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    Mediation collects call detail records (CDRs) from network devices, processes them by validating, filtering, correlating, normalizing and transforming the data. The processed CDRs are then distributed to downstream applications like billing, fraud detection, data warehousing, and roaming according to their intended use. Mediation prepares the CDRs for further processing by removing headers and trailers, adding new fields, and validating the format matches the switch.

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    Mediation collects call detail records (CDRs) from network devices, processes them by validating, filtering, correlating, normalizing and transforming the data. The processed CDRs are then distributed to downstream applications like billing, fraud detection, data warehousing, and roaming according to their intended use. Mediation prepares the CDRs for further processing by removing headers and trailers, adding new fields, and validating the format matches the switch.

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    Mediation collects call detail records (CDRs) from network devices, processes them by validating, filtering, correlating, normalizing and transforming the data. The processed CDRs are then distributed to downstream applications like billing, fraud detection, data warehousing, and roaming according to their intended use. Mediation prepares the CDRs for further processing by removing headers and trailers, adding new fields, and validating the format matches the switch.

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    Mediation collects call detail records (CDRs) from network devices, processes them by validating, filtering, correlating, normalizing and transforming the data. The processed CDRs are then distributed to downstream applications like billing, fraud detection, data warehousing, and roaming according to their intended use. Mediation prepares the CDRs for further processing by removing headers and trailers, adding new fields, and validating the format matches the switch.

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    The key takeaways are that mediation is the process of collecting and processing usage data (CDRs) from networked devices for billing and other purposes. It collects CDRs from various sources, processes them by filtering, correlating, aggregating and transforming the data, and then distributes the processed files to various downstream applications.

    The main functions of a mediation system are to collect CDR files from network switches, perform preprocessing like checking file names and structure, removing duplicate/invalid CDRs, converting formats, and filtering. It then distributes the processed files to downstream applications and moves some files between applications inside the mediation system itself.

    The downstream applications are Avabil for billing, Watchdog for non-billing and fraud detection, DWH as a long-term warehouse, Inopac/Revup for interconnect billing, and Inforoam for roaming CDRs. Each application utilizes the CDRs for different business purposes like billing, rating, archives, etc.

    Mediation

    Mediation is the process of collecting and processing usage data from networked
    devices (switches), usually for billing purposes. Whenever a Subscriber / Customer
    uses communication services (Voice, Call, SMS, Data transfer etc) from a Service
    Provider, network elements records used data in the form of Call Detail Record
    (CDR). There are various protocol supported namely FTP, SFTP, etc provides a
    secured way of collecting the CDRs
    Mediation collects and processes the CDRs from networked devices (switches),
    CDRs are normally pushed to or pulled from the switches to the mediation
    At Mediation following tasks performed before files are pushed to downstream
    applications
    Collecting and validating CDR from network elements (switches / MSCs)
    Filtration (non billing CDRS)
    Correlation of different input sources CDRs
    Aggregation of partial CDRs related to the same call.
    CDR normalization.
    Transformation of data as per business logic.
    Downstream Format mapping ,header and trailer generation
    Downstream Distribution(DWH, Watchdog, Inopac/ Revup, Inforoam, Avabil),

    Mediation Flow

    Function of Mediation system


    Network devices receives CDRs as files for different types of communication, below
    are some of the CDR files for generated at different communication

    Voice calls record as MSC (Mobile switching center) files


    SMS traffic record as SMSC(Short messaging service center) files
    Data traffic from GPRS (General Pocket Radio Center) - GGSN(Gateway GRPS
    Support Node) & SGSN (Service GRPS Support Node)
    MMS traffic MMSC
    Roaming CDRs from business partners
    Interconnect CDRs from partners
    Function of Mediation system
    Collection of the CDR files from switches, which includes checking the naming
    convension of the files, sequence checking inside the files and eliminating 0kb files
    and CDR processing includes removal of duplicate CDRs, conversion of CDRs into
    system readable format, filtering them and processing them as per the business
    which is done in the decode applications. After files are processed they will be
    distributed among the downstream applications and these applications again pick
    only the files relevant files and leave the 0kb files if any as a result there could be
    increase in the backlogs in the paths. Downstream applications include watchdog,
    Inopac/Revup, Avabil, DWH and Inforoam, Sometimes unprocessed files can sent
    directly to downstream applications like watchdog/ Inopac as per the logic.
    Before the processed files are distributed among the downstream they will be
    separately moved to other applications (ex: DistributeoutInopac) inside the
    mediation itself which will route them to the respective downstream applications
    Function of Mediation

    Purpose of downstream applications:


    After files are processed in mediation server they are distributed into different
    downstream applications basing on their business usage
    Avabil: for billing the CDR
    Watchdog: collects all non-billing CDRs like toll free calls and for fraud detection
    DHW: Warehouse of all CDRs files after getting processed in mediation, useful for
    future needs, contains both CDRs and non CDRs (other dumps like EPIN/ Pivot/ PPS/
    MTR/ sales journal)
    Inopac/Revup: for rating interconnect billing of CDRs
    Inforoam: for roaming CDRs
    Once CDR file received mediation preprocess the CDR, which involves removal of
    header and tailer, adding extra filed in CDR to process and finally parsed to check
    with switch format to validate CDR. Some mediation software collect CDR from
    network element at physical path then process it, while some collect the same in
    buffer and after process, one final CDR is sent for further process and one file sent
    to Archive directory.

    A typical mediation workflow:

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