The Subscriber Data Lookup feature is a pre-credit check feature used to query subscriber-specific information from a relational database and store it in session state, for use by Sentinel features and mappers.

Description

Feature script name

SubscriberDataLookup

Applicable contexts

All services

SAS Support

No

Prerequisite Features

One of SS7 Subscriber Determination Feature, SIP Subscriber Determination Feature or Diameter Subscriber Determination Feature

Session state inputs and outputs

Inputs

Name Type Format Description Behaviour if null/invalid

SentinelSelectionKey

com.opencloud.sentinel.common.SentinelSelectionKey

selection key (for example, <platform>::::)

For selecting configuration data

Report featureCannotStart, featureHasFinished

Subscriber

String

SIP, Diameter, or SS7 Subscriber number format — see the respective Subscriber Determination features

The subscriber for this session whose data is to be retrieved from the subscriber database

Report featureCannotStart, featureHasFinished

Outputs

Name Type Format Description

Any sessionstate field

Supported types: String, Boolean, Integer, String[], Date[], Date

Any format

Data to be loaded into sessionstate from subscriber database

Error scenarios

Scenario Handling

Missing lookup type configuration

Report featureCannotStart

Sessionstate Subscriber is null

Report featureCannotStart

Exception while loading subscriber data from data source

Report featureCannotStart

No subscriber data found or empty record

Report featureFailedToExecute

Feature responses

Response Reason

featureCannotStart

invalid configuration

featureFailedToExecute

invalid subscriber

featureHasFinished

feature has finished

Configuration

Subscriber record field configuration:

The feature is configurable to allow additional fields to be added to the subscriber record and associate the additional or existing fields with with new or existing session state fields. These field definitions are configured in the ${SELECTIONKEY}SubscriberDataLookupFieldDefinitionProfileTable as follows:

Field Type Description

ColIdx

String

Indicates the column index of this field in a subscriber data record. Should match the profile name.

InsertParamIdx

int

Indicates the column index of this field in a subscriber data record. Should match the profile name.

ResFieldname

String

Name of the field when read into a result record

SessionStateFieldname

String

Name of the session state field this field should be loaded into

Type

String

The type of the field, both in session state and in the data source. Supported types: String, Boolean, Integer, String[], Date[], Date

UpdateParamIdx

int

Indicates the column index of this field in a subscriber data record. Should match the profile name.

The table of fields used for the mapping are scoped to the Sentinel selection key. The selection key may be configured at the following levels:

  • Platform operator

  • Network operator

  • Session type

  • The field definitions are configurable by Sentinel selection key. For example, different network operators will have different subscriber record fields. If a relational database is shared by multiple operators these different sets of subscribers will need to be provisioned in separate tables.

The Subscriber Data Lookup feature may retrieve the subscriber record from:

  • MySQL via JDBC

  • TimesTen via JDBC

  • Oracle via JDBC

  • Cassandra database (experimental).

  • JSLEE profiles (testing purposes)

Data source configuration

The choice of data source type is configured in the SubscriberDataLookupConfigProfileTable:

Field Type Description

LookupType

String

One of dbQuery, profile, profileIms, or Cassandra
Lookup type Description

dbQuery

Uses the dbquery-0 ra entity to perform the subscriber data query. This option is used for all the different RDBMS types such as MySQL, Oracle, and TimesTen. The type of database used and the associated settings are configured in the {{dbquery-0}}resource adaptor entity configuration. See DBQuery Resource Adaptor for further configuration information.

profile

Uses the ${PLATFORMOPERATOR}_SubscriberDataRecordProfileTable for the lookup. Only suitable for small sets of subscribers for testing and development purposes.

profileIms

Uses the ${PLATFORMOPERATOR}SubscriberDataImsPublicUserIdentityProfileTable and ${PLATFORMOPERATOR}SubscriberDataRecordProfileTable for the query.

Cassandra

Experimental.

SQL statement configuration

For flexibility and ease of integration, the Subscriber Data Lookup Feature is agnostic regarding external SQL data schemas. The SQL queries for a particular network operator are stored in a configuration profile scoped by Sentinel selection key to support the correct mapping.

