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ARCB - Prepaid and Postpaid Billing
04/11/23 1Aradial Converged Billing
Aradial Convergent
Billing and
Policy server(ARCB + APC)
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Prepaid and postpaid billing subscribers• Advanced AAA – RADIUS and Diameter• PCRF - Policy Control quota management• Multiple services on same platform:
Wifi / Hotspots Wired Broadband – ADSL – all ISP services Wimax Mobile 3G,Wifi 3G Offloading, LTE VOIP, Traditional VOICE, SMS, MMS VAS
• Customer Management and basic CRM• Voucher Management system
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Customer Management
Account – shared balance for users Users under account Resource/ANI/CPE defined per users
• Business Partners and Reseller Management Revenue Sharing with Business partners Registering subscribers / account Selling vouchers and prepaid cards Receiving commissions
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Business Entity
Create market segmentation Group subscribers and accounts
• Multiple VISP support as Business entity Create market segmentation Special administration for VISP Manage users under the VISP account External HTTP interface for VISP billing integration
• Account and user operation View financial transactions, sessions and calls Payment by credit card or PayPal Adjustments to invoices Manual payments – cash, checks
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Voucher management
Top-up vouchers Prepaid Cards for IP Calling Cards
• Web self care for users and accounts Users and passwords management Payments and invoices Purchase new offers and upgrades
• Public portal for self registration• Trouble ticketing
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Product catalog
Price plans Offers using price plans
Price plan
Network profile provisioning
One-time offers Add on offers
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Flexible charging & rating
Periodic Recurring Charges Usage charges
Allowances
Time of day and day of week
Destination charging – e.g use for VOIP and VOICE Prefix table
One-time charges
• Invoicing Periodic automatic invoicing Invoicing sent by email XSL layout – branding Undo billing Discounting
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• Automatic payment
Error management
• Account Receivables (A/R) Manual, fast payment screen Credit card PayPal
• Accounting reports Invoicing Payment Operator statement, per-account statement Aging payment
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Aradial ConvergedPrepaid & Postpaid, Multi IP Services• CDRs processing & error management or
rating problems• Inventory and Resource management
DID ANI MAC Address IP Address
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Aradial Policy Control
• PCRF - Policy Control quota management • Fast definition of Policy rules, actions and step• Handles various users events• Advanced dynamic policies for active users
– Change of QoS parameters in real-time– Disconnect– Redirect– Send balance notifications via email and SMS
• Customer care additions– View & modify user details
• Quota policy
• QoS policy
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Presentation Agenda
Welcome Screens
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Welcome Screens
Aradial Admin
Welcome Screens
Web Self Care
Welcome Screens
Portal
Price Plans
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Price Plan – Example 1
Postpaid Internet
• Setup fee• Prorated RC• Allowance then Money
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Price Plan – Example 2
Prepaid Internet
• Volume Allowance
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Price Plan – Example 3
Postpaid VoIP
• Setup fee• Prorated RC• Destination based• Call setup
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Price Plan – Recurring Charge
• Based on various periods (None, bill cycle, daily, weekly, monthly)
• Flat RC rate• Proration type• Period multiplier• Attaching with charge type (for invoice aggregation)
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Price Plan – Destination Table
View Available Destination Table
View Destination Table Rates
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Price Plan – Period Set
View Available Period Sets
View Periods
Offers
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Offers
View Offers
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Offers
Add offer
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Offers
• Add/View Offer Relations
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Offers
• Add Categories – Category is to display different offers to different kind of subscribers.
• View Categories
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Offers - Example• Prepaid volume allowance:
One Price Plan
Customized:
•Group
•Price
•Allowance quota
• Postpaid Hosting
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Offers - Example
Price Plan
•Monthly RC $4.99
•Setup Fee $10
Offer
• One Time offer
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Offers - Example• Add On offer
Prepaid Internet
• Time + Volume Allowance price plan definition
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Offers - Example
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Offers - Example• Prepaid time + volume with expiration:
One Price Plan
Customized:
•Group
•Price
•Allowance quota
•Expiration time
Accounts & User
Management
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Account Reference DefinitionsAdd new Account type
View AvailableAccount Types
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Account Notification Policy
Send Email on event. Define population, template, resulting SQL.
