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Chapter 8 Managing Subscribers

Subscriber Overview

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These parameters are sometimes referred to as Network-ID. In order to perform the mapping

between the Network-ID and Subscriber-ID, the SCE Platform must be configured with this

mapping information.

In some cases the subscriber’s Network-ID is static and changes only rarely and at long intervals.

In such cases, obtaining the mapping information is quite simple, and can be implemented by

importing the content of a text file, or even by typing the information via the user interface. In

other cases, the Network-ID has a dynamic nature, and tends to change every time the subscriber

logs into the network. In this case the SCE Platform must obtain the mapping information from

some element that stores this information.

The most common Network-IDs are IP addresses. Typically, obtaining the mappings between

subscriber-IDs and IP addresses is done through integration with an AAA element or a subscriber

repository.

Many times, the SCE Platform runs a Service Control Application that is policy-driven, so it

should also be provisioned with the parameters of the policy that should be applied to each of the

subscribers. In simple cases, there is only a small set of standard policy packages (Gold, Silver,

Bronze…) so the per subscriber information includes only an index into the policies list. In other

cases, a whole set of policy parameters should be configured per subscriber. Often the policy that

should be applied per subscriber is managed using the same AAA infrastructure that is used for

managing the Subscriber-ID to Network-ID mappings.

There are two methods of managing subscribers:

• smartSUB Manager (SM) component: usually necessary in topologies where full dynamic

subscriber integration is required (see the smartSUB Manager User Guide for details).

• CLI commands: can be used to import and export subscriber information, as well as to

monitor subscribers.

As is described in the following sections, subscriber-related information can be imported from

external files. This provides an easy method for transferring large quantities of subscriber

information to and from the SCE Platform.

Subscriber Modes in Service Control Solutions

Service Control solutions support several modes of handling subscribers:

• Subscriber-less mode

• Anonymous subscriber mode

• Static subscriber aware mode

• Dynamic subscriber aware mode

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