SubscriberDataLookupSqlConfigProfileTable:

Field Type Description

LoadSQL

String

The SQL query for loading subscriber data from the data source. For example:

SELECT * FROM OpenCloud_Subscribers WHERE MSISDN = ?

ListSQL

String

The SQL query for listing Subscriber Data record ids (msisdns). For example:

SELECT MSISDN FROM OpenCloud_Subscribers ORDER BY MSISDN

InsertSQL

String

The SQL query for inserting a new Subscriber Data record. For example:

INSERT INTO OpenCloud_Subscribers
    (MSISDN,IMSI,FirstCall,subscriberlanguage,Account,SubscriptionType,ValidityStart,
    ValidityEnd,HomeZoneEnabled,HomeZoneList,ocsId,FriendsAndFamilyEnabled,FriendsAndFamilyList,
    ClosedUserGroupEnabled,ClosedUserGroupList,ClosedUserGroupPreferred,CUGIncomingAccessAllowed,
    CUGOutgoingAccessAllowed,CfBusy,CfNoReply,PromotionList,PromotionValidityStartDates,
    PromotionValidityEndDates)
VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)

UpdateSQL

String

The SQL query for updating a Subscriber Data record. For example:

UPDATE OpenCloud_Subscribers
    SET IMSI = ?,FirstCall = ?,subscriberlanguage = ?,Account = ?,SubscriptionType = ?,
        ValidityStart = ?,ValidityEnd = ?,HomeZoneEnabled = ?,HomeZoneList = ?,ocsId = ?,
        FriendsAndFamilyEnabled = ?,FriendsAndFamilyList = ?,ClosedUserGroupEnabled = ?,
        ClosedUserGroupList = ?,ClosedUserGroupPreferred = ?,CUGIncomingAccessAllowed = ?,
        CUGOutgoingAccessAllowed = ?,CfBusy = ?,CfNoReply = ?,PromotionList = ?,
        PromotionValidityStartDates = ?,PromotionValidityEndDates = ?
    WHERE MSISDN = ?

DeleteSQL

String

The SQL query for deleting a Subscriber Data record. For example:

DELETE FROM OpenCloud_Subscribers WHERE MSISDN = ?

loadByImsPublicUserIdentitySQL

String

SQL statement for loading a subscriber data record by a subscriber’s IMS public user identity; for example:

SELECT subs.* FROM @platform.operator.name@_Subscribers subs
    INNER JOIN @platform.operator.name@_SubscriberImsPublicUserIdentity sipids
    ON subs.MSISDN = sipids.SubscriberId
    WHERE sipids.ImsPublicUserId = ?

listImsPublicUserIdentitiesSQL

String

SQL statement for listing a subscriber’s IMS public user identities based on their subscriber ID

insertImsPublicUserIdentitySQL

String

SQL statement for inserting a new IMS public user identity for a subscriber

deleteImsPublicUserIdentitySQL

String

SQL statement for deleting a single IMS public user identity for a subscriber

deleteAllImsPublicUserIdentitiesForSubscriberSQL

String

SQL statement for deleting all of a subscriber’s IMS public user identities

useImsPublicUserIdentities

boolean

Use IMS Public User Identity SQL statements?

DatabaseRequestTimeout

int

The timeout period for any SQL query. Must be greater than 0

AsynchronousQuery

boolean

Uses DBQuery RA events to return result sets if true otherwise blocks the staging thread waiting for DatabaseRequestTimeout period using futures.

Subscriber data schema

The subscriber data schema contains the following mandatory fields (i.e. a field definition for these MUST be present as part of the Subscriber Record Field configuration) for all service types:

Parameter name Parameter type Description

MSISDN

String

Identifies the subscriber record

Language

String

Language code set during first call handling

Account

String

Account code required by the OCS

The default Sentinel SS7 Service configuration will include the following fields in addition to the mandatory fields:

Parameter name Parameter type Description

IMSI

String

Required by some service features

OCSId

String

Id of the OCS for this subscriber

SubscriptionType

String

identifes the subscription type of the subscriber

ValidityStart

String

Time and timezone of subscription validity. See Subscriber Validity Feature

ValidityEnd

String

Time and timezone of subscription validity. See Subscriber Validity Feature

HomeZoneEnabled

Boolean

True when HomeZone feature is activated for this subscriber. See Home Zone Feature

