Product Description NexusMEDIATION R9

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
NexusMEDIATION R9
Author
Stefan Crome
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Table of Contents
1
Executive Summary ............................................................................................ 6

1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 6
1.2 NexusMEDIATION ....................................................................................... 7
1.3 Benefits......................................................................................................... 8
NexusMEDIATION Overview ............................................................................ 11

2.1 Core Functionality ....................................................................................... 11
2.1.1 Collection Interfaces ...................................................................... 11
2.1.2 Core Mediation Flow Modeling....................................................... 12
2.1.3 Data Management and Multi-Vendor Support ................................ 14
2.1.4 Distribution Interfaces .................................................................... 15
2.1.5 Performance, Scalability and Reliability ......................................... 15
2.2 Operations & Maintenance ......................................................................... 15
2.2.1 Security .......................................................................................... 15
2.2.2 Auditing Capabilities ...................................................................... 15
2.2.3 Systems Management ................................................................... 16
2.2.4 Monitoring ...................................................................................... 16
2.2.5 Alarming ......................................................................................... 17
2.2.6 Logging .......................................................................................... 17
2.2.7 Management of Rejected CDR`s ................................................... 18
2.3 Additional Functionality ............................................................................... 19
2.3.1 User Administration........................................................................ 19
2.3.2 Ad-hoc Data Analysis ..................................................................... 20
2.3.3 Reporting ....................................................................................... 20
2.3.4 Dashboards.................................................................................... 21
2.3.5 Archiving and Backup/Restore ....................................................... 21
2.3.6 Revenue Assurance....................................................................... 21
Complimentary Modules .................................................................................. 21

3.1 NRTRDE Module ........................................................................................ 21
3.2 Rating Engine Module ................................................................................ 22
3.3 Customer Experience Intelligence Module (NexusCEI) .............................. 22
3.4 Active Revenue Assurance Module (NexusARA) ....................................... 23
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New in Release 9 ............................................................................................... 24
Technical Specifications & Platform Requirements ...................................... 25

5.1 Hardware Architecture ................................................................................ 25
5.2 Software ..................................................................................................... 25
5.3 3rd Party Software ...................................................................................... 25
Nexus Project Approach .................................................................................. 26
Supported Technologies .................................................................................. 27

7.1 Supported Network Elements ..................................................................... 27
7.2 Supported BSS/OSS Systems.................................................................... 27
7.3 Supported Formats ..................................................................................... 28
7.4 Supported Protocols ................................................................................... 28
Appendix ............................................................................................................ 30
8.1 Terms and Abbreviations ............................................................................ 30
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Table of Figures
Figure 1 - Analysys Report 2007 Revenue Assurance Stack ................................................................. 6
Figure 2 - NexusMEDIATION Product Concept ...................................................................................... 7
Figure 3 - Analysys Report 2008 NG IT Systems ................................................................................... 8
Figure 4 - NexusMEDIATION Mediation Flow Modeling ....................................................................... 12
Figure 5 - DataEnrichment configuration within a mediation flow ......................................................... 13
Figure 6 - Duplicate Checking capability ............................................................................................... 13
Figure 7 - ASN.1 Configuration ............................................................................................................. 14
Figure 8 - XML Configuration ................................................................................................................ 14
Figure 9 - User Activity Audit ................................................................................................................. 16
Figure 10 - NexusMEDIATION Monitoring dashboard .......................................................................... 17
Figure 11 - Alarm Aging and Clean-Up Configuration........................................................................... 17
Figure 12 - Global Systems Configurations .......................................................................................... 18
Figure 13 - User Administration............................................................................................................. 19
Figure 14 - Standard and Ad-Hoc Reporting ......................................................................................... 20
Figure 15 - Dashboard Creation ............................................................................................................ 21
Figure 16 - NexusCEI Module ............................................................................................................... 23
Figure 17 - NexusMEDIATION Release Approach ............................................................................... 24
Figure 18 - Platform Planning.................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 19 - Nexus Telecom Project Approach ...................................................................................... 26
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Executive Summary
1.1
Introduction
Convergence is reality today: with a plethora of access networks available today (like xDSL, GSM,
GPRS, UMTS, LTE, Wimax or CDMA) all are using a core network based on IP protocol. Mediation
Management is the central ability to cope with this increasing upstream complexity in the network
topology i.e. by the introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).
With this promise of convergence becoming more and more reality, mediation has become the central
hub for retrieving network usage data in the form of Chargeable Data Records (CDR`s) from network
elements for charging purposes. Further enhanced is the role of mediation due to increasing
importance of the downstream systems (BSS/OSS systems).
Figure 1 - Analysys Report 2009 Revenue Assurance Stack
Commercial off-the-shelf mediation solutions need to provide following key capabilities

