Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE)
The Aricent NRTRDE system cuts roaming fraud by
enabling mobile operators to reduce the time required to exchange roaming
usage records. Typically, NRTRDE reduces the usage records exchange time
from 36 hours to four hours or less.
NRTRDE enables transmission of roaming partners’ call
detail records (CDRs) to their respective home networks and receipt of
subscribers' roaming information from other networks. After receiving CDRs
from roaming partners, NRTRDE sorts them, translates them to the specified
fraud management system format, and routes them back in near real-time.
NRTRDE follows GSMA, BARG (Billing, Accounting and
Roaming Group) and Fraud Forum's recommendations to:
- Reduce the delivery time of fraud-related roaming
information from the visited public mobile network (VPMN) to the home
public mobile network (HPMN) from 36 hours (for the traditionally used
High Usage Record exchange process) to 4 hours or less.
- Provide individual CDR information in a form that
allows operators to cost-effectively manage roaming fraud
Aricent’s Companion Lifecycle Services
The majority of Aricent’s products are delivered with
tailored combinations of our Lifecycle Services, including Global Innovation
and Design, Product Development, Testing and Certification, Network
Engineering, Maintenance and Support, and Business Operations and Systems
Integration. Aricent’s engineers and consultants have successfully completed
thousands of services engagements globally using flexible delivery models
ranging from on-site to off-shore. Aricent’s services offer deep
communications domain expertise, cost and time efficiencies, quick ramp up
and contemporary commercial engagement models including end-to-end
commitments.
NTRDE is a powerful system that adapts to any mobile
service environment. Specific capabilities include:
- Capable of processing 3 billion roaming usage data
records in a day (24-hour window) on a SUN v890 server ( 8xSparc IV)
- Supports all call record types (voice, data, SMS,
GPRS)
- Comprehensive web-based GUI
- Adapter-based collection framework for collecting
roaming usage data
- SDK for creating new business rules
- Flexible data conversion/enrichment engine for
TD.35 format and any other standard developed for NRTRDE
- Enhanced database support (MySQL and Oracle)
- Flexible error reporting format for TD.35 and any
other format
- LDAP-based user authentication and role-based user
management
- Auditing and reporting for revenue assurance
- Support for SNMP V2 alarm, mail and SMS for fault
and performance notification
- Load balancing (Active–Active)
- High Availability/Cluster support