HSS
  • Real time subscriber data queries and device registration
  • Single endpoint or wildcard registration / cancellation requests of devices
  • Provides SQL DML (data manipulation Language) statements over CMI messaging transport
  • SQL DML statements from XML service logic
  • Supports SQL DML with any number of input variables (binding) and any number of output variables (defining)
  • Subscription profile lookups and call data messages, which are sent as SQL DML statement requests
  • Provides its own caching for registration information of devices to allow faster lookups
  • Service attribute updates from the devices, which are initiated by the subscriber sent to SM
  • Raises an informational alarm concerning database connection failure
  • Raises an overload alarm when it is under overload conditions, and clears it when it is no longer under overload conditions
  • Logs other errors not reported by alarms, whether internal or call processing related, to EMS logs
Infrastructure components (Access, Services, and Management)
  • Access
    • Attractive Softclient and small IAD with excellent voice quality
    • Support of the mobile user with PC / PDA Softclient, IAD / IP Phone, BLC / Access Gateway
    • Scalable architecture to grow subscriber base to many millions
  • Services
    • IMS based Service Creation Environment
    • Popular Subscriber services available on the network
    • Popular applications like Prepaid, Portal Connect, Voice Mail/ Unified Messaging
    • Integration with third party Application based on the open IMS interfaces
  • Management
    • VerazView Management and integration with third party EMS
    • Management solution to maintain big base of Soft Clients / IADs
    • Web Browser based Self-Care Subscriber management portal for the reduction of the subscriber “maintenance” cost
Subscriber Services
  • End Device Services
    • Incoming Call Handling
      • Do Not Disturb
      • Automatically Accept Call
      • Ignore after some time
    • Call Transfer
    • Blind Transfer, Transfer with consultation
    • 3-way Calling
    • Call Forwarding
    • Always, Busy, No Answer, Unregistered
    • Call Waiting & Cancel Call Waiting
    • Caller ID Delivery & Blocking
    • Call Blocking
    • Call Hold
    • Call Hunt
  • End Device Services
    • Anonymous Call Rejection
    • Selective Call Rejection
    • Screening List Editing
    • Prepaid Amount Notification
    • Multiple Subscriber Number
    • Location Independent Number
    • Device Mobility
    • Speed Dial
    • Voice mail Access
    • MWI
    • Hot Keys on Softclient
    • Call Logs on Softclient
    • Microsoft Outlook Integration
  • Network Services / Applications
    • Voice mail
    • Unified Messaging
    • Prepaid
    • VPN
    • Announcements
    • Emergency Services (E911)
    • Lawful Intercept
    • Self Care Portal (through voice and GUI access)
    • Auto Attendant
    • Subscriber Location Service
    • Self-Care Voice Portal
    • Multi-party Conference
  • Enhanced Services
    • Instant Messaging / Chat
    • Callback service through IVR / Portal
    • Mobile Click to Call
    • Cellular / WiFi / WiMAX Mobility Applications
    • Push To Talk
    • Push To Video
    • SMS / MMS
    • Integrated PTT/PTV, Presence, SMS & IM
    • Content Notification & Promotion delivery
    • IPTV Advertising embedded with communication
    • Web Advertising embedded with communication
    • Communication backend for Web Portals
Interconnect via IBCF, MGCF, SGF MGF/I-BGF
  • Media Gateways (from Veraz I-Gate 4000 EDGE I-Gate 4000-PRO or any standard-compliant media gateway, Integrated Access Devices (IAD), PBXs, Access gateways, IP Devices, Media Servers
Element Management System (EMS)
  • Unified management of distributed system
  • Web-based GUI with local and remote interfaces
  • End-to-end real time call tracing capabilities for both PSTN & VoIP signaling
  • Dynamic modification to parameters during operation
  • Configuration and provisioning of all ControlSwitch elements; SS7 network parameters; trunk groups; media gateway parameters, routing policies; dial plans
  • Security:
    • Privilege levels and security for users
    • Creation & deletion of user groups
    • Login/Logoff tracking
  • CDRs browsing
  • Performance Management:
    • Periodic monitoring
    • Scheduled reports generation
Subscriber Manager (SM)
  • Binds the subscriber and resources services
  • Multi Tier Enterprise and Group Management / Hierarchical organization views
  • Customizable at every level of administrative hierarchy through Bean Shell scripting
  • Ability for script based Workflow Automation (over TL1, SOAP)
  • Wholesale SM partitioning of device management
  • Leverages Middleware to easily add new features and applications
  • Separate Server for Web based Self Provisioning for OEM
  • Oracle based reporting
  • Carrier service licensing flexibility at every administrative level
  • Ability to restrict number of subscribers; number of service packs (by types); number of subscribers per service pack
  • Top to down provisionable access restriction to attributes and options
  • Subscriber Self Care Portal for services provisioning and activation
Approval compliances and Standards
  • MSF
  • IMS
  • IETF
  • ITU
Installation and Configuration
  • CS-USC software is pre-loaded and pre-configured on the system allowing efficient, expedited installation
  • Supports software upgrades without affecting active calls or call processing
Scalability and Performance
  • Optimized for high performance -- scales to two million busy hour call attempts (BHCAs) across multiple media gateways or Remote Access Servers on a SUN Netra platform. The actual capacity is determined by call processing mix and on the hardware selected.
  • Distributed, modular architecture provides unlimited scalability through addition of SUN Netra platforms
Fault Tolerance and Reliability
  • Automatic failover of any ControlSwitch element to active backups distributed on one or more machines
  • Auto-diagnostic and recovery mechanisms for any hardware, software, signaling link, or network fault
  • Supports SCTP for reliable protocol for messaging between ControlSwitch elements and network level redundancy
  • Events Collector & CDR Manager disk mirroring
  • High availability
  • Support for geographic redundancy
  • Routing Database replication
  • CPU overload protection
  • SS7 link redundancy
Recommended Platform
  • CS-USC elements operate on NEBS Level 3 compliant Sun Netra platforms running Solaris
  • CS-USC software available for use on other customer- defined SUN platforms