Flexibility and rapid time-to-market for configuration changes
Enhanced support for current and future charging requirements
Full SOX compliance
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Highest performance and scalability with minimal hardware footprint to support current and future
subscriber and service usage growth but keeping Total-Cost-of-Ownership (TCO) optimal
Real-time processing capability for instantaneous KPI/KQI monitoring
Revenue Assurance and data reconciliation capabilities
Furthermore, multi-technology and multi-vendor support is imperative beyond full support of open
standards, protocols and formats.
1.2
NexusMEDIATION
NexusMEDIATION leverages leading operators ability - like Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, Telekom
Portugal or Mobilink (Orascom) - to compete successfully in todays high-growth, convergent but
hugely competitive communications market, to generate new revenues and to support rapid service
integration in multi-vendor, multi-service environments.
NexusMEDIATION collects subscriber usage data from switches, servers or any other network
element either file-based or streaming in real-time. The system then transmits this data to the billing
system in an appropriate format, enabling the service provider to bill its customers in a number of
different ways.
Figure 2 - NexusMEDIATION Product Concept
The systems highly advanced processing capabilities allows sophisticated
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Filtering
Aggregation of intermediate tickets
Correlation
Validation and auto-repair of corrupted records
Format conversions
Enrichments
Mappings
File & CDR duplicate checking
Rating and Guiding
1.3
Benefits
NexusMEDIATION helps fixed, mobile and convergent operators around the globe to achieve leading
positions in their hugely competitive markets. This by enabling the transition to next-generation
infrastructure under the imperatives of
More agility
Faster (time-to-market)
Lower costs
Figure 3 - Analysys Report 2009 NG IT Systems
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NexusMEDIATION mediates the broadest range of voice- and data-centric consumer, enterprise and
carrier services for these operators.
Lowering OPEX for new service introductions

By successfully abstracting network complexity form the downstream systems, new service
introductions can be achieved without changing the BSS/OSS downstream systems. With it`s flexible
and modular architecture, rule-based modeling of processing logic rapid configuration changes are
achieved. Hence new services logic and charging requirements the core business rules are quickly
adjusted.
All modifications are done via a zero-footprint, browser-based User Interface (UI) ensuring
Rapid introduction of new/modified network elements (upstream) or BSS/OSS (downstream)
systems
Fail-safe modeling of mediation flows rather than error-prone configuration or even lengthy and
expensive programming
Flexible adding/amending of mediation flow components at any point in the flow (i.e. filtering before
and after aggregation, validation and conversion etc.)
Quick cloning of existing data sources (network elements and attached data formats) instead of reconfigurations
Convenient search & retrieval within Lines-of-Business (LoB) elements, data formats, network
elements and mediation flows
Differentiated charging models to leverage revenue opportunities

NexusMEDIATION Rating Engine module supports all the plethora of charging principles
Voice, data related models (i.e. event-charging, subscription-charging, volume, duration, MoU
etc.)
Flat fee (one-off and recurring)
On-line and batch rating
Quality Indicators (QoS, Trunk etc.)
Revenue Assurance and Data Reconciliation to close critical revenue leaks

The system automatically detects revenue leakages due to systems errors, provisioning mistakes,
corrupted data etc. and hence ensures that all available data can be utilized
Revenue assurance counters to detect corrupted data or orphaned intermediate tickets
Dynamic CDR repair based on hashing tables to auto-complete missing information and data items
Complete audit trail and reports for 100% transparency of data-IN and data-OUT
Fully configurable file and CDR duplicate management
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Fully configurable file and CDR sequence number management
Lowering CAPEX and OPEX by providing a unified mediation hub

The system is enabling a unified mediation environment enabling significant savings on currnet and
future OPEX and CAPEX by
Providing a consolidated mediation environment for all existing and future mediation needs and
hence avoiding duplication of processes, hardware and trained staff onto various environments
No need for further pre-mediation solutions or other legacy systems to be maintained
Providing a clear migration path from release to release, backward compatibilities and vendortemplates
add-on components for future technologies already today (i.e. IMS in all-IP architectures) available
Mature COTS mediation solution with best-in-industry TCO

