User manual ALCATEL-LUCENT 8614 INSTANT ZONE DATA SHEET

[. . . ] Alcatel-Lucent Instant Zone (IZO) RELEASE 2. 4 The Alcatel-Lucent IZO is an application that enables mobile service providers to address hyper-market segmentation by creating attractive tariff packages based on the location of the subscriber. The Alcatel-Lucent IZO is a key software component within the Alcatel-Lucent Convergent Payment solution. [. . . ] · High availability ¬ High availability solution offering active-standby configurations ¬ Geographical diversity to support disaster avoidance and disaster recovery programs · Extensive usage records ¬ Generation of call detail records (CDRs) / event data records (EDRs) in operator configurable formats (ASN. 1) efficiently tracked, network utilization is optimized, congestion risk is reduced, playful offers with attractive tariffs help reduce churn, gain new subscribers and increase consumption · Simultaneously addresses consumer home zones, enterprise office zones as well as campus zones for universities · Simplifies subscriber-zone process calculation with pre-integrated GIS by entering subscriber's physical address · Allows end-user query on present zone location · Simultaneously supports both prepaid and post-paid subscribers, eliminating the need to have separate support infrastructures · Offers open APIs for ease of integration into existing service provider environment · Delivers flexibility to support a number of different connectors to third-party elements: ¬ Real-Time Charging/Call Control system, for real-time locationbased charging ¬ Home Location Register (HLR), for retrieving the end-user location e. g. when Cell Id is not provided by the network or in case of called location option ¬ Network Topology Data Base, for keeping the cell database of IZO up-to-date ¬ Short Message Service Cell Broadcast system (SMS CB), for the yield zone discount information broadcast option ¬ Operation and Maintenance Centre (OMC), for collecting cell load indicators for yield zone ¬ Geographic Information System (GIS), for enabling zone calculation from physical address ¬ Operations Support System/Business Support System (OSS/BSS), e. g. for customer care or customer self provisioning · Ability to easily support the expansion and evolution of the network Benefits · Encourages subscribers to substitute mobile services for fixed services · Defines unique rates based on the zones associated with the given subscriber · Defines geographically discounted calls for all subscribers · Allows tariffs dynamically dependent on traffic in the zones (yield zones): peaks and off-peaks are 2 Alcatel-Lucent 8614 Instant Zone ­ IZO | Release 2. 3 | Data Sheet Flexible architecture The Alcatel-Lucent IZO is a highly flexible product with a set of open APIs that allow easy integration into a service provider environment (see next figure). The Alcatel-Lucent IZO consists of two main software components: the Zone Manager and the Zone Generator (optional). Zone Manager The Zone Manager contains the definitions of all zones, cells and subscribers. To apply the correct tariff plan, the zone definition information can be provided by IZO in real-time: · Either to the an on-line charging system (in prepaid/post-paid on-line charging case) · Or to a call/session control system (in post-paid off-line charging case) as to enrich the network CDR with zoning information that can be used by billing. The Zone Manager is pre-integrated with the Alcatel-Lucent Instant Convergent Charging (ICC) Suite for on-line charging cases and with Alcatel-Lucent Service Interaction Gateway Real-Time Call Control (SIG RTCC) for off-line charging cases. When integrated with a third-party on-line charging system or call/session control system, the Zone Manager can be triggered either by its real-time XML API or thanks to Alcatel-Lucent SIG RTCC which can act as a proxy between the network and third-party on-line charging system. This wide range of integration patterns allows the Zone Manager to accept requests from the network in all cases as to determine the subscriber's zone for the purpose of rating. If needed, the Zone Manager cell and zone data can be synchronized from operator network topology database thanks to a file interface. In addition, the Zone Manager has the ability to query the HLR to refresh the current location of the subscriber and use network information such as Mobile Station ISDN number (MSISDN) and cell identity to request the real-time zone calculation to be completed by the Zone Generator. The result is compared to the defined zones associated with a given subscriber. For Yield Zone purposes, the Zone Manager also interfaces with the OMC-R as to upload cell load data (pre-integrated with the AlcatelLucent 9159 Network Performance Optimizer of the Alcatel-Lucent OMC-R solution) and with the Cell Broadcast system as to advertise Yield Zone discounts (pre-integrated with the MCMS Cell Broadcast solution from Intersec). Figure 1. Alcatel-Lucent IZO supporting unique tariffs for multiple zones Optional (feeds cells and zones in IZO DB) Optional (queried when A or B location is missing) Required for Yield Zone (feeds cells load in IZO DB) OSS/BSS systems (configuration, provisioning, customer care, self care (Web, USSD, IVR, . . . ) XML/HTTP(s) or SOAP Open interface. Pre-integrated by ALU ICC (provisioning high level API, customer care and self-care channels) Topology DB HLR OMC-R SMS CB CSV/FTP MAP CSV/FTP XML/HTTP(s) Zone manager Zone generator (optional) SOAP GIS Cells Zones Users GUIs Open interface. [. . . ] It is important to note that the Alcatel-Lucent 8614 IZO can be proposed without the Zone Generator and can integrate with third-party zone generators through an XML interface. The Alcatel-Lucent IZO also provides a web-based GUI for service provider administrators to allow the operator to supply any data required by IZO (cells, zones, subscribers). The Alcatel-Lucent IZO can be deployed as a standalone product, leveraging its open APIs for deployments in third-party component environments, or can be delivered pre-integrated with the end-to-end Alcatel-Lucent Convergent Payment solution, including the Alcatel-Lucent ICC Suite. Technical specifications Standards-based platform · Latest IT hardware · SolarisTM or Linux® operating system Supported protocols and interfaces · Internal Protocols: Distributed Processing Environment (DPE) · APIs ¬ XML/HTTP ¬ SOAP ¬ File (csv) ¬ MAP · Administration: Alcatel-Lucent IZO GUI Pre-integrated Alcatel-Lucent products · Alcatel-Lucent ICC Suite ¬ A complete, end-to-end convergent payment solution that supports real-time rating, charging and billing for wire line, wireless, data and video (quadruple-play) and associated value-added services for prepaid and post-paid subscribers · Alcatel-Lucent Service Interaction Gateway (SIG) ¬ A multi-purpose highly programmable call/session control module which can be used for IZO integration in off-line charging model or as a proxy to 3rd party on-line charging system. [. . . ]