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Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Technical Presentation
Presenter(s)
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Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Cross Industry Collaboration and Innovation
… more than 50 carriers have now implemented
integrated carrier billing on the BlackBerry App World™
storefront for their customers.
- “BlackBerry App World Integrated Carrier Billing Now
Implemented with More Than 50 Carriers”, Blackberry
website, November 26, 2012
the Wall Street Journal reported that ESPN has
talked to at least one major carrier about paying
to enable customers to access ESPN Mobile
without exceeding their data limits
- “Analyst Angle: OTT as a revenue source for
carriers”, Jeffery Wang, IBB Consulting, RCR
Wireless, May 15, 2013
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Europe’s telecoms and media companies must embrace
innovation in key areas such as mobile, cloud computing
and big data, as well as forge strong strategic
relationships with other industry players…
IDATE’s Didier Pouillot said: “Telcos do have certain
leverage to deal with this change, starting with creating
more value from network access now that OTT services
are increasing user consumption.
“NGN technologies allow telcos to increase speeds and to
introduce noticeable quality improvements, both of which
can differentiate their offerings. But it is clear 2013 is a
pivotal year and telcos must embrace innovation. A
simple Darwinian case of evolve or die!”
“2013 a ‘Darwinian tipping point’ for Europe’s telcos,
Jamie Beach, May 31, 2013, Telecoms.com”
Industry Service Exposure
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Make money
–
•
Save money
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Google Maps 300% growth vs 20% MapQuest
Go anywhere
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SmugMug saves > $500K/year with Amazon S3 Storage
Build brand
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60% of all listings on eBay.com added via their APIs
Netflix now available on over 250 devices
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Service Exposure through APIs
Enabling Innovation and Collaboration
June, 2013
9,300
Aug, 2012
7000
“Henry Ford said customers would
have asked him not for a car, but a
faster horse. Similarly, users don’t ask
for APIs. They want technology that
works and integrates well with other
technologies.”
- Adam DuVander, Programmable Web,
April 30th, 2013
Feb, 2012
5000
Mar, 2011
3000
Dec, 2005
105
Nov, 2008
1000
“Telephony” 279
“Messaging” 272
Other CSP enable API’s
in other categories
Source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2013/04/30/9000-apis-mobile-gets-serious/
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Telecom Network API’s
Becoming the CSP’s second revenue stream
 APIs allow carriers to disseminate a
wealth of internal information and
resources to third parties
 Today:
 24% of Web and 15% of
mobile apps use APIs
 By 2018:
 Apps using APIs are
expected to exceed 68%
Source: MindCommerce: Public advertisement for “Telecom Network API Marketplace: Strategy, Ecosystem, Players and Forecasts 2013-2018”, June 2013
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Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Inefficiently Exposing Network and Service Assets
Telco Developer
Partner 1
Application
1
Application
2
Application
N
Partner 2
Application
3
 Slow time to market with new
network & IT services
 Limited control of service
utilization by partners
 High operational costs due to
Service
Platform 3
Service
Platform 1
Service
Platform 2
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manual partner management
Service
Platform N
Service Provider Challenges
Slow deployment of new services
Over-the-top competition
Underutilized competitive assets
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12-18 months
Concept to Launch
Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Service Exposure Market Segments
Internal Developers
Revenue
Service Exposure
Partners
(MVNOs, Aggregators, etc)
Core
Services
Enterprises
3rd Party Developers
Opening to 3rd parties
Number of
Services/Developers
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Network API Revenue Opportunity
$115B opportunity by 2015
$1.5
$2.6 $2.0
$1.0 $1.0
Click to call, meet me at my number, alerting, etc
$5.9
Payment across goods & services
$3.0
USSD in developing markets
$4.0
Advertising with user profile under customer control
$42.0
$4.5
Presence & location enabled call centers
Number provisioning
Messaging enabled customer service & business processes
$7.5
Directory services
IVR / voice store / other voice related VAS
Machine to machine
$14.0
Unified communications & collaboration
Content delivery
$26.0
Source: Alan Quayle Business and Service Development, April 2012
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Other
Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Built-In API Management
Service access to secure and protected REST & SOAP based services
 Service Exposure
– Simplified access to telecom service infrastructure
implemented on standard WebLogic Server platfrom
 Policy Control
– Enforce service level agreements against traffic flow with
the network in a controlled and determined manner
 Security
– Ensure trusted access of applications to network
resources using well defined authorization and
authentication models
 Partner Management
– Automatically on board service and content partners
providing intranet and extranet portals to service delivery
 Service Creation
– Easily develop new applications and extend the Oracle
Communications Services Gatekeeper platform with
new value added service features
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Developers
B2B
Partners
Enterprises
3rd Party
Developers
RESTful/SOAP Interfaces
Access Control &
Policy Management
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Network Interfaces
Operator Services
3rd Party Services
Network Protection, Throttling and Policy Control
Core functions and principles
Applications
System
Mgmt
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Service Exposure
OSS
Policy Control and Budgeting
SCE
Network Abstraction
BSS
Extensions
Oracle
RAC
Integration
Oracle SDP
SDK
SMSC
PCRF
GMLC
Network
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Custom
…
Service Facades
Simple and secure service access
 REST Façade & SOAP Façade
–
Simplified, Secure, Controlled Service exposure of Network
Capabilities and services
–
Out of the box support for OneAPI (REST) and Parlay X
(SOAP)
 SOA Façade
–
Simple integration with business process with Oracle
Service Bus
–
Telecom enable Business Services & promote Loosecoupling (extensibility/flexibility)
 Native Façade
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Allows Operators to Enforce SLA and Policy Control over
Native Clients providing High Availability, Scalability,
Security etc.
