EAGLE 5 G-FLEX HLR MANAGER

Mobile communications networks continue to experience

growth fueled by new subscribers and the demand for pre-paid
and data services. At the same time, mergers and acquisitions,
roaming partnerships and mobile number pooling/portability
HLR1 HLR2 HLRn
are complicating network routing. Combined, these factors are
impacting the mobile operator’s ability to cost-effectively manage
valuable network resources.
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Particularly affected is the efficient utilization of home location ISS
registers (HLRs). Traditional range-based routing often results
in gaps in the subscriber number ranges which leads to under-
utilized HLR capacity. For example, mobile number portability MCC-MNC-31234
requires the operator to support new individual numbers that CC-NDC-997530
MSC
are not within the existing number blocks and also causes the
loss of numbers from within their blocks. Often, operators have
to purchase additional HLRs, even though the capacity of the Example problem: IMSI out of sync with MSISDN
existing databases has not been exhausted. for a subscriber

As another example, mergers and acquisitions may result in

the operator having more HLRs than are required; however, G-Flex optimizes the use of subscriber numbers and number
consolidating subscribers using fewer HLRs creates significant ranges by providing mapping between a subscriber number
number management problems. (MSISDN/IMSI) and an HLR. This allows the flexibility to easily
move subscribers from one HLR to another, and each HLR to be
Virtual HLR Solution filled to maximum capacity. With G-Flex HLR Manager, subscriber
number ranges may be split over different HLRs and individual
Tekelec provides a turnkey HLR management solution, based on
subscriber numbers can be assigned to any HLR in the network.
its industry-proven platform, the EAGLE® 5 Integrated Signaling
System (ISS). G-Flex® HLR Manager is a virtual HLR solution The ability to map individual (full-length) subscriber numbers
that allows operators to flexibly allocate numbers across multiple to HLR’s enables operators to address a number of factors
HLRs in the network. affecting HLR utilization, including:
G-Flex allows each HLR to be filled to 100 percent of its capacity > Complexities caused by the need to map two different types
and alleviates the need to maintain subscriber number routing of numbers for the same subscriber to the correct HLRs:
tables in every mobile switching center (MSC) in the network. – international mobile subscriber identity/mobile subscriber
integrated services digital network (MSISDN/IMSI) in GSM
networks
– mobile identifier number/mobile directory number
(MIN/MDN) in IS-41 networks.
MSC1 > SIM-card management problems caused by the allocation of
large blocks of numbers to HLRs prior to the actual use of
those numbers
MSC2
HLR1 > Mobile number portability and number pooling
EAGLE 5 > Network consolidation driven by mergers and acquisitions
ISS
MSC3 HLR2 > Migration of subscribers to new HLRs due to transition to a
new network technology, such as from TDMA to GSM
MSC4 > Operation of two types of networks, for instance, CDMA
HLR3 and GSM.
The solution is built on redundant databases stored in dynamic
MSCn
random access memory (DRAM) and includes an interface for
operator provisioning. The high capacity and performance
G-Flex HLR Manager Network Configuration characteristics make G-Flex HLR Manager the solution of choice
for mobile operators of GSM, TDMA or CDMA networks.
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Key Benefits > Real-time memory-based database with less than 75 millisecond
processing delay
> Maximized HLR capacity. G-Flex provides the ability to
split subscriber ranges across multiple HLRs, enabling each > Automatic provisioning synchronization – database changes
database to be fully utilized at 100 percent capacity. are sent to one node and automatically replicated to other
G-Flex nodes.
> Managed growth. The process of adding new subscribers and
managing pre-paid services and corporate clients is simplified > High-provisioning transaction rate, over 25 database updates
by G-Flex, which allows individual numbers to be moved per second
between HLRs as required.
> Simplified HLR consolidation. G-Flex solves number Installation / Technical Support
management problems posed by the need to consolidate Tekelec’s expert support specialists are available 24 hours a day,
HLRs following mergers and acquisitions. seven days a week, throughout the implementation process.
> HLR routing for number portability. G-Flex eliminates the Tekelec offers a full range of services, including network analysis
occurrence of gaps in dialed number ranges caused by mobile and design, implementation assistance, database design and load,
number portability. installation and commissioning, turn-up testing and network
verification. On-site assistance is provided for all acceptance and
interoperability testing to guarantee successful network connectivity.
Features
> Flexible number mapping provides a logical link between This material is for informational purposes only and subject to change without notice.
a subscriber (MSISDN/IMSI) and an HLR It describes Tekelec’s present plans to develop and make available to its customers certain
products, features and functionality. Tekelec is only obligated to provide those deliverables
> Directory number (DN) association to IMSI (MIN) in the specifically included in a written agreement signed by Tekelec and the customer.
database The Tekelec logo, EAGLE, G-Flex, G-Port, and IP 7 are registered trademarks of Tekelec.
> Supports up to eight DNs per subscriber Sentinel, TekelecCare, TekCore, TekWare and TekServer are trademarks of Tekelec. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Any export of Tekelec
> Support for individual and range entries. If full number is products is subject to the export controls of the United States and the other countries
not in a G-Flex database, the message will be handled by where Tekelec does business.
normal GTT.
> Up to 96 million subscriber numbers, scalable in increments
of 500,000
> Variable-length database supports numbers from 1 to 15 digits
> Number normalization feature stores numbers in international
format and automatically translates national numbers to
international numbers before searching the database, preventing
double number storage.
> Converts GSM mobile global title numbers to IMSI before
searching the database, preventing double number storage
> Centralized routing data for simplified provisioning
> Flexible network deployment – can be deployed as a stand-
alone solution or integrated with the signal transfer point
(STP) function.
> Scalable from 850 to 75,000 transactions per second (TPS)

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