Billing and Revenue Management: Functional Overview LVC

Module 1: Introduction to Oracle Communications BRM 12

• Safe Harbor Statement
• Program Agenda
• Challenges and Opportunities for Service Providers in the 5G Era
• Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 12 Overview
• Cloud Native Deployment Concepts
• Multi-Service Cloud Native Architecture
• Simpler Updates and Configuration Changes
• Efficient Scaling
• CI/CD Workflow Integration for Automated Deployment
• Integration with EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana)
• Logs in Kibana Dashboard
• BRM Cloud Native Deployment Overview

Module 2: Communications Core Network Integration

• Cloud Native, Network-Grade Diameter Gateway
• 4G Diameter Integration
• Cloud Native HTTP/2 Gateway
• Example 5G Call Flow – Charging and Policy Interaction
• SS7 IN Charging Control
• Offline Mediation

Module 3: Pricing Design Center (PDC)

• TM Forum Certified Pricing Design
• Pricing Model Overview
• Navigating PDC
• Typical PDC Tasks and “Used By” Search
• Support for Dynamic Bandwidth Based Offers

Module 4: Elastic Charging Engine (ECE)

• ECE Monitoring Enablers
• Grafana ECE Dashboard
• Latency and Throughput Graphs
• ECE Deployment Architectures
• Cache Persistence Configurations
• Secured Deployments with Oracle Wallet
• Disaster Recovery Architectures
• Active Warm-Standby
• Active Hot-Standby
• Segmented Active-Active
• Multi-Service Cloud Native Architecture – ECE PODs

Module 5: Diameter & RADIUS Gateways

• Diameter Gateway
• Architecture
• High Availability
• Overload Protection
• Degraded Mode Operation
• Notifications
• RADIUS Gateway
• HTTP/2 Gateway
• 5G Charging Function
• High Availability Architecture
• TM Forum APIs
• 4G and 5G Co-existence
• 5GC CHF Services – Converged Charging and Policy Integration
• 5GC CHF Registration with Network Repository Function
• 5G Call Flows – Charging and Policy Functions

Module 6: Monitoring & Operational Insights

• ECE Monitoring Overview
• Latency, Memory, and CPU Usage Graphs
• From Slice to Commerce Channel

Module 7: BRM Functional Overview

• Pricing Design Center
• Pricing Profiles
• Authorization and Authentication
• SyncPDC Process
• Service and Event Definitions for ECE
• Ratable Usage Metrics (RUMs) Configuration
• Balance Elements and Zone Model
• Special Day Calendar
• Item Type Selectors and Policy Specification
• Changesets
• Validating Changesets
• Changeset Lifecycle
• Creating Charge Offers
• Simple and Extended Pricing
• Multi-RUM
• Discount Offers
• Quantity Ranges, Triggers, Filters
• Bundles and Packages
• Manage Balances and Package Views
• Charge Selectors
• USC Selector, Generic Selector, Custom Rule
• Profile Specifications
• Dynamic Pricing Overview

Module 8: Offline Mediation Controller (OCOMC)

• Safe Harbor Statement
• Architecture Overview
• Cartridges and Extensibility
• Intuitive GUI and Ease of Configuration
• Rapid Customization
• Data Storage and Reporting Framework
• Billing and Reporting in Parallel
• Mediation with Service Convergence
• RADIUS and IMS Charging Gateway
• Record Editor and Security
• Integration with ECE and BRM Suspense Manager
• Mediation Shell for Automation
• Reliability, Scalability, and Performance
• Distributed Mediation Architecture
• High Availability with OS Cluster
• Cloud Native Deployment Option
• CI/CD Based Deployment
• Integration with EFK
• Logs in Kibana Dashboard
• OCOMC PODs Overview

Module 9: Convergent Charging Controller (OC3C)

• Safe Harbor Statement
• Introduction and Program Agenda
• OC3C Architecture and Deployment
• Core Functionalities Overview
• High Availability Considerations
• Integration with BRM and ECE
• Monitoring and Operational Insights

Module 10: Cloud Native Deployment

• Safe Harbor Statement
• Program Agenda
• Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Overview
• BRM Cloud Native Deployment
• Deployment Architecture
• High-Level Architecture
• Multi-Service Cloud Native Architecture
• Common Services
• Deployment Advantages
• Simpler Updates and Configuration Changes
• Efficient Scaling
• BRM Cloud Native Deployment Artifacts
• CI/CD Workflow Integration
• Customization of Facilities Modules (FMs) and Data Managers (DMs)
• Billing Care Extensions
• Deployment Profiles and Rolling Updates
• Interim Patch/Patchset Deployment
• Moving to Cloud Native BRM
• Deploy Billing Care with WebLogic Operator
• Configurator Job Utilities and Applications
• Integration with EFK and Kibana Dashboards
• Database Schema Upgrade from PS2 to PS3
• CNBRM Upgrade from PS2 to PS3
• Summary