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What's a network billing system, from online charges to the core of network operations management?

I understand the network billing system as"A fee-for-net tool"The most easy mistake to make when choosing. Schools, apartments, hotels, parks, a network that has long run, really needs a set of tools...

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I understand the network billing system as"A fee-for-net tool"Schools, apartments, hotels, parks, and other networks that are going to operate over time require a system that links users, packages, bills, payments, arrears, and operating data, with only one link. A year or two after the system is online, it turns back to support operations that go well, depending on those capabilities that go beyond the fees.

NATHHELL_BRAND V7 Authentication & Billing"Network security operations management billing system based on network operations and centred on user management"The sentence answers the central question that the system has to address: who is online, what packaged, how much money, when it expires, how the arrears are processed and whether the daily accounts are right, after the network is built, depends on a system, not on hand-held accounts.

Composition module of the network billing system

A complete network billing system, usually containing several bite-to-bite modules. The authentication module is responsible for identifying users and resolving them."Who's on the Internet?"; billing module is responsible for translating Internet access to cost and resolving"How much do you charge?"; camp management module for charging, orders, bills, financial logs and reports"How do you manage the money?"; user self-service modules allow users to complete their own registration, querying, renewal and password changes to reduce the manager’s workload. These modules are not independent: authentication results are linked to a charge, costing results are entered into the tentage, and camp data is exported from the reconciliation.

In the case of NatShell V7, the core functions of PORTAL include several components, namely: authentication, template management, billing administration, operations management, user management, data statistics, financial management and system functionality. The charge-management project, suites, billing strategy; business management looks at online users, historical records, statistical analysis and operating records; financial management processing fees, refunds, renewals, business statements, fee recording and financial analysis; systems function supports payment for multiple ACs, self-help users and payment of treasures."It's operational."The full capacity.

The billing strategy is the core engine of the system.

The costing strategy supported by V7 is to provide a price-fixing, profitability, and cost-control for operators. The costing strategy includes year, month, day, prepaid and post-payment, long time counting, precision flow billing, and fee-free strategies.

The strategy is not to be as many as possible, but to follow the user community and bandwidth costs. School accommodations are suitable for a mix of monthly traffic restrictions, apartments are rented for flexible meals on a daily basis, and space-banding such as satellite ships must be based on flow precision."Relocation, full connection."Capacity is critical in price-changing and marketing.

Why do you need to have a business management over and above the charges?

Many network operators just want it at first."It's a charge."The missing operational capacity is only identified when the data are used. V7 provides statistical analysis covering indicators such as trends in enrolment, online population trends, registration type statistics, access terminal statistics, account rates, Internet user rate, daily life, cumulative certification success figures, failure records, per capita time on the Internet and per capita traffic."How did the network go?": How many people registered but not working, which time period is the peak online, how much traffic per person consumes, and these judgements are relied on for package design and bandwidth procurement.

The management of competencies is the other side of the business administration. Multilevel competency support managers, fee collectors, maintenance staff, collaborators, etc. preset roles, regional and project management intersect, and agents have an independent interface.

Boundary of the network billing system

The capability of the network billing system is limited. It is good at authentication, billing, tentage, self-service functions; the feasibility and effectiveness of interface with third party systems (e.g. a school-cathon, operator AAAA, public security audit platform) depends on whether the interface is open to each other, whether fields are mapled, and the conditions for alignment are available, and needs to be confirmed by project. The performance indicators are also similar, as are the number of certifications per second and the number of users that are carried out in the information, which must be validated in actual projects in conjunction with hardware configuration, web pedestication and stress measurement methods and cannot be separated from the landscape.

V7 can be deployed locally, cloud-end or distributed, supporting integrated AC interface management, support interface with operators BOSS through Radius and with third party audit systems, a cartoon, etc. The selection of the configuration should be done in conjunction with their deployment environment, match needs and long-term business plans, and decide on the form and modules to be used.

The system is more demanding in terms of its form, operating across regions and campuses. V7 supports cloud-side deployments, with billing, certification, camping being placed on cloud ends and the integration of network equipment across branches; supports multi-aAC integrated management, with multiple campuses and condos operating independently of each other. Agents use different Web access ports without interference; different user groups are connected to different packages; and project data are isolated. For the main entities that operate multiple networks, one system is much more cost-effective than each point.

The value of the network billing system is not."It's a charge.", and turn the network into an operational asset: user-manageable, package-designable, account-retroactive, data-analysing. If you select a model that looks only at prices and surface functions, neglects the operations support capabilities of the accounts, statistics, privileges, and is soon online"It's easy to collect money."Get on the run.

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