HomeZoneList

String[]

List of zones for this subscriber. See Home Zone Feature

FriendsAndFamilyEnabled

Boolean

true when HomeZone feature is activated for this subscriber. See Friends and Family Feature

FriendsAndFamilyList

String[]

List of zones for this subscriber. See Friends and Family Feature

ClosedUserGroupEnabled

Boolean

true when HomeZone feature is activated for this subscriber. See Closed User Group Feature

ClosedUserGroupList

String[]

List of zones for this subscriber. See Closed User Group Feature

ClosedUserGroupPreferred

Integer

List of zones for this subscriber. See Closed User Group Feature

CUGIncomingAccessAllowed

Boolean

See Closed User Group Feature

CUGOutgoingAccessAllowed

Boolean

See Closed User Group Feature

CfBusy

String

Forwarding number on busy. See Default Call Forwarding Feature

CfNoReply

String

Forwarding number on no reply. See Default Call Forwarding Feature

PromotionList

String array

Used by the subscriberIsEligible promotion script function. See Scripted Promotions Feature

PromotionValidityStartDates

String[]

Used by the subscriberIsEligible promotion script function. See Scripted Promotions Feature, and Subscriber Validity Feature for the date format

PromotionValidityEndDates

String[]

Used by the subscriberIsEligible promotion script function. See Scripted Promotions Feature, and Subscriber Validity Feature for the date format

The default Sentinel Diameter Service configuration will include the following fields in addition to the mandatory fields:

Parameter name Parameter type Description

CURRENTLY NONE

In the case where a subscriber is a user of both SS7 and Diameter services, the record will contain fields from both; but the Subscriber Data Lookup feature will only load data from fields associated with the selection key.

Example:

MSISDN

34600000001

Language

English

Account

6325

IMSI

346000000021234

OCSId

1

SubscriptionType

No

ValidityStart

1299193200664

ValidityEnd

3161070000000

HomeZoneEnabled

false

HomeZoneList

[WgtnCBD]

FriendsAndFamilyEnabled

false

FriendsAndFamilyList

[34600000001]

ClosedUserGroupEnabled

false

ClosedUserGroupList

[CUG1Profile]

ClosedUserGroupPreferred

1

CfBusy

34600000002

CfNoReply

34600000003

PromotionList

[FreeOffpeakVoice]

PromotionValidityStartDates

[1299193200664]

PromotionValidityEndDates

[3161070000000]

IMS

Public User Identities
Parameter Name Parameter type Description

ImsPublicUserId

String

an IMS public user identity

SubscriberId

String

subscriber ID used as key to the subscriber data table

Configuration profile naming

Configuration Profile Table Name Description Profile Naming

${PLATFORMOPERATOR}_SubscriberDataRecordProfileTable

Per subscriber data records — use only for very small subscriber sets

MSISDN

${PLATFORMOPERATOR}_SubscriberDataImsPublicUserIdentityProfileTable

IMS public user identity to subscriber ID table — use only for very small subscriber sets

IMS Public User Identity, for example sip:user34600000002@opencloud.com

SubscriberDataLookupConfigProfileTableName

Field configuration and session state mapping

SentinelSelectionKey (for example, OpenCloud::::)

SubscriberDataLookupSqlConfigProfileTableName

SQL statement configuration

SentinelSelectionKey (for example, OpenCloud::::)

${SELECTIONKEY}_SubscriberDataLookupFieldDefinitionProfileTable

Table for mapping sql columns to session state; note that the SELECTIONKEY part has ‘^’ as separator character in this case for the table name!

Any name unique to the table

Database schemas

Database schemas for TimesTen and Oracle are available in the Sentinel release package.

Provisioning interfaces

The SubscriberDataLookup feature subscriber records and configuration may be provisioned using the Sentinel Subscriber Data REST API or web interface for the records and feature configuration.

Additional database support

For additional database support, please contact OpenCloud.

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