Allows Operator to attract MVNOs
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Service Facades
REST
Facade
SOAP
Facade
SOA
Facade
Native
Facade
Network Services
MESSAGING
PRESENCE
@
QOS
STATUS
PROFILE LOCATION CHARGING SIP
Network Integration and interoperability
Unparalleled support for network elements out of the box
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Applications
is integration tested with Oracle’s products in
every release including online charging,
network policy, mediation, application server,
etc. Enabling Oracle to offer complete
solutions for many business problems.
Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Access Control &
Policy Management
PCRF
Diameter
Communication Services
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper,
being built on standards and engineered for
integration with existing network, has
succefully been deployed and proven to
interoperate with over 50 different network
elements from vendors including Ericsson,
Nokia, ALU, ZTE, Huawei etc.
SMSC
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Diameter
LDAP
Network Plug-ins
SMPP
SMSC
MLP LIF
MM7
UCP
MMSC
WAP
GW
Location
Server
Dir
Server
MAP
SIP
INAP
PAP
MSC
Parlay
X-CSCF
Billing
Parlay
GW
Protocol
HLR
Custom
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Overview
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
A OAUTH
Authentication & Access Control
RESTful Web
Services
Service Facades
Partner Relationship
Management
Call
Notification
Audio Call
Subscriber
Profile
Terminal
Location
Device
Capabilities
SMS
Bulk
MMS
Email
WAP
SOAP
USSD
Native
Interfaces
Key Features
Container Services
Communication Services
Third Party
Call
SOA Web
Services
REST
Terminal
Status
QoS
Payment
Subscr
Mgmnt
Presence
Address
List
Management
A ACR
Interceptors
Policy
Storage
Providers
Budget
Geo
Redundancy
Account
Alarms &
Statistics
EDR/CDR
Configuration
Store
OA&M
Billing
Platform Development
Studio & SDK
SOAP Web
Services
Reports
Resource Manager
SMPP
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UCP
MM7
PAP
SMTP
INAP
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Parlay
SIP
MLP
MAP
LDAP
Diameter
• Open, standards-based network gateway
and policy enforcement platform enabling
CSPs to expose network services to deliver
innovative and revenue-generating
applications and services
SOAP
REST
• Multiple service facades - SOAP, SOA,
REST, Native – including OneAPI support
• 24 pre-built communication services
• Multi-channel authorization support with
OAuth 2.0
• Comprehensive policy, SLA and network
resource management
• Easily customized and extended including
REST to REST and SOAP to SOAP support
• Geographically distributed SLA enforcement
• Highly available and scalable
• Customizable, lightweight SDK
High Availability, Scalability, & Reliability
Fastest, most reliable solution available
 High availability through load
balancing & session
synchronization
Applications
Applications
Load
Balancer
Load
Balancer
 Unlimited horizontal scalability
 Highly reliable with geographic
Access 1 Access n+1
Sync
Access 1 Access n+1
redundancy
Network 1 Network 2 Network n+1
Domain1
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Network 1 Network 2 Network n+1
Domain2
Geographic Redundancy
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper supports geographically-
redundant deployment
– Each geo-graphically dispersed site will host an OCSG domain
 Domains are deployed and managed independently
 Efficient Synchronization of Configuration, Runtime Information between
geo-redundant domains
 Failover monitoring
– Health monitoring mechanisms between
the two domains
– Alarms are fired when health problems
are detected
App
App
IP Backbone
Load
Balancer
Access 1
Access n
NT Node 1 NT Node 2 NT Node n
Domain1
E.g. San Francisco
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App
App
Load
Balancer
Sync
Access 1
Access n
NT Node 1 NT Node 2 NT Node n
Domain2
E.g. Denver
Typical Deployment
• Typically divided in two tiers. An Access Tier where the service
facades resides and a Network Tier where the Service Enables,
Policy Control, Container services etc. reside.
• Firewall usually deployed between Access & Network Tiers for
Access 1
secure access
Access 2
Access n
DMZ
• Secure channel protects traffic between Access Tier & Network
Tier Nodes
• The Access tier is optimized for use in the OCSG and hence can
provide significant performance improvements
 AT modules exposing Web Service interfaces are custom built for specific WSDL & resolve XML
Network 2
to native protocol mapping at compile time thereby avoiding expensive runtime XSLT/XPATH
transformations
• Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper access tier nodes
do not perform any dynamic data transformation or XML
processing (XPath etc) and thereby eliminate message processing
overheads
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Network 1
Network 3
Network n
Core Network
Core Features
POLICY CONTROL
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Policy Enforcement Features
SLA based policy enforcement
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Only allow access to a limited set of traffic paths e.g.
only allow access to SMS and Terminal Location.

Restrict traffic rate based on budget

Restrict parameter values e.g. SMS sender name
must be “Oracle”.

