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Viewing Rule Definitions
Rule definitions are user-defined expressions, based on protocol fields and protocol states, which define 
what actions to take when specific field values are true. Each rule definition configuration consists of 
multiple expressions applicable to any of the fields or states supported by the respective analyzers.
Rule definitions are of the following types:
Routing—Used to route packets to content analyzers. Routing rule definitions determine which 
content analyzer to route the packet to when the protocol fields and/or protocol states in the rule 
definition expression are true. Up to 256 rule definitions can be configured for routing.
Charging—Used to specify what action to take based on the analysis done by the content analyzers. 
Actions can include redirection, charge value, and billing record emission. Up to 2048 charging rule 
definitions can be configured in the system.
Post-processing—Used for post-processing purposes. Enables processing of packets even if the rule 
matching for them has been disabled.
TPO—Used for Traffic Performance Optimization (TPO) in-line service match-rule and match 
advertisement features.
To view rule definitions in logical inventory:
Step 1Right-click the required device in the Vision client and choose Inventory.
Step 2In the Logical Inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging 
Services > ACS> Rule Definitions.
The Vision client displays the list of rule definitions configured under the container. You can view the 
individual rule definition details from the table on the right pane or by choosing Logical Inventory > 
local> Mobile > Active Charging Services > ACS> Rule Definitions> Rule Definition. CAE Readdressing Indicates whether Content Adaptation Engine (CAE) readdressing is 
enabled, allowing video traffic to be fetched from the CAEs in the CAE 
group.
Transrating Indicates whether transrating is enabled or not. Transrating is a mobile video 
feature that reduces the encoded bit rates by adjusting video encoding.
Target Rate Reduction Percentage of the input bit rate of a video flow.
Billing Action
EDR Name of the EDR format for the billing action in the ACS.
EGCDR Indicates whether eG-CDRs must be generated when the subscriber session 
ends or an interim trigger condition occurs.
Rf Indicates whether Rf accounting is enabled or not.
UDRs Indicates whether UDRs must be generated based on the UDR format 
declared in the rule base.
Radius Accounting 
RecordIndicates whether radius accounting is enabled or not.
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Table 27-126 describes the details available for each rule definition.
Viewing Rule Definition Groups
A rule definition group enables grouping the rule definitions into categories. A rule definition group may 
contain optimizable rule definitions. Whether a group is optimized or not is decided on whether all the 
rule definitions in the group can be optimized. When a new rule definition is added, it is checked if it is 
included in any rule definition group and whether it needs to be optimized or not.
To view rule definition groups in logical inventory:
Step 1Right-click the required device in the Vision client and choose Inventory.
Step 2In the Logical Inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging 
Services > ACS> Group of Rule Definitions.
The Vision client displays the list of rule definition groups configured under the container. You can view 
the individual rule definition group details from the table on the right pane or by choosing Logical 
Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging Services > ACS> Group of Rule Definitions> Rule 
Definition Group.
Table 27-126 Rule Definition Group Properties in Logical Inventory
Field Description
Name Name of the rule definition group.
Application Type Purpose of the rule definition, which could be charging, routing, 
post-processing, or Traffic Performance Optimization (TPO).
Copy Packet To Log Indicates whether to copy every packet that matches the rule to a log file.
Tethered Flow Check Indicates whether tethered flow check if enabled or not. Tethering detection 
flow check feature enables detection of subscriber data traffic flow 
originating from PC devices tethered to mobile smart phones, and also 
provides effective reporting to enable service providers take business 
decisions on how to manage such usage and to bill subscribers accordingly.
Multiline OR Indicates whether to apply the OR operator to all 4.3.2 in a rule definition. 
This allows a single rule definition to specify multiple URL expressions.
Protocol Configuration
Protocol The protocol that this rule definition is applied on.
Fields Particular protocol field, which is applied on the data packets for inspection. 
Value could be, host, payload, or domain.
Operator Logical operator that indicates how to logically match the value in the field 
analyzed based on the data type.
Value Value of a particular protocol in a rule definition which has to be applied on 
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Table 27-127 describes the details available for each rule definition group.
Rule Definition Group Commands
The following RuleDef commands can be launched from the inventory by right-clicking a rule definition 
group and choosing Commands > Configuration or Commands > Show. Your permissions determine 
whether you can run these commands (see Permissions Required to Perform Tasks Using the 
Prime Network Clients, page B-1). To find out if a device supports these commands, see the Cisco Prime 
Network 4.3.2 Supported Cisco VNEs. 
Viewing Rule Base for the Charging Action
A rule base is a collection of rule definitions and their associated billing policy. The rule base determines 
the action to be taken when a rule is matched. A maximum of 512 rule bases can be specified in the ECS 
service. It is possible to define a rule definition with different actions. 
