Upgrades to Umax release

NSS Workshop in Lagos W614

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 Agenda

Presentation of the Umax upgrade

PCFS upgrades
OMC-CS upgrade
HLR upgrade
SSP upgrades
RCP / SMIM upgrades
New features activation
PRBT issues
Acceptance

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 Presentation

Umax feature is a global feature release for all NSS components

No functional evolution after upgrade to Umax : No CDR format changes, No
O&M evolution
Umax allows activation of new optional features : CDR (eg : new parameters)
and O&M (new commands) can changed
CDR-C 4.5x required for CDR changes (eg : CRBT)

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 PCFS upgrades

RCP / HLR PCFS

SW upgrade from A02.x (NT) to A06.01.00 (XP) prior to RCP/HLR
upgrade. On going.

SSP PCFS
SSP upgrades performed with current S05 (NT) PCFS
Replacement of S05 (NT) PCFS by new S12M.01.00 (XP) PCFS after
SSP upgrade
Ethernet connection to SSP/SSM : replacement of X25 by Ethernet
boards on SMM of SSP
New PCFS allow SSP on line back-up / restore and remote loading of
new release.

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 OMC-CS upgrades

Capacity extension
New OMC-CS configuration to be compatible with the extension to 12M
subscribers.

New software release

New OMC-CS 3.3.4.1 to be compatible with Umax release.

OMC-CS upgrades with no service interruption

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OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Initial configuration

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 1

Step 1 : Installation of
ESNM8-1 server (with new
3.3.4.1 software) + Data
restore

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 2

Step 2 : Swap of ENMS4

(NMC21) by ESMN8-1.
Tests
N SS N odes

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 3

Step 3 : Swap of all

operators to ENMS8-1.
Swap of IFM to ENMS8-1.
Tests.

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 4

Step 4 : Installation of a
2nd ESNM8 server + Data
restore .

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 5

Step 5 : Reconfiguration of
HMS2 into a A8920
mediation device.

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 6

Step 6 : Swap of
observation flow and
A8920 to ENMS8-1

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 7

Step 7 : Swap of ENMS4

(NMC21) by ESMN8-2 +
Test

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 8

Step 8 : Reconfiguration
of ENMS4 into HMS4.
Test

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 OMC-CS upgrades 1/x Migration step 9

Step 9 : Swap of
operators to HMS
Final Configuration

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 HLR upgrades

Software upgrades from L9R8.3 to LBB2.2

No hardware upgrade
Operation is one night without traffic disturbance
XP (A06) PCFS required

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 RCP 8362 / SMIM upgrades

Software upgrades from N7V5.2 to N9B1.2.

No hardware upgrade
Operation is one night without traffic disturbance
XP (A06) PCFS required
The last RCP 8360 will be upgraded to 8362 prior to Umax upgrade

SMIM upgrade : hardware upgrade on DTRE and MIWB boards. On

going (anticipation at R6)

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 SSP upgrades

Hardware upgrade : some boards to be changed or on site re-

programmed
Software upgrades from R24.2D2 to R27.2.1.15.1
Operation is about 12 days per SSP : 10 nights for HW and 2 night for
SW. 3 minutes disturbance (fresh calls) on traffic at night during SW
upgrade.
SSP upgrades performed wit current S05 (NT) PCFS

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 New features activation

New Umax features :

Simplified N-CSI at GMSC in camel phase 2
Subscriber priority based on MS category at HLR
Secure revenue : inhibition of forward in HLR when roaming
TFO GSM
Modify characteristics of a list of subscribers CAMEL data in HLR
CRBT
..

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 CRBT

HLR
OSS provisioning

OSS
called
To called sub
PLMN
ACM from Called
Ans from Called V MSC
TC
Connection
SB CRBT ISUP
PSTN
deconnection
G MSC CRBT sound server
connection Clg + Cld subs

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 CRBT open points

Availability of the CRBT server ?

Personalization of the CRBT user profile : Web access and/or IVR
access (with short number) ?
CRBT access from non Alcatel MSC ?
Architecture of the CRBT server (several CRBT servers ) ?
Dimensioning for CRBT ?
HLR OSS code provisioning ?
Charging policy ?
Planning ?

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 Acceptance

Step 0 : Upgrade on MSC/HLR pilot site

Step 1 : After MSC / HLR upgrade Validation of non regression for

main used features
Step 2 : After activation of a new feature Validation of the new
feature

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