Filter returned information e.g. remove “phone
number” in returning data

High priority request (guarantee) determines what
request are rejected at overload

Black list methods e.g. deny sending SMS ring tone

Override network protocol parameters i.e. tunnel
parameter to affect plug-in

Time of day contract i.e. date, day of week and time
of day
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Service Provider group 1
Service Provider 1
Application
group 1
Appl. Account 1
Service Provider 2
Application
group 2
Appl. Account 2
Appl. Account 1
Appl. Account 2
Appl. Instance 1
Appl. Instance 3
Appl. Instance 2
Appl. Instance 4
OCSG Policy Roles
Network-centric
Resource protection
Application
Intelligent routing and utilization
Application-centric
SLA
Subscriber
QoS
Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Subscriber-centric
Privacy
SLA
Billing
Personalization
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Network
SLA
Billing
Subscriber
Composed Service Level Agreement
• Features
SLA Structure
• Allows defining Service Level Agreement (SLA) on virtually
defined communication services
• For example, define messaging SLA by combining Px
SMS, Native SMPP, Native UCP communication
services
• Can be defined in Application and Service Provider SLAs
• Applicable to custom communication services as wells
• Functionality
• Any traffic request belong to a composed service results in
budget increase of individual and composed service
rate/quote
• Enforced in Geo-redundant fashion
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Service Interceptors
 A Service Interceptor is an implementation of a specific
interface, that may be triggered during normal traffic flow
through the Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
 Enables the modularization of container work flow and provide
Facade
customization points for extensions
Plugin
Manager
 Provide the ability to write customizations for network
integration through POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects)
–
Applicable to both application & network initiated traffic
EJB
 Centralized policy enforcement and management
FilterPlugin
RoundRobinList
 The Interceptor makes a decision whether to permit or deny a
request through the Oracle Communications Services
Gatekeeper based on evaluation of a service function
EnforceNodeBudget
EnforceBlackList
Plugin
Communication
Service
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ProfileInterceptor
Core Features
MONITORING
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EDR, CDR & Alarms
 Event Data Records (EDR) are triggered when
events happen within Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Communication Service
(no id)
 Type of EDRs
EDR
Service
– Raw EDRs
7654*
 Event Data Records that record activities in
the OCSG
JMS
Topic
– CDRs
 Charging Data Records used for charging
based on either time used or access of
certain services
– Alarms
 Records reporting a warning or an issue
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7654*
JMS listener
7654*
JMS listener
* ID assigned after filtering
SNMP Traps
SNMP MIB is generated based on the alarm
descriptors
MIB file located in $DOMAIN_HOME/snmp/
Communication Service
EDR Service
.1.3.6.1.4.1.140.627.0.123
IANA-registered
Private
Enterprises
xml filters
BEA
Oracle
alarm
Communications
identifier
Services
Gatekeeper
SNMP service
SNMP trap
generates
alarm descriptors
MIB file
SNMP listener
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SNMP listener
Turn key solution for On boarding & Partner Management
PRM PORTAL AND REPORTS
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Partner Relationship Management
Comprehensive 3rd party management capabilities
Partner Management
 On-boards & manages large number of partners & applications
Registration
rapidly
 Automates partner & app registration, service activation &
Account
Management
provisioning
 All interfaces also available through web service interfaces
–
Reporting
Integrates easily with existing partner portals
Global / Partner Node
 Provides self service access for account management & service
usage statistics
 Enables fine grain control of app & partner access & utilization
through pre-built SLAs
 Protects subscriber privacy through defined user SLA
 Delivers highly flexible & extensible policy enforcement through
custom SLAs
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SP Group 1
SP Group 2
App Group 1
App Group 3
App
App
App
App
App Group 2
App Group 4
App
App
Portal and Reports - Business Value
Complete turnkey solution
•GUI based partner on-boarding
•Application lifecycle management
Reports providing insights into API utilization
•Visibility into API usage and activity
•Ways to decrease network congestion and increase customer
retention
Move beyond competition
•Built on WebCenter and OBI making it extendable and
customizable
Central point for on-boarding partners
•Automates partner & app registration, service activation &
provisioning.
•Enables fine grain control of app, partner access & utilization
through pre-built SLAs
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PRM Portal
PRM portal includes management of
 Registration
 SLA
 API
 Application
 Group
 Short code
 Concept
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Life cycle management for applications and
service providers
Partner (app developer) creates an
application concept (an application
for an application)
• Api’s and methods are selected
• Throughput restrictions can be set
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Life cycle management for applications and
service providers (cont.)
PRM manager reviews an
application
1. View details
2. Set/create SLA’s
3. Approve application
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Inside the Portal
• Total 48 UI pages in Portal
Partner Portal
Partner Manager Portal
• UI Design: ~80 pages
• Partner Portal: 14 pages
Partner
Partner Group
API
Short Code
Application
Analytics
SLA
Customization
Register
My Application
My Account
My API
ADF Engine
ADF Faces
WebCenter
Services
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WebCenter
Framework
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ADF Controller
WebLogic
Server
ADF Binding
• Partner Manager Portal: 34 pages
• 70 web service interfaces
• Based on Webcenter 11gR1
PRM Portal
Portal Architecture
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Web Center
AT
NT
MBeans
Partner Portal
SOAP
Partner
Manager Portal
Web
services
RMI
EJB
Storage
OCSG DB
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API Analytics
• Comprehensive analytics/reports over
Oracle Communications Services
Gatekeeper service provider,
application, API invocations
• 360 degree view on
application/subscriber requests
• ROI analysis on application
– SLA breaches
– Subscriber usage
– Rate guarantee recommendation
Reports providing insight into API utilization
• Visibility into usage and activity e.g. revenue division by content type, the most popular applications
of the month, API usage per application etc.
• Enables insight into underutilized assets, ways to decrease network congestion and increase
customer retention.
