Emerging architectures and standards in telecommunications

03GPP and IMS have redefined telecom network architectures for next generation all IP networks

04G/LTE/Wi-MAX in wireless and NGN in wired networks use:0 IMS as the core in application domain0 DIAMETER as the core in AAA and policy management

domain0 RADIUS has been enhanced to support complex service

management scenarios for Wi-MAX and other modern networks

AdvOSS Service Charging Solution

0Compliant with 3GPP, Wi-MAX, IMS and NGN0TM-Forum Shared Information Model (SID) Roadmap

Compliance.0The basic solution supports RADIUS for AAA and real-

time prepaid and post-paid charging scenarios0Both RADIUS and DIAMETER are available as part of

Service Management Solution for advanced use cases such as 3GGP compliant policy framework (PCRF)

AdvOSS Service ChargingDiverse Portfolio of future proof Billing & OSS Products

CRM & Order Management Provisioning Engine Converged Billing

Charging & Rating Engine Voucher Management Franchisee

Management

RADIUS Server

AdvOSS Service ChargingAdvOSS RADIUS Server

0Part of Service Charging Portfolio0Multiple Authentication schemes0Real-time session management0Several out of the box AAA applications0Change of Authorization (Server Initiated)0Real-time interface to Service Charging and Rating0CDR generation0Revenue Assurance0Service Assurance

AdvOSS Service ChargingAdvOSS RADIUS Server

0Built on top of AdvOSS Service Delivery Platform (SDP)

0Scalable to millions of subscriber sessions0Supports Automated Failover and High Availability for

carrier grade deployments0Supports on the fly extensibility and customizability

to accommodate new AAA use cases through simple XML/JavaScript based scripting

AdvOSS Service ChargingCRM

0 AdvOSS CRM allows a service provider to manage all aspects of its relationship with its Customers. It allows the CSP to define services, create multiple Service Offerings for each service, bundle them in products and catalogs and issue those products as subscriptions to subscribers.

AdvOSS Service Charging Provisioning Engine

0 AdvOSS Provisioning Engine executes all changes on the network elements required for order fulfillment or service management purposes. It provides multiple transports to integrate with different types of interfaces. It can integrate with any work flow orchestration engine and includes three different types of orchestration engines.

Account Balance Management

Multiple Currencies Payment Processing

Billing Cycles Subscription Charges Invoicing & Financials

Virtual Operators Corporate Billing & Enterprise Accounts

Friends n FamilyPackages

AdvOSS Converged Billing enables a service provider to process subscription charges for the services that it offers. It allows converged multiple services to be provided to subscribers and allows flexible subscriber and subscription models with different life cycles. It generates invoices and processes all payments in different ways. It integrates with CRM, Rating & Charging engines, HSS and Provisioning Engines for full cycle service management.

AdvOSS Service Charging Converged Billing

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-Free on net calls, 1000 Free mins on local and international calls

AdvOSS Service Charging Corporate Billing & Enterprise Account

Wallet Management

AdvOSS Service Charging Multi-services Billing

0 Sophisticated Multi-services Billing & Service Management0 Easy on the fly creation & management of new services

Enterprise Account

Wimax Data

VPNVOIP/SIP

Trunk

Video Conferen

cing

IP Contact Center

Web Hosting

AdvOSS Service ChargingSubscription model

0 Services are bundled into service groups:0 Service group is a collection of related services

0 Service offerings0 Unit of service that can be subscribed individually e.g. offerings can be created

for data, voice, video, gaming etc. It has associated subscription charges with it0 Counter offerings

0 Units of Service Quotas e.g. free minutes or volume, that can be offered as bundled with Service Offering or as separately subscribed add on.

0 Plans0 Provides bundling of service offerings and counter offerings

0 Line Rents0 Non-usage based fixed charges the customer needs to pay as rent of service or

inventory item

For further details of AdvOSS Subscription model check our knowledge base article from here

AdvOSS Service ChargingSubscriptions

0 Subscriptions are objects that allow the customers access to services

0 Customers are assigned subscriptions when they subscribe to services

0 Subscriptions have periodic billing cycles0 They may also have associated counters as quota e.g. free volume,

free minutes0 On each billing cycle, subscription charges are deducted AND

associated counters are re-initialized0 Difference between subscription charges and Non usage charges:

0 Subscriptions are always against usage of services0 Non usage charges are just deducted at fixed intervals

0 No counters are re-initialized on their deduction

For further details check AdvOSS knowledge base article from here

AdvOSS Service Charging Charging & Rating Engine

0 AdvOSS Charging & Rating Engine enables a service provider to track usage of its services by its customers. It includes a quota manager that consumes usage of services against different counters defined as part of subscriptions. It also includes an Account Balance Management Function that keeps track of customer’s balances. Rating Engine allows flexible pricing mechanisms for usage of services including flat, time varying, progressive and others.

