This feature is used to determine if session tracing should be performed on this session or not, based on the subscriberId session state field.
Description
Feature name |
SessionTracing |
|---|---|
Applicable contexts |
All services |
SAS Support |
No |
Prerequisite Features |
None |
Two functions will be supported initially:
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Prefix and exact match of the subscriber number based on Block/Allow lists
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Percentage of Calls (not subscriber specific).
The subscriber number is determined by the SS7 Subscriber Determination Feature, Diameter Subscriber Determination Feature, or SIP Subscriber Determination Feature.
The address used for session tracing activation for each call type is the subscriber address associated with the call.
Session state inputs and outputs
Inputs
| Name | Type | Format | Description | Behaviour if null/invalid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SentinelSelectionKey |
com.opencloud.sentinel.common.SentinelSelectionKey |
selection key (for example, |
For selecting configuration data |
Report featureCannotStart, featureHasFinished |
Subscriber |
String |
SIP, Diameter, or SS7 Subscriber number format — see the respective Subscriber Determination features |
The subscriber address for this session |
Report featureCannotStart, featureHasFinished |
Error scenarios
| Scenario | Handling |
|---|---|
Missing entry in SessionTracingFeatureConfigProfileTable |
Report featureCannotStart |
Sessionstate Subscriber is null |
Report featureCannotStart |
Missing SessionTracingAddressPrefixList, addressListId, or addressList |
Do not enable tracing |
Feature responses
| Response | Reason |
|---|---|
featureCannotStart |
Configuration data is not found or subscriber address is not set in session state |
featureHasFinished |
feature has finished |
Configuration
General feature configuration
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
AverageNumberOfCallsToBeTraced |
Integer |
Calls per 10,000 traced: 0(0%), 1(0.01%), 10(0.1%), 100(1%), 1000(10%) |
IsListScreeningModeUsed |
Boolean |
true/false. True selects list screening; false selects random tracing of sessions. |
For the percentage of calls, a configuration profile will be maintained with the percentage of calls to be matched.
Percentage setting:
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0 — no calls are enabled
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1 — 1 in 10000 (or 0.01%) of calls are enabled
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10 — 10 in 10000 (or 0.1%) of calls enabled
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100 — 100 in 10000 (or 1%) of calls enabled
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1000 — 1000 in 10000 (or 10%) of calls enabled
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No other configuration values valid
|
Any value above 10% of calls is out of the scope of this capability. 100% is already provided by the standard tracers. |
Address list configuration
If list screening is activated, the Session Tracing Activation Feature uses a list of subscriberIds that, if matched to a session, will switch on tracing for the session. See Address lists for information on how to configure the address list data.
Tracing output
Tracing output will be sent to the parallel session branch of the trace key tree (that is, session.sentinel rather than sentinel). The level of the session tracing is determined by the trace levels of each key in that tree.
The session tracing prefix will be set to the value of subscriberId.
Configuration profile naming
| Configuration Profile Table Name | Description | Profile Naming |
|---|---|---|
SessionTracingFeatureConfigProfileTable |
Session tracing configuration parameters |
SentinelSelectionKey (for example, |
${PLATFORMOPERATOR}_Sentinel_AddressListConfigurationTable |
Address list configuration |
${SELECTIONKEY}:SessionTracing:AddressPrefixList |
${PLATFORMOPERATOR}_Sentinel_AddressListEntryTable |
Feature specific Address List entry table |
${SELECTIONKEY}:SessionTracing:AddressPrefixList:${ADDRESS} |
Provisioning interfaces
The feature is provisioned using the Sentinel web interface.