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API business analytics with OCSG and OBI
• Based on OBI Suite
Enterprise edition
Plus 11.1.1.6
• Near real time
access to data
• Report can be
exported to PDF,
excel, powerpoint,
web archive(.mht),
and data
file(.csv,.xml)
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Analytics Reports
 Based on Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper EDRs (traffic
history data), it is possible to make
data-warehouse level digging and
generate useful analytics report for
decision making.
 Analytics shows different report
from different perspective, like best
used API and methods, best
latency traffics and etc.
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Inside analytics
Report Dashboard
API Usage
API Response time
API Failure
App Usage
App Response time
Region Subscriber
App Failure
App Subscriber
Answers
BI Server
Oracle BI
Dashboard
Oracle Database
EDR Raw
Data
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API Data
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App Data
Subscriber
Data
Total 31reports
• 16 API reports
• 12 Application reports
• 3 Subscriber reports
2 access points
• View reports from within PM Portal
• View reports and create new ones from
the OBI client.
Scalable and performant
• Asynchroneous ETL provides scalability
and negligable impact on Oracle
Communications Services Gatekeeper
Use Case 3 - Analytics
API name
Reports
API
APP
Method
Parameter
EDR
Time period
Method name
App ID
Date & time
Subscriber addr
 Usage & trends
 Response time & trends
Oracle
Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Analytics
 Failure rate
 No./region/trends of
subs for each app
Respond time
5
.HTML
Printable
Print
Failure rate
No. of req
.MHT
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Data
Export
Analytics value
Enable Carriers to:
Understand their customers and how they use the APIs
• How are the Service providers doing?
• How much traffic is it generating?
• What services exposed as API’s are making money?
Make better business decisions
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•
How about ROI?
•
Where do they need to expand?
•
Where do they need to focus?
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Portal and Analytics Deployment
Analytics
Portal
PRM Portal
Analytics Report
PR Portal
Oracle BI
DB
Service data
Management data
Account data
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OCSG
AT Server
AT Server
NT Server
NT Server
JMS
SOAP
Oracle Web Center
DB
EDR raw data
Report data
Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Focused Solutions
Preintegrated end to end solutions for the following Use Cases
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
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Carrier
Billing aaS
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Trusted
Identity
aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
Messaging
aaS
Telecom API Exposure Platform
Operators need to boost
revenue and protect
subscriber base
Operators continually try to find new killer
app – this is not a sustainable approach!
Exposure is the application. Enables web
developers to figure out new services and
generate the long tail
Applications
 Secure exposure of telecom capabilities via Web Services
 Secure policy controlled access to telecom resources
Service Exposure
Policy Control
 Partner management and on-boarding
Network
Abstraction
 Service Level management for partners
 Access to legacy and NGN telecom resources
Network
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Telecom API Exposure Platform
Solution architecture overview
 Increase control and
End Users
Partners
reduce cost of managing
partners accessing
network services
Partner & Application
Management
 Enable partners and
internal developers to
easily create innovative
& differentiated services
Developer
Portal
Data
Model
QoS
Billing
IT
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BI
Service Exposure
 Establish new revenue
streams and enhance
customer loyalty
Analytics
Platform
Policy
Network
Video
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
Messaging
aaS
CARRIER BILLING AS A SERVICE
ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
GATEKEEPER AS A CHARGING GATEWAY
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Carrier Billing aaS
Supports both offline and online charging
 Direct Carrier Billing
 Authentication and
Payment Gateway
Access Control &
Policy Management
Storefront
Authorization
Communication Service
 Refunds
 Spending Limits
 Transaction history
 Both session based
(reserved mode)
and event based
(instant mode)
Connectors
Supplier
End Users
Ro
Billing/Charging/Rating System
Online
Mediation
Charging & Rating
Offline
Mediation
Customer
Data
Billing and Settlement
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Rf
Payment API’s
Parlay X and One API
One API charging example
 Standards Compliant
1
App
– One API 2.0 and 2.1
3
– Parlay X 3.0 (now complete)
4
2
5
6
 Allows Applications to
–
–
–
–
Charge, ChargeSplitAmount
Reserve, Charge Reserve
Refund
Volume Charge, Reserve Volume Charge
OAuth
Oracle
Communications
Services Gatekeeper
 Pre-integrated with
7
– Oracle Communications Mediation
Controller
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Billing
IT / Network
OAuth 2.0 Charging use case
App charges on behalf of user
1.
User initiates an in-app charge against his operator account for
an item

2.
3.
Application initiates OAuth conversation for charge by redirecting
user to authorization endpoint providing redirect URI and client ID
Authorization endpoint re-directs user to authentication end point
to authenticate and obtain consent. Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper presents an authentication and
authorization interface to user

4.
5.
6.
7.
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1
E.g. virtual goods, application, tickets, etc
App
3
4
2
5
6
OAuth
Form containing username/password, human readable description of
resource (charge description)
User validates requested charge in browser and submits it to
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper redirects user to
the Application redirection URI.
App obtains access token from Oracle Communications Services
Gatekeeper makes charge request with valid token
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper sends charging
record to billing system
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OCSG
7
Billing
IT / Network
Carrier Billing aaS value
• Direct Carrier Billing
• Provides fast & easy means of purchasing apps & services
• In-Application Charging
• Provides fast & easy means of purchasing content
• Greatly enhances existing services
• Network Policy and Payment
• SMS and payment
• Oauth and payment (charging on behalf of user)
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Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
TRUSTED IDENTITY AAS
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Messaging
aaS
Trusted Identity as a Service
Key Features and components
 Allows subscribers to share
their private resources with a
third party without having to
provide their own security
credentials.
