Number Tag Type Description

MMX Destination NPI Incoming

3932488 Byte Read only profile field, derived from the number plan indicator (NPI) part of the MMX Destination Address profile field.

MMX Destination TON Incoming

3932486 Byte Read only profile field, derived from the type of number (TON) part of the MMX Destination Address profile field.

MMX Originating NPI Incoming

3932487 Byte Read only profile field, derived from the number plan indicator (NPI) part of the MMX Originating Address profile field.

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MMX Originating TON Incoming

3932485 Byte Read only profile field, derived from the type of number (TON) part of the MMX Originating Address profile field.

In addition, you can now override the NPI values, or TON values sent by Messaging Manager in outgoing messages. You use the Set, or the Copy feature node to set the override values in one or more of the new profile fields listed in the table below. You send the message by using the Send Short Message Notification (SSMN) feature node in the control plan. For more information, see the GUI help for SSMN feature node.

This table lists the new profile fields that override NPI and TON values in outgoing messages.


SSMN Destination NPI Override

3932484 Byte Overrides the destination NPI value in the outgoing message.

SSMN Destination TON Override

3932482 Byte Overrides the destination TON value in the outgoing message.

SSMN Originating NPI Override

3932483 Byte Overrides the originating NPI value in the outgoing message.

SSMN Originating TON Override

3932481 Byte Overrides the originating TON value in the outgoing message.

New CPE View Preferences Configuration

You can now configure the Control Plan Editor (CPE) view preferences for individual SMS users and individual ACS users. A user's view preferences define which features initially display in the CPE window each time the user accesses the CPE. For example, you can configure whether to display or hide the node inspector panel, and you can configure which feature node title style to use.

You configure view preferences for a user by setting the CPE parameter in:

The ACS UI for an ACS user. The SMS UI for an SMS user.

For more information about configuring CPE view preferences, see the discussion on configuring the CPE in CPE User's Guide.

CPE Data Integrity Enhancements

The Control Plan Editor has been enhanced to include data validation of the feature nodes in a control plan.

Any feature node related issues are dynamically displayed in the Issues tab in the search results panel. The issues are also identified in the feature node's configuration window. The CPE automatically updates the issues list by removing feature nodes from the list as you configure them. If there are no issues, the tab is inactive.

There are two levels of issues:

Errors – Where the text and the feature node is colored red. Warnings – Where the text and the feature node is colored orange.

The feature node data is also validated when you open or import a control plan.

For more information, see the Control Plan Editor GUI help.


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Selection Dependent Routing Feature Node Enhancements

You can now configure a fast timeout period for the Selection Dependent Routing feature node that enables callers to exit directly from the feature node after timing out. For example, you can use this feature to connect calls directly to an operator after timing out.

For more information, see the GUI help for Selection Dependent Routing feature node.


Announcement Feature Nodes Continue Session Control After Error

You can now differentiate between an announcement error and other types of error in Play Announcement, and Play Variable Part Announcement feature nodes in control plans. These feature nodes now have an additional error exit that you use when you want to continue a session after an announcement fails for some reason. Previously an operator would be forced to discontinue a session if any type of error occurred, including announcement failures.

For more information, see the GUI help for the Play Announcement, or the Play Variable Part Announcement feature nodes.

Call Filtering Feature Node Reinstated

The previously deprecated Call Filtering feature node has been reinstated. You use the Call Filtering feature node to check whether a number is allowed or barred. For more information about the Call Filtering feature node, see NCC Feature Nodes Reference Guide or the Call Filtering GUI help.

New Configuration Validation for CCS Domains

CCS now displays a list of validation issues in the Configuration Issues area of the Prepaid Charging, Service Management, New Domain and Edit Domain windows for any domains that are incorrectly configured. The system automatically updates this list when you resolve the issues by updating the domain configuration.

For more information about the domain configuration issues list, see the discussion on Service Management in NCC Charging Control Services User's Guide.

