Billing and Revenue Management: Technical Overview LVC

Module 1: Architecture Overview

• Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management Functional Architecture
• Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management Technical Architecture
• BRM Server Overview
• Pricing Design Center (PDC)
• Billing Care (BC)
• Business Operations Center (BOC)
• Elastic Charging Engine (ECE)
• APIs Overview
• Offline Mediation Controller (OCOMC)
• Convergent Charging Controller (OC3C)

Module 2: BRM Overview

• Technical Architecture
• BRM Four-Tier Architecture
• BRM Processes Overview
• Application Tier
• Business Process Tier
• Business Process Tier Processes
• FM Functionality
• CM Processes – Dynamic Spawning
• Object Tier
• Object Tier Processes
• Object Tier Process Functionality
• Translation Manager Functionality
• Data Tier
• Database Functionality
• Real-time Pipeline Architecture
• Summary

Module 3: BRM Server Configuration

• Locating Configuration Files
• Configuring BRM Processes
• Syntax of pin.conf File Entries
• CM pin.conf File and Examples
• Syntax of Infranet.properties File Entries
• Example for eai_js
• DM pin.conf File and Example
• Starting and Stopping BRM Processes
• BRM Cloud Native Deployment Overview

Module 4: BRM Data Model

• Storable Class Definitions
• Naming Conventions
• Extensions
• Storable Objects
• Flist Concepts
• Flists and BRM Functions
• Flists and Storable Objects
• Flist Specification Syntax
• Permissions for New Storable Classes
• Field Names and Data Types
• Simple and Complex Data Types
• Timestamps
• Object ID (POID) Data Type
• Partial POIDs
• PIN_FLDT_SUBSTRUCT Data Type
• Example: Substruct Data Type
• PIN_FLDT_ARRAY Data Type
• Example: Array Data Type
• Substruct vs Array
• Example: Buffer Data Type
• Flist-to-Database Mapping Rules
• Database Storage Model
• Creating Class Definitions with pin_deploy
• Reading Storable Objects with testnap

Module 5: Elastic Charging Engine (ECE)

• Technical Architecture
• Detailed Architecture
• Coherence Overview
• Terminology, Cluster Node, Distributed Cache
• Distributed Cache Operations – get() / put()
• Node, Machine, Site, and Rack Safety
• Elastic Charging Server Components
• Kafka
• BRM Gateway
• EM Gateway
• Pricing Updater
• Customer Updater
• Persistence Options
• Rated Event Formatter
• Subscriber Caching
• Selective Loading of Subscribers
• Partial Loading of Subscribers
• Cache Management
• Initial Data Loading
• Data Reloading
• Lazy Loading – On-Demand

Module 6: Data Flow

• ECE Initial Start-up Flow
• ECE Subsequent Start-up Flow
• Integration Points Overview
• Pricing Objects
• Configuration Objects
• Mastered in PDC
• Mastered in BRM
• Subscriber Flow at Run-Time
• PDC to ECE
• PDC to BRM
• BRM to PDC

Module 7: Rating

• Rating Engines Overview
• Subscription Rating
• Entry Points
• Initial or Update Request
• Terminate Request
• Top-up Flow
• Persistence
• Persistence Database
• Summary

Module 8: Pricing Overview

• PDC Pricing Model
• Balance Elements
• Service-Event-RUM Map
• About Usage Metrics (RUMs)
• Configuring a RUM
• Creating Charge Offers
• Adding a New Charge
• Creating a Simple Charge
• Extended Pricing Features
• Multiple RUMs
• Discount Offers
• Creating Discounts
• Applying Multiple Discounts – Examples
• Bundles and Packages
• Bundle Dependencies
• Package Definition
• Adding Services and Bundles
• Managing Balances, Credit Limits, and Thresholds
• Package List