–
These resources could be photos,
videos, contact lists, location,
billing capability, profile etc.
 Open, standards based
integration points for fedrated
Idenity Management solutions
 Enables the Identity broker
Business Model
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Trusted Identity aaS
Approach and business models
• Increased concerns regarding online fraud and
information privacy for service providers and end
users creates a need for trusted and certified
frameworks that industries can depend on to
authenticate users.
• Opportunity for telcos to move up the value chain
and provide enhanced identity services.
 Business models
• Enhance CSP’s own services and create new
ones
• Take the role of identity brokers that manage high
value web transactions.
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Example
A large American carrier has made great
advances in leveraging IDM technology to
create new revenue streams.
The “identity broker” business model
• Telcos, as trusted “identity brokers,” can bridge the gap of
trust and security between end users and web/app
transactions to build sustainable revenue streams by
authenticating identity credentials with relying parties.
3rd party
Authentication
Alternate
authentication
• Offer identity services to third parties to meet needs for
trust, privacy, and fraud prevention
• Example:
•
•
•
•
Distributing goods and content
Targeting promotions
Collecting payments
Providing customer care
ID Broker
Name Address
SSN Credit card Email
Income insurance
bank details
Billing
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OCSG
Network
OAuth2
 OAuth is an open standard for
authorization.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749
 OAuth provides a method for clients to
access protected resources on behalf of a
resource owner by issuing the client a
different credential – access token.
Secure resource access by
3rd party applications
On-demand, explicit user authorization
for resource access
Widely accepted industry
standard for resource
authorization
Application driven,
Flexible resource
authorization
 It also provides a process for resource
owner to authorize third-party access to
their server resources without sharing
their credentials (typically, a username
and password pair), using user-agent
redirections.
Simple HTTP based
protocol, extensible to
any 3rd party authorization
Improved security and fine
grained control over user privacy,
payments, other network assets
Example use cases
•App charges on behalf of the user, user authenticates & authorizes the charge transaction
•Operator provides identity service enabling users to log into 3rd party apps
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Subscriber privacy management
Anonymous Customer Reference (ACR) support
 Log into app using operator ID
Grant access
to resources
& password
App
• Preferences
• Order history
 Each app gets ACR for the
user, dedicated to the app
Provides
anonymous ID
Privacy
Manager
 App captures information on
anonymous user which can be
accessed at a later date
Privacy Management = OAuth + Comms API support + API semantics + multi-party + 3rd party authorization + ACR
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Subscriber privacy management
Value proposition for service providers
 Anonymous Customer References deliver
privacy and security for subscribers
– Location of 3rd party
– Presence of 3rd party
Resources
 Support monetization of other services
– Payment as a service
– Profile as a service
– Network Policy as a service
QoS
Resources
– Caller ID
 Monetize ID or authorization as a service
– Medical information
– ID as a service
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Telco
ID Service
App
Subscription management
• Decouple access to service subscription from
its actual representation and the location of
the information by providing:
• A single point of access to service subscription
functions across multiple instances of a service
• A common interface to service subscription
functions across multiple services
• Manage subscriptions with ease
• Ensure subscriber privacy through subscriber
anonymization
• Integration points to IT systems
• Short code, key word to content mappings
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Subscriber
Anonymization
Subscription
API
Notifications
Out of box
SMS
application
Subscription
Management
Integration
with IT
Subscription
through OAuth
Multi channel
support
Subscription
lifecycle
management
Use case example
Anonymous news subscription
1. User gets service description about the “digital
Service
Portal
newspaper service” from the service portal presenting
the information and initiates a service subscription on
the service portal.
2. The service portal sends the service subscription
1
2
request to Oracle Communications Services
Gatekeeper.
3
3. Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper (itself or
delegating to other resources) manages the users
identity and obtains its pseudo-Id. Oracle
Communications Services Gatekeeper sends a
notification about the anonymous subscription to the
news site
4. The service portal forwards the subscription response
to the user.
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News
site
OCSG
4
Service
Portal
OCSG
News
site
Use case example
Anonymous news subscription
1. The news site application sends a MMS with the content to
News
site
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper. The news
site only knows the Pseudo-Id as the users Identity.
OCSG
1
2. Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper (itself or
delegating to other resources) manages the users identity
and obtains the MSISDN.
2
3
3. Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper forwards the
4
MMS to the user
4. Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper returns a
response to the news site
News
site
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OCSG
Address list management
Allows you to manage groups (aliases) of subscribers
 Group URIs can be used in place
of individual URIs by the OneAPI
MMS, SMS and Terminal Location
communication services
1 createGroup/
2 sendSMS
addMember
(group1:[tel:123, tel:456])
(address:group1)
 Can be used also for custom
communicaton services
Managing multiple
users as one
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address
List
SMS
tel:123
tel:456
Example
Family tracking
2a) applyOAuth2Token()
3-4)createGroup(familyURI)
getLocation(familyURI) – with
1a)
Apply
grant for location tracking
OAuthToken
1b)
addMembers(family
members)
authorizedByGroupOwner()
2b)issueOAuth2Token()
 A parent, who is the primary subscriber in a
family plan, would like to track family
members using a location-based application
which makes use of the Address List
Management plug-in.