NexusMEDIATION is a highly mature, carrier-grade mediation solution fully capable for todays and
tomorrows multi-vendor and multi-technology environments.
Significantly shorter introduction and implementation times than tailor-made solutions
Rich interface templates, format and protocol PlugIn`s to accommodate any permutation of
upstream- and downstream systems (network elements and BSS/OSS systems)
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) mediation solution guarantees compatibility to a plethora of
in particular - network equipment vendor specific implementations of standards and protocols
Convenient, hassle-free maintenance and cost-effective usage
Leveraging information for Fraud Management and Customer Experience Intelligence

(CEI)
NexusMEDIATION add-on components for active revenue assurance (NexusARA) and business
intelligence allow
Effective CDR reconciliation from probe-based network monitoring solutions (i.e. NexusNETVIEW)
and test systems (i.e. NexusVERIFYER), roaming traffic (TAP)
Billing Verification of billing correctness and completeness
OLAP-based business intelligence and customer experience to surface gold-nuggets of data to run
the business with a critical information and insight advantage
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NexusMEDIATION Overview
2.1
Core Functionality
NexusMEDIATION general feature highlights include

Parallel processing for leading scalability
Real-time mediation
Scheduled and on-demand mediation flow management (push/pull)
Data Source concept
File and xDR duplication detection
Zero-footprint, browser-based User Interface
Advanced Process Control per mediation flow
Logbook, Error Handling and SNMP Interface
Standard and Ad-Hoc Reporting, Dashboards and KPI Statistics
Profile-based User roles
Access control and Reliability
Open and modular systems architecture
Extensive multi-vendor capability
2.1.1
Collection Interfaces
Usage data collection is performed using the following features:

Polling (NexusMEDIATION as initiator) (Pull-Interface)
NE notification (Push-Interface)
File-based or streams (i.e. IPDR, XML etc.)
Data release at network element sites, supported by mediation transport interface
Automatic raw usage data archiving after transmission (optional)
Detection of protocol errors and automatic retries up to a preset limit to enhance collection
resilience
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2.1.2
Core Mediation Flow Modeling
NexusMEDIATION supports extensive business logic modeling capabilities. Mediation flows can easily
be created, modified, cloned and hence effectively managed using an intuitive UI-driven approach.
Powerful flexibility comes conventionally with the price of error-prone configuration hassle. Writing
code is a no-go given time-to-market requirements and cost focus in todays marketplace. Therefore a
strictly process-orientated modeling approach in the NexusMEDIATION User Interface combines
powerful flexibility with abstraction to hide unnecessary complexity.
Dynamic rule creation on-line allows on-the-fly changes without disturbing on-going mediation
operations.
Figure 4 - NexusMEDIATION Mediation Flow Modeling

Freely definable processing steps within a mediation flow include but are not limited to
Data format management for input and output formats of mediation core
Collection
File/Data Sequence Number Handling
Conversion into internal data structure (IDS)
Aggregation according to business rules
Filtering, Merging and Guiding
Mapping
Enrichment by looking-up 3rd party data
Verification
Validation
Output conversion
File/Data Duplicate Handling
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Correlation
Rating
Reconciliation
DB Loading (high performance SQL DB loading of CDR data)
Data backup & archiving
NexusMEDIATION supports flexible business rule configuration and deployment to conveniently
accommodate ongoing change as the business requires agility.
Figure 5 - DataEnrichment configuration within a mediation flow

Another key capability is to filter out duplicate records across multiple files or streams within specified
time windows. A buffer window allows dynamic modifications of the active window to improve
resilience.
Figure 6 - Duplicate Checking capability
Aggregation allows the BSS/OSS systems to receive only one chargeable data record per actual
service delivery in the network
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Aggregation of partial or interim records for long voice calls

Aggregation of partial RADIUS records for calculation session length and data volumes
Aggregation of records for IP billing (i.e. Cisco Netflow, Huawei)
2.1.3
Data Management and Multi-Vendor Support
NexusMEDIATION supports a rich joice of network elements, data sources and downstream systems.
Format templates and plug-ins allow quick installation and configuration of custom requirements using
the UI:
Figure 7 - ASN.1 Configuration
Figure 8 - XML Configuration

