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Chapter 25 Monitoring Mobile Technologies Viewing Operator Policies, APN Remaps, and APN Profiles
Viewing Operator Policies, APN Remaps, and APN Profiles
Operator policy provides mechanisms to fine tune the behavior of subsets of subscribers above and
beyond the behaviors described in the user profile. It can also be used to control the behavior of visiting
subscribers in roaming scenarios, enforcing roaming agreements, and providing a measure of local
protection against foreign subscribers.
An operator policy associates APNs, APN profiles, an APN remap table, and a call-control profile to
ranges of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs). These profiles and tables are created and
defined within their own configuration modes to generate sets of rules and instruc tions that can be reused
and assigned to multiple policies. In this manner, an operator policy manages the application of rules
governing the services, facilities, and privileges available to subscribers. These policies can override
standard behaviors and provide mechanisms for an operator to get around the limitations of other
infrastructure elements, such as DNS servers and HSSs.
Note Operator policies and APN profiles are applicable only for the ‘local’ context in the logical inventory.
The following topics explain how to view operator policies, APN remaps, and APN profiles in Prime
Network Vision:
• Viewing Operator Policies, page 25-111
• Viewing APN Remaps, page 25-113
• Viewing APN Profiles, page 25-115

Viewing Operator Policies

Operator policies provide an operator with a range of control to manage the services, facilities, and
privileges available to subscribers. By configuring the various components of an operator policy, the
operator fine tunes any desired restrictions or limitations needed to control call handling and this can be
done for a group of callers within a defined IMSI range or p er sub sc ribe r.
Besides enhancing operator control through configuration, the operator po licy f eatur e minim ize s
configuration by drastically reducing the number of configuration lines needed. Operat or poli cy
maximizes configurations by breaking them into the following reusable components that can be shared
across IMSI ranges or subscribers:
• Call-control profiles
• IMEI profiles (SGSN only)
• APN profiles
• APN remap tables
• Operator policies
• IMSI ranges
To view operator policies in logical inventory:
Step 1 Right-click the required device in Prime Network Vision and choose Inventory.
Step 2 In the logical inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local > Mobile > Policy > Operator
Policies