6 Specification level requirements

32.1303GPPConcepts and requirementsNetwork sharingRelease 17Telecommunication managementTS

6.1 Requirements

REQ-NS_GEN-FUN-1 The IRPAgent shall support a capability allowing the IRPManager to configure which POPs share each cell.

REQ-NS_GEN-FUN-2 The IRPAgent shall support a capability allowing the IRPManager to know which POPs share each cell.

REQ-NS_GEN-FUN-3 In GWCN, the IRPAgent shall support a capability allowing the IRPManager to configure which POPs share each core network element.

REQ-NS_GEN-FUN-4 In GWCN, the IRPAgent shall support a capability allowing the IRPManager to know which POPs share each core network element.

REQ-NS_PM-FUN-1 The IRPAgent shall have the capability to support subscription of UL and DL data volume measurements per QoS profile criteria for cross operator accounting purpose from the IRPManager.
The QoS profile criteria may include one or more of the following criteria: one QCI indicator, one GBR Indicator, one ARP Indicator, where:

– a QCI Indicator identifies one specific QCI value. If the indicator is not set then all QCI values should be taken into account.

– a GBR Indicator identifies one GBR range value defined by the management system. If the indicator is not set then all GBR ranges should be taken into account.

– an ARP Indicator identifies one ARP priority value. If the indicator is not set then all ARP priority values should be taken into account.

REQ-NS_PM-FUN-2 The IRPAgent shall support the IRPManager setting the reliability for the counter instances in a measurement job. The detailed definition of reliability is vendor specific.

REQ-NS_PM-FUN-3 The IRPAgent shall support up to a maximum number of 200 recorded counter instances per granularity period of data volume measurements for cross operator accounting purpose.

REQ-NS_PM-FUN-4 The IRPAgent shall support the IRPManager to access a file containing data volume measurements for cross operator accounting purposes every granularity period.

6.2 Actor roles

See clause 5.2.

6.3 Telecommunications resources

See clause 5.3.

6.4 Use cases

6.4.1 Management of measurements for cross-operator accounting based on data volume and QoS

The network manager requests a measurement job for data volume measurements for shared network for charging purposes with high reliability, for a subset of data volume counters per shared PLMN, per UL/DL traffic direction and per QoS profile criteria. The QoS profile criteria may include one or more of the following criteria: one QCI Indicator, one GBR Indicator, one ARP Indicator, where:

– a QCI Indicator identifies one specific QCI value. QCI values range from 0 to 255. If the indicator is not set then all QCI values should be taken into account.

– a GBR Indicator identifies one GBR range value defined by the management system. GBR range values can range from 1 to N, where N is bigger than 1 (e.g. N=5). If the indicator is not set then all GBR ranges should be taken into account.

– an ARP Indicator identifies one ARP priority value. ARP priority values range from 1 to 15. If the indicator is not set then all ARP priority values should be taken into account.

An overall maximum number of 200 counter instances (measurement instances) can be recorded per granularity period.

The measurement type is specified by sub-clause 4.1.9 in TS 36.314 [6].
All the counters instances in the measurement job should be subject to high reliability as it is for cross operator accounting purpose. The detailed definition of reliability is vendor specific.

The network provides the counters each granularity period.