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–
The parent authorizes location tracking on behalf of
family members.
–
The application creates a group owner which issues an
authorization grant on behalf of the resource owner
members that are part of the group URI.
–
It passes multiple resource owner addresses to the
getGroupLocation method of the Location API to
retrieve location information.
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App
4
2
OAuth
Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
3
GMLC
IT / Network
Trusted Identity aaS value
 Safer customer experience ->
Increased trust
3rd party
Authentication
Alternate
authentication
– Improved security, finer granularity
 Enabler for Network Policy, Payment
and other services
 Securing privacy –> more business
 SSO enabler through delegation
support
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ID Broker
OCSG
Billing
Network
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
NETWORK POLICY AS A
SERVICE
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Messaging
aaS
Network policy as a service
QoS Key benefits
Better Customer
Experience
What is the most important
differentiator in the mobile
broadband market? – QoS!
1%
10%
29%
Differentiated
Experience
QoS
Speed
15%
Price
Coverage
Apps and content
18%
Increased
Revenue
Other
27%
Source: OVUM: Mobile Industry Survey, AsiaPacific; 2012–13
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Network Policy as a service
Examples
1.
Zero rated commercials (Ad Funded QOS+)
Business Drivers
2.
Un-throttled OTT partner video (Customer or OTT funded)
• Churn reduction
3.
Enterprise Mobility Applications (Enterprise funded)
• Cost savings
4.
Time boxed turbo boosts (Partner or Customer funded)
From buffering
to joy
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Turbo Boost Movie $1
• Revenue
Network Policy aaS (Mobile Policy Gateway)
Over-the-top apps and content
Internal web-based apps and content
Unified
Communications
Content
Servers
On-boarding
Usage statistics
Pricing analysis
Sub segmentation
Partner
Relationship
Management
 Allow
Allow an
an entry
entry point
point for
for applications
applications to
to


influence
influence QoS
QoS
Manage
Manage the
the relationship
relationship between
between
multiple
applications,
subscriber, and
and
multiple applications, subscriber,
network
network resources
resources
Leverage
Leverage standard
standard mechanisms
mechanisms like
like
OAuth
OAuth
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CSCF
IPTV
Service Delivery
Platform
WS
Partner Portal
-
Internal network services
and applications
Subscriber
Portal
OCSG API Platform
REST
Diameter Rx
Application
Policies
Policy
Engine
Service
Policies
Policy Control (PCRF)
Decisions
flow
Operator
Network
PCEF
Subscriber
Profile
Charging &
Billing
OCSG and BSS in 3GPP architecture
Application Function
(OCCAS , WLS, Other)
Application Vendor


Open and flexible access to enhance
applications with QoS
Application driven charging models
OCSG API Platform
Carrier



Get over limitations of network centric
interfaces
Open connection between applications
and network
Control access to QoS resource from
multiple applications
Subscriber

Gain granular control over applications
and their QoS profile
Subscriber Profile
Repository
(BRM / NCC)
Policy and Charging
Rules Function
(OCPC)
Policy and Charging
Enforcement Function
(PCEF)
Online Charging
System
(ECE / BRM / NCC)
Offline Charging
System
(BRM)
Adapted from 3GPP TS 23.203
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Example End to End QoS Solution
1. A subscriber's mobile device is registered with the Gateway GPRS
Support Node (GGSN) or the PCEF.
2. The GGSN or PCEF requests a default QoS plan from the PCRF.
3. Once the QoS plan is returned from the PCRF, the GGSN or PCEF
executes that plan and connects the subscriber's device to the
Internet.
4. A subscriber application sends a RESTful request to Services
Gatekeeper for a change in QoS.
3
Internet
App
GGSN
PCEF
4
5. Services Gatekeeper sends the QoS request to the PCRF using the
Rx protocol.
1
6
Internet
6
2
5
OCSG
OCPC
6. The PCRF pushes the new QoS plan to the PCEF using the Gx
7
protocol, and the PCEF executes that plan.
7. The PCRF interfaces with BRM or another billing management
system to charge the subscriber appropriately.
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BRM
OCMC
Network Policy Value
• Greatly simplifies Network Policy enabled apps
• Exposure to 3:rd parties - Allowing partners to guarantee high
quality user experiences
• Carrier Internal services – Allowing differentiation and optimal
use of resources
• Better Customer Experience
• Differentiated Experience
• Increased Revenue
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Managed QoS
and Consumption
Smart Pipes
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
ENTERPRISE SERVICE
ACCESS GATEWAY
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Messaging
aaS
Enterprise Service Access Gateway
Robust and Performant Unified Service Exposure Platform
 Expose Network Capabilities as Open Network
Applications
Applications
Applications
APIs to Applications
 Centralized Network Access and Usage Control
–
WS security, encryption & trust, OAuth 2
–
Policy protection framework enabling SLA for applications
and end users
Access Control
Network APIs
Policy & Partner Mgmt
 Pre-built Enablers for Profile, Messaging,
Charging, etc.