Rule bases can also be used to apply the same rule definitions for several subscribers, which eliminate 
the need to have unique rule definition for each subscriber. We can set priority, default bandwidth policy, 
type of billing for subscriber sessions, for a rule definition/ group of rule definitions in the rule base. 
Additionally we can configure content based billing and firewall/NAT constituent to rule base.
To view a rule base in logical inventory:
Step 1Right-click the required device in the Vision client and choose Inventory.
Step 2In the Logical Inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging 
Services > ACS> Rulebase Container.
Table 27-127 Rule Definition Group Properties in Logical Inventory
Field Description
Name Name of the rule definition group.
Application Type Purpose of the rule definition group, which could be charging, routing, 
content filtering, post-processing, or Traffic Performance Optimization 
(TPO).
Dynamic Command 
Content Filtering Policy 
IDContent filtering policy ID to add or remove dynamic commands from the 
rule definition group.
Table 27-128 Rule Definition Group Commands
Command Type Command Inputs Required and Notes
Configuration Delete Group of RuleDefsDelete the rule definition group.
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The Vision client displays the list of rule bases configured under the container. You can view the 
individual rule base details from the table on the right pane or by choosing Logical Inventory > local> 
Mobile > Active Charging Services > ACS> Rulebase Container> Rule Base.Table 27-129 describes 
the details available for each rule base record.
Table 27-129 Rule Base Properties in Logical Inventory
Field Description
Rulebase Name Name of the rule base.
Flow Any Error 
Charging ActionCharging action to be used for packets dropped due to any error conditions 
after data session is created.
Limit for Total Flows Maximum number of simultaneous uplink and downlink packet flows.
Limit for TCP Flows Maximum number simultaneous TCP packet flows per subscriber or APN 
allowed for a rulebase.
Limit for Non TCP 
FlowsMaximum number simultaneous non-TCP packet flows per subscriber or 
APN allowed for a rulebase.
Charging Rule 
OptimizationInternal optimization level to use, for improved performance, when 
evaluating each instance of the action.
QoS Renegotiation 
TimeoutTimeout value after which QoS renegotiation is performed.
RTP Dynamic Routing Indicates whether the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and SDP 
analyzers are enabled to detect the start/stop of RTP (a Transport Protocol 
for Real-Time Applications) and RTP Control Protocol (RCP) flows. 
Ignore Port Number In 
Application HeaderIndicates whether to consider or ignore the port number embedded in the 
application.
Delayed Charging Indicates how to charge for the control traffic associated with an application.
XHeader Certificate 
NameName of the encryption certificate to be used for x-header encryption.
XHeader Reencryption 
PeriodIndicates how often to regenerate the encryption key for x-header 
encryption.
Default Bandwidth 
PolicyName of the default bandwidth policy per subscriber.
P2P Dynamic Routing Indicates whether P2P analyzer is enabled to detect the P2P applications 
flow configured in ACS.
Fair Usage Waiver 
PercentageWaiver percent on top of the average available memory credits per session 
for the Fair Usage feature of active charging.
URL Blacklisting 
ActionConfigured URL blacklisting action to take when the URL matches ones of 
the blacklisted URLs.
URL Blacklisting 
Content IDSpecific content ID for which URL blacklisting is enabled in the rulebase.
Charging Action 
Priorities tabCharging rule definitions and their priorities in the rulebase.
Routing Action 
Priorities tabRouting actions and their priorities in the rulebase.
Post Processing Action 
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Viewing Bandwidth Policies
Bandwidth policies are helpful in applying rate limit to potentially bandwidth intensive and service 
disruptive applications. Using this policy, the operator can police and prioritize subscribers’ traffic to 
ensure that no single or group of subscribers’ traffic negatively impacts another subscribers’ traffic. Each 
policy will be identified by a unique ID, which will be associated to a particular group. Bandwidth 
policies are used to control the direction (uplink/downlink) of bandwidth, peak data rate, and peak burst 
size, and the actions that need to be taken on violation, if the bandwidth exceeds the burst size and data 
rate.
To view bandwidth policy in logical inventory:
Step 1Right-click the required device in the Vision client and choose Inventory.
Step 2In the Logical Inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging 
Services > ACS> Bandwidth Policy Container.
The Vision client displays the list of bandwidth policies configured under the container. You can view 
the individual bandwidth policy details from the table on the right pane or by choosing Logical 
Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging Services > ACS> Bandwidth Policy Container> 
Bandwidth Policy.
Table 27-130 describes the details available for each bandwidth policy.
Viewing Fair Usage Properties
To view fair usage properties configured for the ACS:
Step 1Right-click the required device in the Vision client and choose Inventory.
Step 2In the Logical Inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > local> Mobile > Active Charging 
Services > ACS> Fair Usage.
The Vision client displays the details on the content pane.
Table 27-130 Bandwidth Policy Properties in Logical Inventory
Field Description
Name Name of the bandwidth policy configured.