For a extensive list of supported formats, protocols and network element types see Chapter 7.
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2.1.4
Distribution Interfaces
The usage data in the IDS is converted for distribution into the expected input format of the associated
downstream system. Hence the upstream system complexity is abstracted away from the BSS/OSS
system and it receives understandable information in a stable interface format and protocol.
NexusMEDIATION maintains a rich suite of
interface templates for 3rd party BSS/OSS downstream platforms and vendors
standard and proprietary data format Plug-In and protocols
to distribute data.
2.1.5
Performance, Scalability and Reliability
NexusMEDIATION has been proven effectively mediating CDR`s of up to several billion CDR`s per
day as is within near-term reach of many operators offering a rich product portfolio on their respective
markets.
In-Memory (IMDB) technology is used to greatly enhance thru-put in time-critical processing steps
like aggregation and conversion
Code is partly written in plain C programming language to leverage performance niches as
compared to certain Java implementations
Parallel processing allows scaling thru-put as workload is unevenly distributed over time
2.2
2.2.1
Operations & Maintenance

Security
NexusMEDIATION includes a rich set of security features to ensure compliance with customer and
industry needs as well as current authority regulations (i.e. SOX compliance).
Configurable passwords and role-based user profiles
Full audit trail on al activities and modifications
Https for UI and Secure-FTP for collection and distribution ensuring integrity of user interactions
and data collection
Database security measures to avoid system manipulation directly on the DB bypassing UI
The underlying JBOSS supports safe fail-over and automatic load distribution
2.2.2
Auditing Capabilities
NexusMEDIATION allows complete transparency on all user activities. All configuration is conveniently
done using the configuration UI.
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Figure 9 - User Activity Audit
2.2.3
Systems Management
NexusMEDIATION supports fully UI-driven global systems management configuration and baseline
setup.
Global variables are easily configured on a central location to define cross-platform behavior of the
system (i.e. retry attempts for collection, scheduling clean-up and systems maintenance tasks etc.)
Central repository of all network elements, formats, protocols, mediations flows and associated
business rules, structured in Line-of-Business containers (i.e. Fixed, Mobile, ISP and IPV
quadruple play structures)
Central management of locations, directories, IP addresses and domains fully user-profile driven
and password protected
2.2.4
Monitoring
The System Monitoring is performed using the following features:

UI-based monitoring dashboard and RAG coding for high-level overview
Drill-Up and Drill-Down for individual process step analysis
Host load monitoring
Infocodes and Revenue Assurance Counters
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Figure 10 - NexusMEDIATION Monitoring dashboard
2.2.5
Alarming
NexusMEDIATION supports
Fully configurable Alarm Aging
Alarming integration into NMC/NOC (i.e. Umbrella systems) via SNMP interface
NexusMEDIATION supports alarm aging in order to facilitate structured alarm management rather
than being swamped with alarms if thresholds are too low or not receiving any alarm if simple
thresholds are too high.
Figure 11 - Alarm Aging and Clean-Up Configuration
2.2.6
Logging
Log-Book entries for all

user activity
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systems modifications
incidence log entries
normal and pathologic (mal-) functioning
for complete audit trail and SOX compliance. The user with appropriate operations rights can
configure various severity levels, healthy and pathologic transaction log entries and can
acknowledge warnings (dead-man acknowledge).
The system supports in addition

Trace Interface
Heartbeat functionality to avoid process starvation or dead-lock
for system health logging.
All configuration is easily managed using the UI
Figure 12 - Global Systems Configurations
2.2.7
Management of Rejected CDR`s
Collected data from upstream networks can easily be parsed for syntactical correctness and contentwise completeness as part of any mediation flow. All rejected records are stored in pre-configured
data storage containers. Processing logic can be configured for all storages (i.e. clean-up, delete, reprocess etc.). For example corrupted records can be repaired using CDR Correction rules, missing
fields can partially be (auto-)completed by dynamically building up lookup tables from the incoming
data stream or by accessing 3rd party systems for lookup and data validation.
Hence NexusMEDIATION significantly reduces the amount of manual intervention in case of data
quality issues which translates directly in reduced revenue loss due to corrupted data. Any CDR lost
means money lost.
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2.3
2.3.1
Additional Functionality
User Administration
The NexusMEDIATION application distinguishes between three possible user roles (profiles) and
attached rights and permissions.
There are three possible roles for the users to login to the NexusMEDIATION application:
Administrator
User
Operator
Customizer
Reporting
The administrator has the following privileges and responsibilities:
Network Element & Data Format Management
BSS/OSS Management
Mediation Flows
Scheduling
User Management
Auditing
Report and Dashboard management
Figure 13 - User Administration