Network Protocols
 Pre-built interfaces for partner relationship
Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
management & OSS/BSS integration
 Reliability through scalable clustering (six sigma)
–
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REST
SOAP
Profile
(LDAP)
Billing
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
MACHINE TO MACHINE
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Messaging
aaS
M2M Exposure
B2B Policy Control and Budgeting
• B-2-B and SLA management
to partners
• Control network access and
usage
Network Access
• Integrates with service
enablers: profile, messaging,
location, presence,…
• Integrates with OSS/BSS
infrastructure: Billing &
Charging, device
management
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SOA Façade
(Oracle Service Bus)
SOAP & REST
Facades
• Handles communication and
interaction to end devices
LBS
SMS-C
MMS -C
Network
M2M
Device
M2M
Gateway
M2M
Device
M2M
Applications
M2M
Device
HLR
OSM
BRM
ASAP
Optional Modules
• Exposes network & service
delivery capabilities as WEB
services to partners and
applications
M2M
Applications
Partner/App
Management
M2M
Applications
M2M Enabling Platform & Service Delivery
• Centralized Service
Exposure Layer &
Policy Enforcement
M2M Enabling Platform &
Service Delivery
Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Appl 1
Appl …
Appl 3
M2M
Core
Tekecom Network enablers available
out of the box
Network Protection, Throttling &
Policy Control
Appl 2
M2M Service Capabilities(SC)
Network Mgmt
(NM) Function
Core Network (CN)
Transport
Network
Partner On-boarding – extensive
Partner relationship management
Access Network
M2M Appl
M2M SC
Web services generation wizards for
simple WS integrations
M2M Gateway
M2M Appl
M2M
Device
Domain
M2M
Area
Network
M2M Device
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M2M Mgmt
Function
M2M SC
M2M Device
• Scalable, Resilient,
Modular and Secure
Platform
• Developer-friendly
API’s and Service
Exposure (e.g. RESTful
API’s Web Services)
• Grow an M2M Partner
Ecosystem
Telecom
API
Exposure
Platform
Carrier
Billing aaS
Trusted
Identity aaS
Network
Policy aaS
Enterprise
Service
Access
Gateway
Machine to
Machine
Messaging
aaS
MESSAGING AS A SERVICE
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Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Messaging Capabilities
Applications
Web Services (SOAP or REST)
OSS
System
Mgmt
SMS, MMS, Wap Push & Email
Service Exposure
Policy Control and Budgeting
BSS
SCE
Network Abstraction
Extensions
Oracle
RAC
Integration
Oracle SDP
SDK
SMSC
MMSC
PPG
Network
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SMTP
…
Unified Messaging as a service
Consolidating Messaging Infrastructure
Content Provider 1
Content Provider x
Application1
Application2
Application n
Application1
Application3
Content Provider2
Application2
Content Provider1
Application3
Content Provider2
Content Provider 2
Internal Apps
Application 3
WS/REST/Native /SOA interface
Telco Service Exposure
Plug-in 1
SMPP Gateway1
UCP Gateway1
Plug-in 2
Plug-in N
Plug-in N
Custom
SMSC-1
SMPP Gateway2
Plug-in 3
MMS Gateway1
MMSC1
MMSC 2
Custom
SMSC-2
• Reduce OPEX by consolidating fragmented messaging gateways that were tailored to address
various business needs
• Seamless migration of existing applications; efficient network partitioning for monetization
• Comprehensive messaging protocol support (SMPP3.3,SMPP 3.4, UCP 4.0,5.0,USSD)
• Exposure, network protocol, business process customization choices on traffic flow
• Rich policy control and application, network, subscriber protection
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Messaging as a service
Significant enhancements to existing messaging capabilities
 Guaranteed Message Delivery for
notifications
– Send a message (SMS or Email) for
a heads up, reminder, or special
offer e.g. when an invoice is sent,
payment is due
 Bulk Messaging for campaign
management
– Send out offerings to certain
customers as SMS, MMS or E-mail
– Plan, execute and follow-up on
mobile marketing campaigns
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Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Communication Services
- Exposing Network Services to Applications
Webservice Apps
Service Facade
The Application Facing Component,
including the Access Tier and
Common Parts of the Network Tier
Service Enabler
The Network Facing Component,
including the Protocol Translation
Parts
Service
Façade
Service
Enabler
Plug-in
Communication
Services
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Access tier
Access
Control
Security
Configuration
Store
Plug-in
Manager
Statistics
Storage
Policy
Event
Channel
Account
SNMP
EDR
Budget
Lifecycle
Management
GeoRedundancy
Container Services Network tier
Out of the Box Interfaces for Service Creation
Capability
Messaging
Communication Service
PX 2.1 SMS
OneAPI V2 SMS
SMPP 3.4
UCP 4, 4.6, 5.0
PX2.1 MMS (MMS & Email)
OneAPI V2 MMS
MM7 Rel 5, Rel 6
SMTP, IMAP, POP
EWS: WAP Push
Capability
Communication Service
PX2.1 Third Party Call
PX3.0 Third Party Call
Parlay 3.3
SIP RFC 3261
INAP CS1
PAP 2.0
PX2.1 Call Notification
PX3.0 Call Notification
Parlay 3.3
SIP RFC 3261
EWS: Binary SMS
SMPP 3.4
PX3.0 Audio Call
EWS: Bulk Messaging
SMPP, MM7, PAP
as above
Parlay 3.3
SIP RFC 3261
Presence
PX2.1 Presence
SIP RFC 3261
Subscription
Subscription Management
REST
SOAP-SOAP
Arbitrary WSDL
Arbitrary WSDL
REST2REST
Arbitrary WADL
Arbitrary WADL
Native
SMPP 3.4
SMPP 3.4
Call Control
Payment
PX 3.0 Payment
OneAPI V2 Payment
Diameter Ro
Location
PX2.1 Terminal Location
OneAPI V2 Terminal
Location
MLP 3.0
Terminal Status
PX2.1 Terminal Status
MAP
Profile
EWS: Subscriber Profile
LDAP V3
PX 3.0 Device Capabilities
and Configuration
LDAP V3
MM7 Rel5
MM7 Rel5
QoS
Diameter Rf
UCP 4, 4.6, 5.0
UCP 4, 4.6, 5.0
Policy
