Audit Requests - Cisco BTS 10200 Troubleshooting Manual

Troubleshooting Local Number Portability Problems

Audit Requests

An audit function is necessary for troubleshooting customer problems and as a maintenance process to
ensure Subscription Version data integrity across the entire LNP network. Audits are concerned with the
process of comparing the NPAC SMS view of the LNP network's Subscription Version data with one or
more of the service provider's views of its network.
The following methods help ensure data integrity across the LNP network:
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Report Requests
The NPAC SMS supports report generation for predefined and ad hoc reports. The report generation
function creates output report files according to specified format definitions, and distributes reports to
output devices as requested. The report distribution service supports distribution to electronic files, to
local or remote printers, to e-mail addresses, and to fax machines.
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On-demand audits can be initiated by any service provider who believes a problem may exist in
another service provider's network. These audits are executed through queries to the appropriate
service provider's network, and corrected by means of downloads to those same networks.
Local service providers are also responsible for comparing database extracts of Subscription data
written to an File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site by the NPAC SMS with their own versions of the
same Subscription data.
The NPAC SMS selects a random sample of active Subscription Versions from its own database,
then compares those samples to the representation of that same data in the various local SMS
databases.
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