New Credit Card Management Feature

The new CCS credit card management feature enables you to manage credit card data for subscribers. This feature provides:

New subscriber management options for specifying credit card details and registering subscribers to credit cards.

New service management options for configuring credit card security at global and service provider levels.

New service management options for setting the maximum number of credit cards per subscriber and subscribers per credit card.

For more information about these options, see the discussions of subscriber management and service management in NCC Charging Control Services User's Guide.


New Advanced Control Services Provisioning Interface Commands

The ACS Provisioning Interface (PI) now includes new commands that enable you to:

Add an ACS customer. The customer can be a sub-customer within a customer hierarchy. You can configure the following attributes associated with the customer by using the PI: A description for the customer

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A customer reference ID Whether the operator manages the customer Whether the customer is a reseller or agent The customer's parent customer

Query an ACS customer. Add, query, and delete one or more permitted termination numbers or terminating number ranges

for a specified ACS customer. Add, query, and delete the service numbers for a specified customer.

You can also use the existing ACSPFL PI commands to configure the furnish charging information (FCI) data associated with a service number.


ACS PI Command List

The following table lists the new ACS PI functions and their corresponding commands. Note that only some of the commands are new, and that some existing commands have been enhanced to add more functionality.

For more information about using ACS PI commands, see PI Commands (ACS) Operations Guide.

Function PI Command

Add an ACS customer. ACSCST=ADD Query an ACS customer. ACSCST=QRY Change a profile entry. Use this pre-existing command to add FCI data. ACSPFL=CHG Query a profile entry. Use this pre-existing command to query FCI data. ACSPFL=QRY Add a service number and associated control plan for a customer. ACSSNM=ADD Query a service number for a customer. ACSSNM=QRY Delete a service number and associated control plan for a customer. ACSSNM=DEL Add a termination number for a customer. ACSTNM=ADD Query a termination number for a customer. ACSTNM=QRY Delete a termination number for a customer. ACSTNM=DEL

New Number Portability Provisioning Interface Commands

The Number Portability (NP) PI now includes new commands that enable you to add, modify, query, and delete a ported number prefix.

The ported number prefixes are stored in the NP_PQYZ database table.


NP PI Command List

The following table lists the new NP PI functions and their corresponding commands.

For more information about using NP PI commands, see PI Commands (NP) Operations Guide.

Function PI Command

Add a ported number prefix. NPYZ1=ADD Query a ported number prefix. NPYZ1=QRY Change a ported number prefix. NPYZ1=CHG Delete a ported number prefix. NPYZ1=DEL

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New Table Lookup Feature Node

The new Table Lookup feature node maps a specified prefix or CLI to a geographical routing code, such as a postal code or an exchange code, by looking up the code in a selected table lookup dataset. The feature node stores the resulting code in a profile field. The exit taken from the feature node depends on whether or not a match is found for the prefix or CLI.

For more information about the Table Lookup feature node, see NCC Feature Nodes Reference Guide.


About Table Lookup Datasets

You can create any number of table lookup datasets for use with Table Lookup feature nodes. Each table lookup dataset contains a group of related codes. For example, you can create a table lookup dataset for a specific geographic area or suburb.

A table lookup dataset can be public (available to all customers) or private (available to a specific customer and its parent customer).

You create and update table lookup datasets by using the new numberDataImport tool. For information about using the numberDataImport tool, see NCC Advanced Control Services Technical Guide.

You can search table lookup datasets for a prefix number or a mapping code using the ACS UI. For more information, see the discussion on searching datasets in NCC Advanced Control Services User's Guide.

Service Number Management Enhancements

You can now associate furnish charging information (FCI) data with a service number by configuring the FCI data management fields in one of these ways:

Using the ACS user interface (UI). For more information, see Advanced Control Services User's Guide.

Using the ACSPFL provisioning interface (PI) commands. For more information, see ACS PI Commands Operations Guide.

The FCI data is stored in FCI profile tags in the service number profile block. You can configure NCC to send the FCI data with outgoing Connect, ETC, and CTR INAP operations.

