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Ericsson Charging System 5

The document provides a brief introduction to the Ericsson Charging System (CS 5.2.1) and describes its main network elements: SDP stores subscriber and account information and handles real-time charging; AIR/AF provide location information and act as a DNS; CCN provides interfaces between the core network and other elements; CS-NMT handles upgrades and installations; VS stores and manages vouchers; and OCC acts as an access point and handles requests between the core network and other elements.

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Ericsson Charging System 5

The document provides a brief introduction to the Ericsson Charging System (CS 5.2.1) and describes its main network elements: SDP stores subscriber and account information and handles real-time charging; AIR/AF provide location information and act as a DNS; CCN provides interfaces between the core network and other elements; CS-NMT handles upgrades and installations; VS stores and manages vouchers; and OCC acts as an access point and handles requests between the core network and other elements.

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A brief introduction to

Ericsson Charging System


(CS 5.2.1)
Network Elements
Charging System includes following nodes:
SDP
AIR/AF
CCN
CS-NMT
VS
OCC
Charging System (CS 5.2.1)
SDP
• The SDP network element contains the database
with subscribers and account information. It provides
rating of calls and events as well as post processing
of Charging Data Records (CDRs). SDP controls the
life cycle of the subscriber accounts and manages
real time charging of any service.
• SDP is also responsible for sending notifications
through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
(USSD), Short Message Service (SMS), or file.
Furthermore, SDP can take and return policy
decisions
AIR & AF
• AF is a network element that provides location
information for subscriber accounts in the system,
and it acts as a DNS. It stores the SDP ID and the
related IP address for each MSISDN in the network.
AF is always collocated with AIR.
• The AIR server handles messages from both traffic
and administrative network elements inside a
charging system.
• It holds Enquiry & Update, Adjustment, Refil (
Account Refil, Value Refil, Premium Refil, Optional
Refil, Location Aware Refil).
CCN
• The Charging Control Node (CCN) is a part of
Ericsson Charging System. The main purpose
of the CCN is to provide interfaces between
the core network and the other network
elements of the current charging system. To
perform this task, CCN supports a number of
protocols, both towards the MSC and the
different network elements.
CS-NMT
• CS-NMT is a Charging System network
element that handles upgrade, migration, and
installation activities of Charging System
nodes such as SDP, AIR/AF, VS, IVR, MINSAT,
and CCN.
• CS-NMT consists of SUF Server, SUF CLI Client
and Installation Server.
VS
• The VS provides functions related to the
administration and storage of the vouchers. It takes
part in Voucher Refill call flow by providing voucher
information such as the voucher value, ISO 4217
currency code, serial number of voucher and
voucher group.
• It is deployed over Linux platform which uses
separate databases to store voucher definitions and
business configuration. It uses open-source Java
technologies such as Open Service Gateway initiative
(OSGi), ZooKeeper and Cassandra.
OCC
• OCC acts as the access network element and
service integration point. It also acts as the
interface and session handler for charging and
policy requests between the core network and
the network elements in the solution.
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