NexusMEDIATION supports Single-Sign-On using LDAP for seamless integration into the
operating environment.
In addition, NexusMEDIATION supports
Auto-Expiry of accounts
Strong password encryption
Fully configurable user audit trail
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2.3.2
Ad-hoc Data Analysis
NexusMEDIATION Record Analyzer is a standalone utility which gives possibility to search, analyze
and check the CDR`s in the output or in error storage. Record Analyzer gives a Human Readable
output of course. The format of the output depends on the Data Format (esp. IDS Name or Id) but it is
flexibly configurable.
The Record Analyzer allows to filter/select CDR`s based on - user specified - Dynamic Rules (will be
described later). The format (and the printed fields of the CDR`s) can be also configured by the user.
2.3.3
Reporting
NexusMEDIATION has integrated as standard functionality full reporting capabilities to satisfy all
standard and ad-hoc reporting needs.
Every CDR has an attribute Infocode and a related severity attached to along the mediation flow from
receipt to final delivery. The attribute respectively the field is maintained by the NexusMEDIATION
processes during processing CDR and used for statistics and reporting, for example revenue
assurance reporting and monitoring. This ensures holistic transparency of IN = OUT as well the
checks and balances to account for imprved revenue realization.
Figure 14 - Standard and Ad-Hoc Reporting

NexusMEDIATION contains a rich set of sample reports that can easily be further customized. In
addition full ad-hoc reporting is supported by simply drag & drop. The scheduler allows convenient
planning of the reporting frequency. Report notification to the various stakeholders via email and SMS
is supported.
Note Reporting is part of the core NexusMEDIATION product and is not subject to
separate licensing.
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2.3.4
Dashboards
NexusMEDIATION allows dynamic modification/creating of dashboards in a simple drag-and-drop

fashion:
Figure 15 - Dashboard Creation
2.3.5
Archiving and Backup/Restore
NexusMEDIATION is in itself of course not an archiving solution but fully supports archiving of data
from collection to distribution at every step of the processing in the mediation flow. So full
transparency and comprehension of data flows are guaranteed.
Configuration Transfer, Backup and Restore is fully supported by NexusMEDIATION Backup &
Restore utility.
2.3.6
Revenue Assurance
As mentioned previously already, NexusMEDIATION supports a per-CDR meta tag (InfoCode) that is
fed into a rich set of revenue assurance counters to track a CDR`s life from collection to distribution.
Those revenue assurance counters are surfaced for real-time monitoring and reporting purposes to
indicate revenue assurance performance according to Key Performance Indicators and success
metrics (i.e. Mediation Success Rate as a measure of volumes distributed, collected and discarded in
between. The built-in auto-completion of partially incomplete records and the record repair utility help
to increase the success ration as close as possible to the (theoretic) 100%.
3
3.1
Complimentary Modules
NRTRDE Module
NexusMEDIATION NRTRDE module fully supports NRTRDE formats for In- and Out-Processing
according to GSMA/TADIG specifications.
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3.2
Rating Engine Module
NexusMEDIATION rating engine is a carrier-grade rating engine supporting

Online and batch rating of incoming data records for convergent rating
All industry tariff models for on and off-net, national and international, fixed and mobile, event and
session based services, volume, duration and event based rating, one-off and recurring fees etc.
N-tier architecture for highly distributed rating for highest payload (i.e. prepaid traffic)
3.3
Customer Experience Intelligence Module (NexusCEI)
NexusCEI is a OLAP-based analytical data warehouse solution supporting strategic initiatives