Important: You may view or edit these fields only if you are an administrator user and you have been allocated the following ACS access permissions for your user template:

AcsConfigNumberMappingTab

AcsFciDataManagement


SCA Custom SIP Headers for Service Controller

The NCC Session Control Agent (SCA) has been enhanced to improve integration with Oracle Communications Service Controller for third-party call control (3PCC):

You can now configure the SCA to send an empty SDP connection address of c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0 in the INVITE message of a 3PCC call-initiation scenario when sca.call_init_use_reinvite = true.

The SCA can now insert custom Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) headers into INVITE messages during 3PCC setup.

The SCA can now insert a SIP header that contains content that was derived from a previously received SIP message.

For more information, see SCA Technical Guide.


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SCA Now Sends SC-specific CAP4 XML

You can now configure the SCA to include the SC-specific CAP4 XML in SIP messages that it sends to the A-Party or the B-Party. You configure whether to send the OCSC-specific CAP4 XML in the following new parameters:

call_init_a_include_cap4_xml call_init_b_include_cap4_xml

For more information about configuring the SCA, see SCA Technical Guide.

SCA Now Supports Alternate A-Party Addresses

The SCA now supports alternate A-Party addresses for third party control (3PCC). Operators can specify a list of alternate addresses that can be used if a subscriber cannot be contacted on the primary address. You configure alternate A-Party addresses by using the existing FORWARD command in NHP rules. You use the FORWARD command to forward SIP requests to one or more alternate destinations.

For more information about configuring the SCA, see SCA Technical Guide.

Messaging Manager Detects SMS for Inbound Roamers

The NCC Messaging Manager detects when an incoming MT-SMS message targets a subscriber from another network who has roamed into the NCC operator's network and is receiving service.

The Messaging Manager processes an MT-SMS for an inbound roamer by invoking a control plan and applying standard Messaging Manager logic before deciding to take one of the following actions:

Delivering the message by relaying the MT-SMS toward the MSC Rejecting the message by sending a MAP permanent failure error to the original SMSC

Messaging Manager Bypasses Home Routing for Roamers

When processing the Send Routing Information (SRI) for an SMS from a domestic operator to a subscriber who is roaming in a foreign network, Messaging Manager bypasses the Home Location Register (HLR) routing to avoid expensive interconnect charges.

For an inbound SRI message, Messaging Manager sends an SRI message to the HLR and analyzes the result. If the network node number parameter does not match an On-Net GT prefix, Messaging Manager passes the SRI back to the originating network which delivers the SMS to the roaming subscriber and pays the terminating charges.

If the network node number parameter matches an On-Net GT prefix, Messaging Manager applies HLR routing and IMSI masking as it usually does.

In addition, the Attempt Delivery Pending feature node has been enhanced. You can now select one of the following three actions for Messaging Manager in its configuration window:

Route Relay Route Unchanged

The new Route Unchanged option allows you to pass the networkNode-Number parameter in MT@SRI-SM responses so that no temporary IMSI is generated for the MT message. Previously you could only configure whether Messaging Manager performed either a route action or a relay action.

SDK Enables Service Plug-ins to Send Custom FCI Data

The Software Development Kit (SDK) now provides a callback mechanism that enables SDK service plug-ins to control the furnish charging information (FCI) content that is sent with the following operation types:

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Outbound Connect or ReleaseCall operations. Outbound EstablishTemporaryConnection (ETC) or ConnectToResource (CTR) operations.

The SDK enhancements enable third-party developers to send custom FCI data before Connect, ETC, and CTR operations. The content of the FCI data is defined by the network operator and depends on requirements of the customer.

For more information on sending custom FCI data, see NCC SDK Developer's Guide.

This feature was introduced in release 4.4.1.3 Patch Set 14644983.

Certification

NCC is now certified on Java SE 7 update 25.