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Platform components
 Weblogic server 11g v 10.3.6
 OCCAS ver 5.1
 Java Sun 1.6.0_29-b11 or JRockit 1.6.0_29 R28.2.5 (32 or 64 bit)
Optional Components
 For SOA Facades: Oracle Service Bus 11gR1 (11.1.1.6.0)
 For Portal: WebCenter 11gR1 (11.1.1.6.0)
 For Reports: Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition
Plus 11.1.1.6.0
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Supported operating systems
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OEL
Sun Solaris
Redhat
Enterprise
Linux
Windows
OS Version
OEL Release 4
(UL7+), 5 (UL3+),
6
32 & 64 bits
Solaris 2.9
u9+,10 u4+,
11
RHEL 4 (UL7+) &
RHEL 5 (UL3+),
RHEL 6
32 & 64 bits
Windows 7
Windows
Vista with
SP1+
Windows XP
sp2+
(dev only)
JVM (bits)
32 & 64
64
32 & 64
32 & 64
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Supported databases
Database
Oracle 10g and 11g RAC
Characteristic
Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance
Oracle 10g and 11g Single Instance
No Failover and Fault Tolerance
Oracle Database Express Edition 10g and No Failover and Fault Tolerance
11g
MySQL 5.x Single Instance
No Failover and Fault Tolerance
MySQL Cluster 7.2
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Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance
Virtualization support
Virtualization
Note
Solaris Zones
OVM
Virtual Box
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Tested with OVM 3.1.1
Presentation Overview
 Market Trends
 Service Provider Challenges
 Service Exposure Opportunities
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Overview
 Focused Solutions
 Technical Details
 Development and Extensions
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Most Extensible Network Gateway Solution
API creation & management tools
Simulation App
• Quickly and easily extend the platform by
• Simple wizards to generate SOAP or REST
services
• Rapidly create & modify service level
agreements
• Customize workflow and policy control
Custom Interfaces
Platform Test Environment
adding network and IT APIs
Application
Custom
SDK
Custom Service
Attributes
Custom SLA
New
Communication
Service
New
Interceptor
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Custom Protocol
through the creation of new interceptors
Simulation Node
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New Network Node
Customizable Software Development Kit (SDK)
For application Development
 Simplified, Light weight, developer-friendly SDK
 Can be Customized, White-Labeled and re-distributed
–
From UI to SLAs, operators can personalize the SDK to
developers
 SOAP & RESTful Web services support
 SLA enforcement & WS-Security
 API for extensibility
 Easy-to-use GUI
 Simulator
 Simulator GUI
 Workshop Controls
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Extending Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
 Create a new communication service:
– To develop a new end-to-end service for a new network
protocol:
 Create everything from the application-facing Web Service interface
to the network-facing plug-in
 Modify an existing communication service:
– Create a new network plug-in when the application-facing
interface is the same but the network protocol has been
modified:
 Customize an existing communication service
– Change or add an interceptor for workflow customization
(Network Tier)
– Add a new Handler of Servlet filter for customization of request
or response content (Application Tier)
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Oracle Communications
Services Gatekeeper
Communication
Service
Service
Facades
Handlers &
Filters
Service
enablers
Interceptors
EDR’s
CDR’s
Alarms
SNMP
Platform Development Studio
Features
 To create new communication services, or to extend existing communication
services, Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper provides the Platform
Development Studio.
 Platform Development Studio includes the following:
–
Sample communication service
–
Communication service creation wizard
–
Platform Test Environment:

Includes a service-level agreement (SLA) editor
–
A schema for creating subscriber-centric SLAs
–
Event data record (EDR) and alarm listeners
 Custom Communication Services Support
– PDS can generate complete SOAP and REST communication services for SDK using
WSDL
 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper also provides a mechanism for
implementing custom policy rules.
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The Platform Test Environment
What can be extended?
 Rich APIs for:
– New Communication Services
– New Service Enablers
– Test drivers
– Simulators
 Rich SPIs for:
– Service Interceptors
– Profile Providers for Subscriber-
Centric Policy
 Automatic generation of:
– SOAP-SOAP communication
services
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Extension Toolkit
Communication service creation wizard
 Eclipse Wizard that Generates
Substantial Code
 Specialized Templates and Ant
Tasks
 Buildable and Executable
Example
 Unit Test Framework
 The Platform Test Environment
(GTool)
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SOAP-SOAP Communication Services
• Supports automatic
generation of SOAP
services based on WSDL
file.
• The soap-to-soap
application interface
maps directly to the
network facing service
(SOAP) and callback
WSDL’s
• Generated through the
eclipse wizard
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Client
HTTP/SOAP
WS
Callback EJB
EJB
Callback EJB client
SOAPPluginNorth
Callback Handler
WS-stub
SoapPluginSouth
OCSG
WS-Skeleton
REST-REST Communication Services
• Supports automatic generation
of REST services based on
WADL file.
• The rest-to-rest application
interface maps directly to the
network facing service (REST)
and callback WADL’s
• Generated through the eclipse
wizard
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