AdvOSS Service Charging Charging & Rating Engine

03GPP compliant0Real-time

0 Quota Manger (3GPP counter objects)0 Session Based Charging

0Real-time session management for multiple services0 Voice, Data, video, gaming

0 Event-Based Charging0Each occurrence of an event charged individually

0 SMS, MMS, Games

AdvOSS Service Charging Session Based Charging

0Session Based Charging divided into two further categories:

0Duration Based charging0 Voice calls0 Internet usage time

0Usage Based charging0 Volume consumed0 Flow-based volume consumption

0 Individual services accessed as flows e.g. OTT (videos, gaming, VOIP)

AdvOSS Service ChargingWhat is Real-time Charging?

0Real-time Charging requires to support one or more of the following modes or options:0 Unit reservation0 Interim Accounting0 Combination of both

0A charging engine that does not support the above modes cannot perform in real-time for data charging since it does not have information about tariff rate switching and the corresponding usage in each tariff slot during the session

AdvOSS Service ChargingUnit reservation

0 Units of duration or usage reserved by network service delivery function before delivering the service

0 Units reserved from the account balance 0 (Re-)Authorization application reserves the units before

delivering service in collaboration with Charging Engine0 More units reserved when expired if session still going on0 Residual units returned to account from last reservation when

session terminates0 Enables pure real-time prepaid behavior0 Enables concurrent sessions0 Account cannot go into negative balance ever

AdvOSS Service ChargingInterim Accounting

0 Periodic Interim accounting packets provide the accounting clock during an ongoing session

0 Usage units deducted on each Interim accounting directly from account balance

0 Account can go into negative if usage exceeds the remaining balance in the interval between two successive interim accounting packets

0 This mode is called near real-time and pre-paid with a small risk0 Risk can be minimized by reducing the interval between

successive Interims0 Balance needs to be stricken between reducing the interval and

increasing the network traffic

AdvOSS Service ChargingCombination of Interim Accounting and unit

reservation

0Units reserved in session as in Re-Authorization on start of Accounting session

0Periodic Interim accounting packets provide the accounting clock during an ongoing session

0Usage units deducted from the reservation on each Interim accounting instead of directly from the account balance

0Residual units returned to account on session termination

0Minimizes risk of balance going into negative further

AdvOSS Service ChargingRating Engine

0 Rating Types:0 Event Based Rate Sheets0 Session Based Rate Sheets0 Usage Based Rate Sheets0 Rounding0 Progressive Rates0 Peak/Off-Peak Rates0 Holiday Discounts0 Loyalty Programs0 Free Minutes and Free Volumes0 Friends and Family Packages0 Rate Activation Management0 Customized Rating through breakout functions

For further details check AdvOSS knowledge base article from here

AdvOSS Service ChargingCounters

0 Quota holding units of service usage0 Can be created and offered to customers for direct subscription0 Can be offered as part of a service offering0 May include a matching criteria at the time of service usage to update

them0 Policy can be defined on counter becoming fullExamples:0 Free volume (No matching criteria)0 Night unlimited (matching criteria time of day)0 Free minutes for calls to specific prefixes in voice (matching criteria is

the dialed prefix)0 Friends and Family (matching criteria is the dialing and dialed numbers)

For further details of Counters check AdvOSS knowledge base article from here

AdvOSS Service ChargingTransactional API

0AdvOSS Service Charging solution exposes a highly efficient Transactional Application Programming Interface to its companion products, or other third party clients.

0The API can be called from workflow layers provided by accompanying AdvOSS products such as AAA and provisioning engine.

0The combination of workflow layer and API enables:0 Realization of complex use cases by writing applications

and business logic on top of service charging and billing0 Easy extensibility and addition of new functionality

AdvOSS Service charging

Transactional Application Programming Interface

AdvOSS Service Charging Voucher Management System

0 AdvOSS Voucher Management System enables a Service Provider to use pins as payment vouchers. It provides a highly secure mechanism of pin generation and then full life cycle of the pin including activation, selling, redemption and purging, Supports scratch cards and dispensable pins. Allows resellers to generate their own pins. Provides integration with different payment terminals. Generates real-time detailed reports for business intelligence

AdvOSS Service Charging Franchisee Management System

0 AdvOSS Franchisee Management System enables a service provider to appoint a network of franchisees for sales and payment processing. It also allows sales and tracking of payment vouchers to them. It supports creation, distribution and eventual redemption of electronic credit as a method of payment and for this purpose allows franchisees to make their own network of reseller franchisees. Includes self-serve portal for Franchisee admins and tellers

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