In-session Notifications

Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) is able to trigger end user notifications at any point during a call or session based on actual and forecast usage, to ensure the notifications are delivered at the earliest possible moment. The following real-time notification scenarios are currently possible with BRM:

Threshold notifications (for example, low balance threshold breach) Subscription expiry warning notifications Recurring usage notifications (for example, notifications for every specified number of MB of usage) Tariff change notifications (for example, peak to off-peak rate change, or free minutes exhaustion)

The NCC architecture has been extended to take advantage of the BRM Piggyback Notifications by triggering control plans at the point they are received. NCC receives the BRM in-session notifications (embedded in authorization and reauthorization responses) through the BRM Charging Driver (BCD). The BCD actions extract any BRM notifications and store them in specified ACS profile tags.

New ACS Triggers

You use the Triggers tab on the ACS Configuration window to configure control plan trigger definitions for each of your customers. A trigger specifies the control plan to use and the profile tags to pass to the triggered control plan in its incoming session data.

For more information, see Advanced Control Services User's Guide.

New ACS Trigger Interface

The ACS SLEE interface (acsTriggerIF) generates an IDP to trigger a control plan on receipt of a SLEE event containing control plan trigger details and IDP data.

The configuration parameters are in the ACS.acsTriggerIF section of the eserv.config.

See NCC Advanced Control Services Technical Guide for details.

Changes to Prepaid Charging

The following Prepaid Charging windows have new in-session notifications trigger fields added:

Service Management, Capability windows have been extended to allow the in-session notifications trigger to be selected.

The Subscriber Management, Edit Control Plan option on the Product Type window has been extended to allow the in-session notifications trigger to be overridden for the selected call capability and product type combination.

For more information, see NCC Charging Control Services User's Guide.

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The Universal Attempt Termination with Billing (UATB) feature node has been modified to check if a control plan trigger has been armed after each billing engine action is performed. If a control plan trigger has been armed, the UATB feature node will fetch the required trigger details for the call capability/product type and invoke the new control plan trigger chassis action, passing in the trigger detail.

See NCC Feature Nodes Reference Guide.

BRM Charging Driver

A new optional InSessionNotificationMapping configuration section has been added to the BCD.bcdActionHandler section in eserv.config which allows you to map the data received in the BRM PIGGYBACK_NOTIFICATIONS array fields to NCC profile tags to be used in conjunction with an in-session control plan trigger or to be processed when the session has ended (for IVR channels).

For more information, see BRM Charging Driver Technical Guide.

New NCC ISN Profile Tags and Mapping to BRM Notifications

The following table lists the names, types, numbers and descriptions for the ISN profile tags.

Profile Tag Name Profile Tag Type

Profile Tag Number

Description (BRM Notification)

Language Integer 37 Preferred Language (PT_LANGUAGE) ISN Preferred Channel

String 1312050 Preferred Channel (PT_ISN_PREF_CHANNEL)

ISN Preferred Time Date 1312051 Preferred Time (PT_ISN_PREF_TIME) ISN Credit Threshold Balance

Array 1312052 Tag for Credit Threshold Breach (PT_ISN_CT_BALANCE)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Amount

Integer 1312053 Subtag for balance amount (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_AMOUNT)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Type

Integer 1312054 Subtag for balance type ID (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_TYPE)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Name

String 1312055 Subtag for balance type name (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_NAME)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Current Balance

Integer 1312056 Subtag for current balance (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_CURRENT_BAL)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Group Object

String 1312057 Subtag for group object (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_GROUP_OBJ)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Percent

Integer 1312058 Subtag for percent (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_PERCENT)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Source Object

String 1312059 Subtag for source object (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_SOURCE_OBJ)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Alert Type

Integer 1312060 Subtag for alert type (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_ALERT_TYPE)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Reason

Integer 1312061 Subtag for reason (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_REASON)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Credit Floor

Integer 1312062 Subtag for credit floor (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_CREDIT_FLOOR)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Credit Limit

Integer 1312063 Subtag for credit limit (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_CREDIT_LIMIT)

ISN Credit Threshold Integer 1312064 Subtag for percent threshold


Balance Credit Thresh

(PT_ISN_CT_BAL_CREDIT_THRESH)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Credit Thresh Fixed

