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CAP3 GPRS

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Contents
Overview Introduction CAP3 GPRS Overview CAP3 GPRS Testing Environment CAP3 GPRS Test Cases CAP3 GPRS Features Practical Exercises Questionnaire Conclusion Forms to be filled out

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Overview
Presenter : Tina Cadogan Duration: 2 hours Material delivery and format:
PPT, KT pages <http://link> Test cases <http://link> Questionnaire <http://link>

Main sections of KT for CAP3 GPRS:

PPT Presentation : 1 hour
Provides an overview of CAP3 GPRS Testing

Test specification: 1 hour

Example of Test Specification Sample Test Cases

Practicals: 3 Hours
Configuring the system Running Test Cases

Exercises: 20 min
Questionnaire

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CAP3 GPRS Overview CAP3 GPRS Test Environment Tracing on a Test Environment CAP3 GPRS Test Cases CAP3 GPRS Features After this section the attendees will understand the following
Understand CAP3 GPRS Know how to execute test cases Write/expand testcases for CAP3 GPRS

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CAP3 GPRS Overview

Requests to charge for a GPRS Session are delivered over SS7 to the TecnoTree PrePaid system A GPRS Session will consist of 1 Create & Reserve message, multiple Debit & Reserve messages and either 1 Debit & Release or Release message The Create & Reserve message sends a request to the Prepaid system to create a GPRS session. The Prepaid system will grant x amount of Volume in the Reserve part for this GPRS session The Debit & Reserve message will indicate how much Volume was used in the Debit part and again the Prepaid system will grant x amount Volume in the Reserve part The Debit & Release message will indicate how much Volume was used in the Debit part. The Release part will indicate to the Prepaid system that this GPRS session should be terminated

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A Release message on its owns also indicates to the Prepaid system that this GPRS session should be terminated The PrePaid system rates/charges for the CAP3 GPRS Session The PrePaid system generates CDRs (Call Detail Records) which indicate the cost of the GPRS Session, the number of Debits in the GPRS Session and balances that were charged.
A CDR of Transaction Type 308 is produced for every Debit in the GPRS session A CDR of Transaction Type 310 is produced to give an overall summary of the GPRS session

The PrePaid system returns a response to the network indicating if the charge was successful or not

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CAP3 GPRS Testing Environment 1

The following environment is used to test CAP3 GPRS

IOP card Torus/GPRS Proxy

CGW

Proto Proto Test Hardness

SDP

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CAP3 GPRS Testing Environment 2

Proto is a test harness and is used to generate a GPRS session. It is built into the Torus process The IOP card is used to route the GPRS to the Charging Gateway (CGW) CGW is used to rate and charge for the GPRS, generate CDRs
The GPRS is handled by the Payment Engine on the CGW
The Payment Engine verifies the Subscriber, Account Balances The Payment Engine requests a rate from the Rating Engine The Payment Engine generates the CDR and updates the Account Balances The Payment Engine returns a result to the IOP card indicating success/failure

SDP is the database where the Subscriber and Rating Information is stored

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Tracing on CAP3 GPRS Test Environment

When running a CAP3 GPRS Test, the majority of the tracing is done on the CGW On the CGW tracing is performed on the Payment Engine and the Rating Engine To enable tracing the following steps must be performed
Using the seer, enable tracing (t 5 command) On the CGW, cd $CHARGING_HOME/trace tail f PaymentEngine_1.trace_PaymentEngine_1 This will output the tracing to the console window To trace on the Rating Engine, tail f RatingEngine_1.trace_RatingEngine_1

Link to Sample Payment Engine trace Link to Sample Rating Engine trace

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CAP 3 GPRS Test Cases

CAP3 GPRS Test Cases are defined in a Word Document A CAP3 GPRS test case has the following format:
Setup the Database (Subscriber Balances, any other fields) Send the CAP3 GPRS session using Proto Verify the CDR generated is correct and what is expected Verify the Subscribers balance has been correctly updated Reset the Database to a known state (Reset Balances, Fields to known states)

Link to Sample Test Case

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CAP 3 GPRS Features 1

CAP3 GPRS has a number of different features that are tested Subscriber Life Cycle
A Subscriber can be in a Valid/Invalid Account Status A Subscriber can be in a Valid/Invalid Service Status

Packages
A Subscriber can have a number of different Packages that they can use Example Packages are Tailored Commercial, Included Commercial, Promotional

Rating
The GPRS is charged different Rates depending on the Subscriber Location, Time of day, tariff plans, profiles

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CAP 3 GPRS Features 2

Error Test Cases
GPRS received for an Unknown Subscriber Subscriber has Insufficient Funds for the cost of the GPRS

Statistics
Verify that statistics are correctly updated

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Practical Exercises
The practical exercises consist of the following
Run an existing test case using Proto Get the test case to pass Modify a parameter in the DB that will cause the test case to fail Re-run the test case and verify it failed for the correct reason Reset the DB parameter and verify the test case passes Write a new CAP3 GPRS test case

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Questionnaire
10 multiple choice questions 20 minutes to complete Based on contents of KT material Expect 80% pass rate

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Conclusion
CAP3 GPRS Overview CAP3 GPRS Test Environment Tracing on Test Environment CAP3 GPRS Test Cases CAP3 GPRS Features

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Forms to be filled out

Attendance
Passed around

Feedback form
feedback form

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Further Reading
Some extra reading links:
GPRS CAP3 Charging

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