Policy and Charging Firewatch
It operates:
- with any type of service: telephone, internet access, television…
- with any access technology: 2G/3G/ 4G or Wi-Fi – personal or shared.
Technical components
- Technical tools
- compatible with policy implementation systems.
- compatible with DPI systems.
- application of enforcement rules based on network access technologies and providers.
- Offer design
- contract / prepayment / hybrid model.
- charging control applications (self-care).
- flexibility to create offers for groups/communities.
- subscriber group management: friends & family, VPN, shared balance,..
- Deployment
- contract / prepayment / hybrid model.
- charging control applications (self-care).
- flexibility to create offers for groups/communities.
- creation.
Network Nodes:
- Firewatch element: Policy & Charging Control
- Guarantees use of the services contracted by customers (QoS, priorities, bandwidth etc.) according to the specified conditions (price, schedule…).
- Prevents overuse of services by subscribers to allow fair use of the network.
- Prevents network overload.
- Generation of CDRs with complete business information.
- Integration interface with OSS and BSS.
- Shorter Time to Market: creation of comprehensive policy plans in just a few hours.
- Firewatch element: Policy & Charging Control
- Enables pricing for all services and features: voice, voice with guaranteed quality, e-mail, IP messaging, etc.
- Ensures that no service is provided without prior pricing and checks that the subscriber has sufficient balance.
- Virtual PCEF (QoS, denial of service …) triggers provisioning actions for dynamic change of qualities of service (QOS).
- Generation of CDRs with complete business information.
- Able to create offers based on the terminal used (for users of smartphones, tablets, etc.).
- Able to create offers depending on the subscriber’s profile and usage pattern.
- Different pricing for the same subscriber profile possible depending on the pattern of use (penalties for overuse, rewards for appropriate use, etc.).
Top-up Server
- Top-up Gateway.
- Voucher Manager.