Account Notification:- Credit card expiration notification.- Bill is ready or due or paid automatically.User Notification:- User registration email.- User purchase email.- User Low Balance notification etc.
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Accounts Lookup
• Result page
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Account Navigation Pane
• Account 360• Add users under the account • Account balances (invoices,
adjustments, etc)• Statement report per account• View sessions (all users under
the account)• Invoices (view, pay, adjust,
issue)• Add / edit tickets for the
specified account• Cancel account • Browse users
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Account 360
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Accounts Lookup
• Basic lookup page • Advanced lookup page
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Adding an Account• Add page
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User under Account
• View Users– Account relation (title)– User balance – Prepaid / postpaid indicator– Transactions– Offers
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User Navigate Tree
• Balance Transactions • User Resource• Top Up• Extend Plan• Buy One Time• View User Sessions• Manage Future Activities
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User under Account
• View Users– User Account Information– Account ID & link to the account details – Account main details
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Account Balance
• Account related balance type• Account balance (inc. invoices, payments, adjustments)• Expiration Date
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Account Statement Report
• Starting/End balance• Links to payments/adjustments details• Links to invoices• Credit / Debit details, tax
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Account Sessions
• Displaying all users related account• Summary / Individual report (similar to regular version)• Customized output for Data and VoIP sessions
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Account Financial Details
• Account Invoices
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Account Financial Details• Account Adjustment Page
• Account Payment Page
Invoicing&
Billing
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Invoicing• Invoices Lookup
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Invoicing
• Generated Invoices
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Invoicing• Generated Invoices Invoice Charges
Taxes
Financial Transactions
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Invoicing
• Ready Cycles
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Invoicing• View Cycles Lookup page
• Result Page
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Invoicing
• Payment Page
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Invoicing
• Adjustment Page
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Invoicing• Operator Reports (Bill Cycle Report)
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Invoicing• Operator Reports (Revenue Report)
• Operator Reports (Summary Report)
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Invoicing
• Operator Report (Statement Report)
Vouchers
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Vouchers
• Three types of Vouchers:• Top-up / Refillable Vouchers• Prepaid Cards (Anonymous user)• Calling Cards (VOIP)
• Reports• Templates• Manage vouchers
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Vouchers
Create voucher template
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Vouchers
Generate vouchers
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Vouchers
ReportsSummary
Activation
Detailed
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AAA Features & Settings
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Aradial AAA Server/ Module• High performance, fully-featured
– RADIUS server– Diameter Server (extra module)
• Supports any IP services• Compliant with RADIUS standards • EAP support • Wimax NWG support• IPv4 and IPv6• Diameter – RO/RF (DCCA), Gx/Gy (PCRF)• Scalable and High available
– Multithreaded - horizontal– Multi-process - vertical
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Aradial RADIUS Server
(Cont.)• 100% web-based interface
• SSL security support
• Scalable Dynamic IP Pools
• Database– ODBC (Access, MS SQL, mySQL, Oracle)– Native Oracle (OCI)– LDAP– Active Directory user authentication– Flat files
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AAA Settings
Configure NAS
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AAA Settings
Groups define connection settings, use sets of IP addresses, limit the number of simultaneous users and sessions, apply NAS filters, define which content the user may access.
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• Grant RADUIS service to the users in the Group.• Set custom RADIUS attributes to users according to the “Radius
Service Type” field selection.
AAA Settings
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• Add a NAS entry which corresponds to the IP address of the Aradial machine from which you wish to receive the proxied request.
ProxyA RADIUS Proxy Server - To which the NAS authenticates with, and which will pass the authentication and/or accounting requests to the RADIUS Proxy Target.
A RADIUS Proxy Target - Which will authenticate and/or start the accounting process for the user accessing the Proxy Server.
AAA Settings
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Realm Group
Target Realm
AAA Settings
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• Support for IPv4 and IPv6• Assign one or more to a Group
IP Pool
• View Individual Ips• By Pool / By State / By Pool and State• Update IP status manually
IP Pool Monitoring
AAA Settings
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Online Sessions
Report session disconnect to Aradial
Report session disconnect to NAS
Report all User’s sessions disconnect to NAS
AAA Settings
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Rule Sets
Define rules that test request attributes and modify response or request attributes when a rule matches.