Integer 1312065 Subtag for fixed threshold (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_CREDIT_THRESH_FIXED)

ISN Subscription Expiry

Array 1312066 tag for Subscription Expired (PT_ISN_SUB_EXPIRY)

ISN Expiry Date Date 1312067 Subtag for expiry date (PT_ISN_SUB_EXPIRY_DATE)

ISN Streaming Threshold

Array 1312068 Tag for Streaming Threshold reached (PT_ISN_STREAM_THRESH)

ISN Streaming Threshold Current Balance

Integer 1312069 Subtag for current balance (PT_ISN_STREAM_THRESH_CURRENT_BAL)

ISN Balance Array 1312070 Tag for Balance (PT_ISN_BALANCE) ISN Balance Amount Integer 1312071 Subtag for amount

(PT_ISN_BALANCE_AMOUNT) ISN Balance Available Limit

Integer 1312072 Subtag for amount available (PT_ISN_BALANCE_AVAIL_LIMIT)

ISN Rating Status Integer 1312073 Subtag for rating status (PT_ISN_RATING_STATUS)

ISN Lifecycle State Integer 1312074 Subtag for lifecycle state (PT_ISN_LIFECYCLE_STATE)

ISN Failure Reason Integer 1312075 Subtag for failure reason (PT_ISN_FAILURE_REASON)

ISN Balance Type Integer 1312076 Subtag for balance type ID (PT_ISN_BALANCE_TYPE)

ISN Balance Name String 1312077 Subtag for balance type name (PT_ISN_BALANCE_NAME)

ISN Credit Threshold Balance Unit Name

String 1312078 Subtag for balance unit name (PT_ISN_CT_BAL_UNIT_NAME)

ISN Balance Unit Name

String 1312079 Subtag for balance unit name (PT_ISN_BALANCE_UNIT_NAME)

ISN Price Balance Price 1314814 Price balance ISN Price Limit Price 1314815 Price limit

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Documentation Updates

The following changes have been made to the documentation:

A new guide has been added that describes the requirements and configuration for the NCC CAP3GPRS Control Agent. See CAP3GPRS Control Agent Technical Guide.

The CAP3GPRS protocol specification has been added. See CAP3 GPRS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement Guide.

A new guide describes how to use the slpit testing utility and create a call definition input file for it. See NCC Testing Utilities User's Guide.

The following new alarms guide has been added:

CAP3GPRS Control Agent Alarms Guide


Known Problems

List of Known Problems

There are no known problems with this release.

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Fixes in This Release

List of Fixes

The following table lists service request issues reported by external sources that have been fixed in this release.

Service Request (SR) Number

BugDB Number Component Title

3-6794129406 3-6794129522

16313647 ACS ACSCOMPILERDAEMON CONFIG OPTION ENDUNLINKEDEXITS NO LONGER WORKS

3-6805253551 16326227 ACS SLEE_ACS CORES WHEN ACP NODE IS PASSED IN A TIME/DATE

3-6780594651

16299923 ACS NODE RESIZING DOUBLES MOVEMENT

3-6780960861 3-6780513245

16300262 ACS PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT NODE AND PALETTE SHOW/HIDE BOUND TO SAME KEY

3-6793970048 16313185 ACS NEW CP FROM NUMBERS SCREEN MAKES THE INSPECTOR PANEL TAKE UP OVER...

3-6799231851 16326776 ACS UNREACHABLE INVALID NODES NOT IDENTIFIED AS INVALID IF CANCELLED ...