aiming for maximizing performance and profitability
Detecting and minimizing subscriber churn
Subscriber Segmentation based on usage, spending patterns,
device etc.
Subscriber Value Optimization
The underlying technology supports
Web 2.0 interactive repository management user interface for
managing reports and analysis views using MS Explorer or Firefox
Web 2.0 Domain designer for building and managing business views of upstream data sources to
enable managed ad hoc query for non-technical users via simple business views of data sources.
Security Integration built-in authentication, authorization, and single sign-on integration with
external security systems such as LDAP or Windows Active
Directory Services
Secure Data Access granular user/role access control by row,
column, cell, report, analysis view, data source, Topic, and
Domain.
Ad Hoc Dynamic Dashboard Builder uses Web 2.0 technology to create
twinkling or self-refreshing key performance indicator gauges to be read at a
glance and updated in near real-time, and the ability to create mash-up
dashboards referencing external content.
Leading Database technologies from Oracle and PostGres
Leading Server Platform Support support for Solaris, HP Unix and Linux
Application Servers supported from Tomcat and JBoss
Data bulk upload is achieved utilizing DBLoader component for highest through-put within
NexusMEDIATION mediation flow modeling toolbox.
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NexusMEDIATION
Figure 16 - NexusCEI Module
3.4
Active Revenue Assurance Module (NexusARA)
NexusARA is the CDR-Reconciliation and Billing verification extension of NexusMEDIATION and

provides following additional benefits:
Complete coverage of all revenue streams from order entry to final rating/billing
Transparency into the whole process end-to-end (life of a CDR)
Closure of existing but unknown revenue leakages due to
Under-billing in postpaid billing systems or prepaid IN
Over-billing by 3rd parties (i.e. roaming partners)
Complete CDR reconciliation and xDR integrity validation
Real-time re-rating of CDR`s in particular to close leaks timely for prepaid
Extensive suite of interface templates to collect CDR`s from (multi-vendor) network elements
Full support of 3GPP
Wizard-supported reporting engine for highest usability and convenience
Extended Alarm features for initializing actions in case of certain faults email of alarms and TMN
integration.
Scalable and modular architecture that allows small scale CDR reconciliation for test calls up to
full-production CDR reconciliation and billing verification for national and roaming legs.
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New in Release 9
NexusMEDIATION is a highly mature, productized mediation solution with Release 9 being a new
major release available immediately.
Figure 17 - NexusMEDIATION Release Approach
The high level scope of release 9 comprises:

Enhanced reporting and dashboard builder capability
Enhanced DBLoader capability for NexusCEI for higher throughput
Improved mediation flow modeling
Extended rule engine supporting broader combinatorial logic for rule sets
Extended interface templates and protocol plug-In
Enhanced file sequence number handling
Additional buffer window for duplicate checking
Configurable XML support and performance improvements in XML parsing
Full LDAP support, Open SSO support
Dynamic auto-repair capability to complete missing field entries in CDR`s
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Technical Specifications & Platform Requirements
5.1
Hardware Architecture
The NexusMEDIATION supports

SUN Solaris Unix Server, HP Unix Server, Linux Server as OS
Standard PC, Browser-based UI
Oracle 11g or Postgres as RDBMS
5.2
Software
The NexusMEDIATION software is modular by design and consists of:

Base application
Mediation Engine for Collection, Conversion, Filtering and Enrichment
Predefined interface adapters for CDR collection (rich set of Plug-in are available)
NexusARA: CDR Reconciliation Engine & Billing Verification Module
NexusCEI: OLAP-extension for reporting engine and DBLoader for high thru-put data upload
Dashboard for Reporting, Monitoring and Alarming
5.3
3rd Party Software
Following software is required and is assumed to be procured by the customer

OS: Sun Solaris 10, HP Unix, Linux
RDBMS: Oracle 10 or Postgres
JBOSS, Tomcat
Sun FTAM (if applicable)
MS Explorer, Firefox
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Nexus Project Approach
Nexus Telecom as an ISO 9000 certified company has more than 25 years of experience in the
telecommunications industry on a global basis.
Figure 18 - Nexus Telecom Project Approach
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Supported Technologies
7.1
Supported Network Elements
PSTN switches
PSTN IN platforms
MSC for GSM, CDMA, TDMA networks
Mobile Prepaid Platforms (IN)
Voice Mail Systems
Short Message Service Centers (SMSC)
Multi-Media Message Centers (MMSC)
GPRS/UMTS Charging Gateways
GPRS Network Elements (GGSN, SGSN)
IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS)
WAP Gateways
SMS Routers and gateways
Location based Services Platforms
Terminal Management Servers (OTA)
Network Management Systems EMS
VoIP Network Elements (Soft-switches)
Digital TV Platforms
Radius AAA Servers
Routers
NGN Softswitches
7.2
Supported BSS/OSS Systems
Retail Billing Systems