A more specific rule is scanned before a generic rule. A rule with more conditions is considered as more specific. When a rule is matched, its actions are executed.
AAA Settings
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Add Rule
Add Action
• Set attribute• Update attribute• Add Attribute• Add Attribute
If Empty• Remove Attribute
Policy Control
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Policy Control
• Policy Control quota management • Advanced dynamic policies for active users
– Change of QoS parameters in real-time– Disconnect– Redirect– Send balance notifications via email and SMS
• Handles various users events• Customer care additions
– View & modify user details
• Quota policy
• QoS policy
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Policy Control
Policy Control Hierarchy
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Policy
Rule nRule 1 ActionYes
Step 1 Step n
Offer
User Event
Check
No
Policy Control
Event Type
Mapping
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Policy Control
Policy
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Policy Control
Balance Policy Rule: Expression:
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Unconditional:
Policy Control
Policy Action
Action Steps
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Send PoD;Send CoA;Switch Group;Set Hotline;Set Balance;Perform a Script;Submit Command;Send Email;
Suspend User;Unsuspend User;Set Expiration Date;Change Offer;Change Additional Services;Update User Column.
Policy Control
User Attribute
- String- Numeric- Percent
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Policy Control
Degrading QoSExample
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Expression Rule
Action Steps
Business Partners
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Business Partners
Business Partner Type
and Contract
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Business Partners
Business Partner Account
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User and AccountsSelf Care
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Web Self Care
User log in
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Web Self Care
Account Admin log in
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Web Self Care
• Account details• Users• Trouble Tickets• Statement• Invoices• User Sessions• Payments
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Web Self Care
Create userStep 1
Step 2
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Web Self Care
User Menu
• Edit user details• Transactions• Voucher Top Up• Top Up and Extend service• Sessions• User payments
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Web Self Care
Top Up - with Credit Card
- with voucher
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Web Self Care
Extend Plan
Manage Future Activities
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Web Self Care
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• Pay invoices online
• View payment details history
Web Self Care
Tickets maintenance
Invoices preview
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Business PartnersSelf Care
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Web Self Care
Business Partner log in
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Web Self Care
View assigned Accounts
Users
Invoices
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Web Self Care
Business Partner Vouchers
• Generate from template
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Web Self Care
Business Partner Vouchers
• Manage
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Web Self Care
Business Partner Vouchers
• View Reports
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Portal
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Portal Welcome Screens
Portal
Portal
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• Configurable Layout• Change per location• Offer purchase• Voucher Sign Up
Portal
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• 3 steps user registration:o Select offer
o Fill User details
o Pay
Portal
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• One step voucher sign up
Portal
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• One step voucher Refill
• Three step service purchase
TroubleTickets
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Trouble Tickets
Add Ticket Category
View Available Ticket Categories
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Trouble Tickets
Add New Ticket from the ticket admin page
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Trouble Tickets
Selecting Account from available list
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Trouble Tickets
View available Tickets from Ticket Admin page
Adding Ticket Activity
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Trouble Tickets
View available Activities under a Ticket
Ticket Lookup Page
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Trouble Tickets
Ticket Reporting Lookup
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Trouble Tickets
Ticket Summary Report
Ticket Detailed Report
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Account Tickets
• Account available tickets
• Adding Ticket
Resource Inventory
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Resource Inventory
Add Resource Category
View Available Resource Categories
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Resource Inventory
Add Resource Sub Category
View Available Resource Sub Categories
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Resource Inventory
Resource Lookup
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Resource Inventory
View Resources
Add Resource
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Resource InventoryManage Resources
Import / Export Resources
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Resource Reporting Lookup
Resource Inventory
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Resource Summary Report
Resource Detailed Report
Resource Inventory
Reference Definitions
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Defining New Cycle Code
View available cycle codes
Invoicing Reference Definitions
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Invoicing Reference Definitions
Add new charge type
View available charge types
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Invoicing Reference Definitions
Add new Tax type
View available tax types
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