PETER-SERVICE HRS high-performance rating server

 

Purpose

The high-performance PETER-SERVICE HRS rating server is aimed for calculating the costs of calls made by the subscribers of a fixed telecom operator, a GSM operator or a CDMA operator.

Brief description

HRS uses as starting information the switchboard entries received by the adapter. The adapter forms from the incoming account entries a data flow in the format of exchange with the rating server and transfers it using the TCP/IP protocol. The rating server calculates the cost of subscribers' calls basing on the data received.

The rating server operates as an entry calculator for online services.

HRS includes the modules of temporary storage (cashing) of the data about the subscribers, rating plans, roaming partners and subsidiary operators; the modules of unloading data to the database and file.

Operating, controlling and monitoring the subsystems operations can be organized via the SNMP protocol, which allows of using a common approach to managing HRS same as any other network component.

Options

  • Cashing initial data;
  • Defining assessment algorithm;
  • Assessing account entries;
  • Saving assessment results;
  • Interface with exterior modules;
  • Roll-back and re-assessment of account entries;
  • Transferring data via FTP;
  • Flexible set-up and operations monitoring.

Advantages

  • HRS can operate on an individual computer using a high-speed data exchange mode with a possibility to store calls in a separate database, which allows to avoid loading the resources of the billing system main server;
  • Cross-platform;
  • High performance rate;
  • Scalability;
  • Supports any amount of subscribers databases;
  • Functional options can be expanded;
  • Guaranteed update of the data used for rating, which is supported by the mechanism informing of the changes undergone by the subscriber;
  • Multi-currency;
  • Supports XML interfaces of data exchange with other billing systems.