02 — Capability · BC-1450.10
Usage Record Mediation
Collect raw usage events from every network and service platform, clean and enrich them, and hand complete, deduplicated records to rating without losing revenue along the way.
- Mediation
- Usage Collection
- Event Mediation
In scope
- Collection of usage events from switching, data and video platforms
- Validation, deduplication and correlation of partial records
- Detection of usage that never reached a bill
Out of scope
- Monitoring network element health (see BC-730)
- Enterprise data pipelines for analytics (see BC-750)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-1450.10.10Usage Event CollectionGather usage events from every platform that generates them, on time and in full, with a record of what was received from where.
- BC-1450.10.20Usage Validation & DeduplicationReject malformed events, drop duplicates and hold suspect records for review so rating sees only clean usage.
- BC-1450.10.30Usage Correlation & EnrichmentStitch partial records into one session and add the subscriber, plan and location context that rating needs.
- BC-1450.10.40Usage Leakage DetectionCompare usage seen on the network with usage that was rated and billed, and chase the gaps before they become lost revenue.