3-6935339621 3-6804905421

16392812 ACS DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS IN CP AND NUMBERS PREVENTS SAV

N/A 16484543 ACS GEO ROUTING FN INCORRECTLY REMEMBERS BRANCH OF REMOVED PREFIX

3-6615377411 3-6611967461

16056996 BE CORE-BEVWARS & CORE-BESERVICETRIGGER ON UBEL01 (SLEE EVENTS)

3-6593220681 16039151 CCS DATA RESERVATION ISSUE 3-6606085289 3-6597894971

16052469 CCS LIFETIME RENEWAL IS NOT WORKING FOR SOME SUBSCRIBERS

3-7212892311 3-6841834951

16407227 CCS FAILURE OF SRP MAKES CALLS ALSO FAIL WHEN PLAYING PRE-CALL ANNOUN...

3-6673970611 16510830 CCS ESCHER COMMIT RESERVATION ERROR AFTER INSTALLING PATCH FROM BUG 1...

3-6806060661 3-6278196541

14729678 CCS CCS TRIGGER ON ACS_CUSTOMER TABLE PREVENTS ADDITION OF NEW ACS CU...

N/A 16654140 CCS NEXT_CHARGE DATE IS WRONG IF PC'S NOTIFCATION TIME CONFIGURED IN ...

3-6586588301 16077141 CCS SELECTING 'RESERVE' IN NAMED EVENT


Service Request (SR) Number

BugDB Number Component Title

CPE NODE RESETS SELECTED EVENT... 3-6656104401 16164051 CCSPI CCSRM1 NACK DUE TO CALL_ID IN

NEGATIVE VALUE 3-6544560906 3-6522549831

15956630 DCA DCA ABORTING INSUFFICIENT FUNDS SESSION AFTER 2 MINUTES

3-6611007751 16170014 DCA DISCREPANCY BETWEEN COSTS AND DURATION FIELD OF A DATA CALL

3-6544560906 15982045 DCA DCA DOES NOT PUT AUTH-APPLICATION-ID IN ABORT-SESSION-REQUESTS

N/A 16178333 DIAMETER ZTE OCS SENDS AVPS WITHOUT 3-6681355661 3-6373954491

15911371 ENUM ENUM RAISES ALARM FOR EVERY OFF-NET RESULT

3-6698770741 16219754 RCA RCA INDEX INSTALLED IN RCA_DATA TABLESPACE

3-7044463301 16627327 SIP OCNCC : OCSC USSD CALLBACK-ANGLE BRACKET NEEDED IN ROUTE HEADER G...

3-6704510435 16219730 USSD_GW UPC INDEX INSTALLED IN UPC_DATA TABLESPACE

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About NCC Documentation

Where to Start

The first guides to look at should be those that help with the installation and configuration of the Network Charging and Control software.

The next set of guides should be those pertaining to your usage of the Network Charging and Control software.

The guides have been generally classified according to their use.

Installation and Configuration Guides

This table lists the primary installation and configuration guides.

Guide Title Media Pack File Name

Installation Guide ncc_501_installation.pdf Release Notes ncc_501_release_notes.pdf Configuration User's guide ncc_501_configuration_ug.pdf System Administrator's Guide ncc_501_sysadmin.pdf Feature Nodes Reference Guide ncc_501_ncc_feature_nodes_rg.pdf Advanced Control Services Technical Guide ncc_501_acs_tg.pdf Advanced Control Services User's Guide ncc_501_acs_ug.pdf Control Plan Editor User's Guide ncc_501_cpe_ug.pdf High Availability Operations Guide ncc_501_high_availability_og.pdf NCC Upgrade Operations Guide ncc_501_ncc_upgrade_og.pdf Service Logic Execution Environment Technical Guide

ncc_501_slee_tg.pdf

Social Networking Service Template User's and Technical Guide

ncc_501_sn_service_template_utg.pdf

Concepts ncc_501_concepts.pdf Testing Utilities User Guide ncc_501_testing_utilities_ug.pdf

External Provisioning Interface Guides

This table lists the external Provisioning Interface guides.


ACS Provisioning Interface Commands ncc_501_acs_pi_commands_og.pdf CCS Provisioning Interface Commands ncc_501_ccs_pi_commands_og.pdf MM Provisioning Interface Commands ncc_501_mm_pi_commands_og.pdf NP Provisioning Interface Commands ncc_501_np_pi_commands_og.pdf Provisioning Interface User's and Technical Guide ncc_501_pi_utg.pdf VPN Provisioning Interface Commands ncc_501_vpn_pi_commands_og.pdf

Standards conformance

This table lists the standards conformance statement guides.


