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Chapter 1 Overview

Cisco Service Control Specific Solutions

SCE 1000 2xGBE Release 2.0.10 User Guide

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Subscriber Management

The smartSUB Manager (SM) is a middleware software component used for bridging between the

OSS and the SCE Platform(s). Subscriber information is stored in the SM database and can then

be distributed between multiple devices according to actual subscriber placement.

The SM provides subscriber awareness, mapping network IDs to subscriber IDs. It obtains

subscriber information using dedicated integration modules, which integrate with AAA devices

like Radius or DHCP servers.

Subscriber information may be introduced into the SCE platform in one of two ways:

• Push Mode: The SM pushes subscriber information to the SCE Platform automatically upon

logon of a subscriber.

• Pull Mode: On-demand, in response to a query from the SCE Platform to the SM.

Service Configuration Management

Service configuration management is the ability to configure the general service definitions of a

Service Control application. Service Configuration is performed by creating an XML file and then

applying it onto the SCE Platform using the Service Configuration utilities and management

commands. This XML based approach is simple to use and easy to automate.

Collection

All the analysis and data processing functions of the SCE Platform result in the generation of Raw

Data Records (RDRs). These RDRs are processed by the Collection Manager. The Collection

Manager software is an implementation of a collection system, listening in on RDRs from one or

more SCE Platforms. It collects these records, and processes them in one of its adapters. Each

adapter performs a specific action on the RDR.

RDRs contain a wide variety of information and statistics, depending on the configuration of the

system. There are three main categories of RDRs:

• Transaction RDRs: Records generated for each transaction, where a transaction is a single

event detected in network traffic. The identification of a transaction will depend on the

particular application/protocol.

• Subscriber RDRs: Records generated per subscriber, describing the traffic generated by that

subscriber for a defined interval.

• Link RDRs: Records generated per link, describing the traffic carried on the link for a defined

interval.

Cisco Service Control Specific Solutions

Cisco provides two specific solutions that run on top of the SCE Platform. Each solution

addresses a different IP network control challenge that service providers face.

The Cisco specific solutions are:

• Service Control Application Suite for Broadband

• Service Control Application Suite for Mobile

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