IC Billing Systems
Datawarehouse Systems
Fraud Management Systems
Umbrella Monitoring Systems
Revenue Assurance Systems
MVNO Gateways
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ERP
CRM
7.3
Supported Formats
ASCII
CSV (comma separated)
Any separator supported
XML Positional
NRTRDE
Binary
NSN EWSD (IAC)AMA, IACHASTA
ASN.1
BCD (straight, swapped, reversed and telephony)
Blocked
IPDR
Positional
Structured
TAP 2
TAP3
TLV, XDR
7.4
Supported Protocols
Cisco NetFlow
CORBA
DDP
DIAMETER
Ericsson MTP
FTAM
FTP
FTPS
sFTP
GTP
HTTP/HTTPS
LDAP
Nortel AFT
Nortel XFER
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RADIUS
SCP
SNMP
SOAP
SQL
TCP/IP
UDP
Many additional proprietary protocols
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Appendix
8.1
Terms and Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Explanation
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BER
Basic Encoding Rules
BSCS
Business Support and Control System
CAPEX
Capital Expenditure
CDR
Chargeable Data Record
CSV
Comma separated values
CIFS
Common Internet File System
COTS
Common Off-the-shelf Software
CRM
Customer Relationship Management System
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DB
Database
DDN
Directory Distinguished Name
DTE
Desktop Environment
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
FDT
File Descriptor Table
FTAM
File Transfer, Access and Management
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GUI
Graphical User Interface
IDS
Internal Data Storage Format
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity
JNI
Java Native Interface
LAN
Local Area Network
MS
ISDN Mobile Station International ISDN Number
MTP
Message Transfer Protocol
NE
Network Element
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Abbreviation
Explanation
NRTRDE
Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
OPEX
Operational Expenditure
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
PDP
Packet Data Protocol
PID
Process Identification
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
SGSN
Serving GPRS Support
SMB
Server Message Block
SMO
Short message Mobile Originated
SMT
Short message Mobile Terminated
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
TMN
Telecommunication Management Network
VAS
Value Added Service
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
XML
Extensible Mark-up Language
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NEXUS TELECOM, Switzerland

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Executive Summary ............................................................................................ 6

NexusMEDIATION Overview ............................................................................ 11

Complimentary Modules .................................................................................. 21

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New in Release 9 ............................................................................................... 24

Technical Specifications & Platform Requirements ...................................... 25

Nexus Project Approach .................................................................................. 26

Supported Technologies .................................................................................. 27

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Figure 1 - Analysys Report 2009 Revenue Assurance Stack

Commercial off-the-shelf mediation solutions need to provide following key capabilities

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Figure 2 - NexusMEDIATION Product Concept

The systems highly advanced processing capabilities allows sophisticated

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Figure 3 - Analysys Report 2009 NG IT Systems

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Lowering OPEX for new service introductions

Differentiated charging models to leverage revenue opportunities

Revenue Assurance and Data Reconciliation to close critical revenue leaks

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Fully configurable file and CDR sequence number management

Lowering CAPEX and OPEX by providing a unified mediation hub

Mature COTS mediation solution with best-in-industry TCO

Leveraging information for Fraud Management and Customer Experience Intelligence

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NexusMEDIATION general feature highlights include

Usage data collection is performed using the following features:

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Core Mediation Flow Modeling

Figure 4 - NexusMEDIATION Mediation Flow Modeling

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Figure 5 - DataEnrichment configuration within a mediation flow

Figure 6 - Duplicate Checking capability

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Aggregation of partial or interim records for long voice calls

Data Management and Multi-Vendor Support

Figure 7 - ASN.1 Configuration

Figure 8 - XML Configuration

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Performance, Scalability and Reliability

Operations & Maintenance

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Figure 9 - User Activity Audit

The System Monitoring is performed using the following features:

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Figure 10 - NexusMEDIATION Monitoring dashboard

Figure 11 - Alarm Aging and Clean-Up Configuration

Log-Book entries for all

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The system supports in addition

Figure 12 - Global Systems Configurations

Management of Rejected CDR`s

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Figure 13 - User Administration

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Ad-hoc Data Analysis

Figure 14 - Standard and Ad-Hoc Reporting

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NexusMEDIATION allows dynamic modification/creating of dashboards in a simple drag-and-drop