CAP3 GPRS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_cap3gprs_pics.pdf

Data Access Pack Compliance Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_dap_pics.pdf



Diameter Control Agent Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_dca_pics.pdf

Diameter Control Driver Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_dcd_pics.pdf

Intersystem Operations ANSI-41Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_mm_ansi-41_pics.pdf

External Machine Interface (EMI) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_mm_emi_pics.pdf

Mobile Application Part (MAP) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_mm_map_pics.pdf

RADIUS Control Agent Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_rca_pics.pdf

Session Initiation (SIP) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_sip_pics.pdf

Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_mm_smpp_pics.pdf

SIGTRAN m3ua_if Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_sigtran_m3ua_if_pics.pdf

SIGTRAN sua_if Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

ncc_501_sigtran_sua_if_pics.pdf

Charging and Control Management Guides

This table lists the primary charging and control guides.


Customer Care Portal User's Guide ncc_501_ccs_ccp_ug.pdf Charging Control Services Technical Guide ncc_501_ccs_tg.pdf Charging Control Services User's Guide ncc_501_ccs_ug.pdf Promotion Manager User's Guide ncc_501_ccs_promotion_mgmt_ug.pdf Voucher Manager Technical Guide ncc_501_voucher_mgmt_tg.pdf Voucher Manager User's Guide ncc_501_voucher_mgmt_ug.pdf Voucher Print Shop Operations Guide ncc_501_voucher_print_shop_og.pdf

Messaging Manager Guides

This table lists the primary messaging manager guides.


Messaging Manager Navigator Technical Guide ncc_501_mm_navigator_tg.pdf Messaging Manager Technical Guide ncc_501_messaging_manager_tg.pdf Messaging Manager User's Guide ncc_501_mm_message_mgmt_ug.pdf

Number Services Manager Guides

This table lists the primary numbering manager guides.


Number Portability Service Pack Technical Guide ncc_501_np_service_pack_tg.pdf Number Portability Service Pack User's Guide ncc_501_np_service_pack_ug.pdf

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Reference Guides

This table lists the reference guides to use for the Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control product as and when needed:


Advanced Control Services Alarms Guide ncc_501_acs_ag.pdf BRM Charging Driver Alarms Guide ncc_501_brm_charging_driver_ag.pdf CAP3GPRS Control Agent Alarms Guide ncc_501_cap3gprs_ctrl_agent_ag.pdf CAP3 SMS Gateway Alarms Guide ncc_501_capgw_ag.pdf Charging Control Services Alarms Guide ncc_501_ccs_ag.pdf CDMA u-CA-IS41 Alarms Guide ncc_501_cdma_u_ca-is41_ag.pdf Data Access Pack Alarms guide ncc_501_dap_ag.pdf Diameter Control Agent Alarms guide ncc_501_dca_ag.pdf Diameter Charging Driver Alarms Guide ncc_501_dcd_ag.pdf Event Detail Record Reference Guide ncc_501_edr_rg.pdf ENUM Control Agent Alarms Guide ncc_501_enum_ag.pdf LDAP Control Agent Alarms Guide ncc_501_lca_ag.pdf Location Capabilities Pack Alarms Guide ncc_501_lcp_ag.pdf Messaging Manager Alarms Guide ncc_501_mm_ag.pdf Messaging Manager Navigator Alarms Guide ncc_501_mm_navigator_ag.pdf Sample Message Flows Reference Guide ncc_501_msg_flows_rg.pdf Security Reference Guide ncc_501_ncc_security_rg.pdf NP Service Pack Alarms Guide ncc_501_npsp_ag.pdf OSD Alarms Guide ncc_501_osd_ag.pdf Provisioning Interface Alarms Guide ncc_501_pi_ag.pdf ACS PI SOAP Interface Specification ncc_501_acs_pi_soap_wsdl_og.pdf CCS PI SOAP Interface Specification ncc_501_ccs_pi_soap_wsdl_og.pdf NP PI SOAP Interface Specification ncc_501_np_pi_soap_wsdl_og.pdf Radius Control Agent Alarms Guide ncc_501_rca_ag.pdf Roaming Alarms Guide ncc_501_roaming_ag.pdf Session Control Agent Alarms Guide ncc_501_sca_ag.pdf SMS Email Interface Alarms Guide ncc_501_sei_ag.pdf Subscriber Event Service Alarms Guide ncc_501_ses_ag.pdf SIGTRAN Stack Alarms Guide ncc_501_sigtran_tcap_if_ag.pdf Service Logic Execution Environment Alarms Guide ncc_501_slee_ag.pdf Service Management System Alarms Guide ncc_501_sms_ag.pdf SMSB Alarms Guide ncc_501_sm_charging_ag.pdf SMS Centre Alarms Guide ncc_501_sms_centre_ag.pdf Universal Call Agent for ISUP Alarms Guide ncc_501_uca_for_isup_ag.pdf USSD Gateway Alarms Guide ncc_501_ussd_gw_ag.pdf WSDL Reference Guide ncc_501_wsdl_rg.pdf

Other components

This table lists the other components guides.

Guide Title Media Pack file Name

BRM Charging Driver Technical Guide ncc_501_brm_charging_driver_tg.pdf CAP3GPRS Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_cap3_gprs_ctrl_agent_tg.pdf CAP3 SMS Gateway Technical Guide ncc_501_cap3_sms_gateway_tg.pdf Data Access Pack User's and Technical Guide ncc_501_dap_utg.pdf Diameter Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_dca_tg.pdf


Guide Title Media Pack file Name

Diameter Charging Driver Technical Guide ncc_501_dcd_tg.pdf EDR Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_eca_tg.pdf ENUM Control Agent User's and Technical Guide ncc_501_enum_utg.pdf LDAP Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_lca_tg.pdf Location Capabilities Pack Technical Guide ncc_501_lcp_tg.pdf LCP Location Capabilities Pack User's Guide ncc_501_lcp_ug.pdf OSA CHAM Technical Guide ncc_501_osa_cham_tg.pdf Open Services Development User's and Technical Guide

ncc_501_osd_ug_tg.pdf

Radius Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_rca_tg.pdf Radius Control Agent User's Guide ncc_501_rca_ug.pdf Roaming Technical Guide ncc_501_roaming_tg.pdf Session Control Agent Technical Guide ncc_501_sca_tg.pdf SMS Email Interface Technical Guide ncc_501_sei_tg.pdf Subscriber Event Service User's and Technical Guide

ncc_501_ses_utg.pdf

SIGTRAN Technical Guide ncc_501_sigtran_tcap_if_tg.pdf Short Message Charging Bundle User's and Technical Guide

ncc_501_sm_charging_utg.pdf

Service Management System Technical Guide ncc_501_sms_tg.pdf Service Management System User's Guide ncc_501_sms_ug.pdf SMS Centre Technical Guide ncc_501_sms_centre_tg.pdf Universal Call Agent for ISUP Technical Guide ncc_501_uca_for_isup_tg.pdf USSD Gateway Technical Guide ncc_501_ussd_gw_tg.pdf USSD Gateway User's Guide ncc_501_ussd_gw_ug.pdf Virtual Private Network Technical Guide ncc_501_vpn_tg.pdf Virtual Private Network User's Guide ncc_501_vpn_ug.pdf Voucher and Wallet Server Technical Guide ncc_501_vws_tg.pdf XML TCAP Interface Technical Guide ncc_501_tcap_if_tg.pdf

Protected guide

The SDK Developer's Guide is in the separate Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control Developer Pack. A password is required to download this media pack.

Guide Title File Name

SDK Developer's Guide ncc_501_sdk_dev_guide.pdf

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Third Party Products and Licensing

For all the Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control licensing information and all related third party product acknowledgments, see Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control License Document.

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