Total Bandwidth ID 
ConfiguredTotal number of bandwidth IDs configured.
Total Group Limit 
ConfiguredTotal number of bandwidth group limits configured.
Flow Limit for 
Bandwidth ID and 
Group ID Associations 
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Table 27-131 describes the fair usage properties.
ACS Commands
The following ACS commands can be launched from the inventory by right-clicking an ACS and 
choosing Commands > Configuration or Commands > Show. Your permissions determine whether 
you can run these commands (see Permissions Required to Perform Tasks Using the Prime Network 
Clients, page B-1). To find out if a device supports these commands, see the Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 
Supported Cisco VNEs. 
Table 27-131 Fair Usage Properties in Logical Inventory
Field Description
CPU Threshold Percent Percentage of system CPU resources that the dynamic inline transrating 
feature is allowed to use.
Threshold Percent Percentage of system resources that the dynamic inline transrating feature is 
allowed to use.
Deactivate Margin 
PercentFair usage deactivate margin, below which monitor action is disabled.
Table 27-132 Active Charging Services Configuration Commands
Command Navigation Description
Create 
RuledefExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ConfigurationRule definitions (Ruledefs) are user-defined 
expressions, based on protocol fields and/or 
protocol-states, which define what actions to take 
when specific field values are true.
Use this command to create a new rule definition 
for the selected ACS service.
Create group 
of RuledefsExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ConfigurationGroup-of-Ruledefs enable grouping ruledefs into 
categories. When a group-of-ruledefs is 
configured in a rulebase, if any of the ruledefs 
within the group matches, the specified 
charging-action is performed, any more action 
instances are not.
Use this command to create a new group of rule 
definitions for the selected ACS service.
Create 
RulebaseExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ConfigurationA rulebase is a collection of ruledefs and their 
associated billing policy. The rulebase determines 
the action to be taken when a rule is matched.
Use this command to create a new rule base for 
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Modify 
Active 
Charging 
Service
Delete Active 
Charging 
ServiceExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ConfigurationUse these commands to modify/delete an Active 
Charging service created for the selected context.
Create 
Access 
Ruledef
Delete Access 
RuledefExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Access RuledefUse these commands to create/delete an access 
rule definition for the selected ACS service.
Show Access 
RuledefExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ShowUse this command to view and confirm the access 
rule definitions configured for the service.
Create Host 
Pool
Modify Host 
Pool
Delete Host 
PoolExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Host PoolHost pools allow operators to group a set of host 
or IP addresses that share similar characteristics 
together. Access rule definitions (ruledefs) can be 
configured with host pools. Up to ten sets of IP 
addresses can be configured in each host pool.
Use these commands to create/modify/delete a 
host pool for the selected ACS service.
Create 
Charging 
ActionExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ConfigurationCharging Action is an action taken on the 
incoming data packets once the data packets are 
treated by the routing and charging rule 
components. You can configure independent 
actions such as allow, forward, and block traffic, 
and bind these actions with other routing and 
charging rule components.
Use this command to configure a charging action 
for a service.
Modify 
charging 
Action
Delete 
Charging 
ActionExpand Active Charging Services 
node> ACS service> Charging 
Actions> Right-click an charging 
action> Commands> 
ConfigurationUse these commands to modify/delete a charging 
action for a service.
Show 
Charging 
ActionExpand Active Charging Services 
node> Right-click ACS service> 
Commands> ShowUse this command to view and confirm the 
charging action configuration details.
Table 27-132 Active Charging Services Configuration Commands (continued)
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Mobile Technologies Commands: Summary
The following table provides a summary of the commands you can use to configure and view mobile 
technologies under a particular context in the Vision client. Your permissions determine whether you can 
run these commands (see Permissions Required to Perform Tasks Using the Prime Network Clients, 
page B-1). To find out if a device supports these commands, see the Cisco Prime Network 4.3.2 
Supported Cisco VNEs. 
Table 27-133 Mobile Technologies Configuration Commands
Command Navigation Description
Create AAA 
GroupRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create AAA GroupAAA refers to Authentication, Authorization, and 
Accounting, which is a security architecture for 
distributed systems that determines the access 
given to users for specific services and the amount 
of resources they have used.
Use this command to create a new AAA group.
Create APNRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create APNAPN is the access point name that is configured in 
the GGSN configurations.
Use this command to create a new APN service.
Create 
Access ListRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create Access ListUse this command to create access list
Create Active 
Charging 
ServiceRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create Active 
Charging ServiceEnhanced Charging Service (ECS), also known as 
Active Charging Service (ACS), is an in-line 
service, which is integrated within the platform 
and provides mobile operators the ability to offer 
tiered, detailed, and itemized billing to 
subscribers.
Use this command to create a new ACS service.
Create EGTPRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create EGTPEvolved GPRS Tunneling Protocol (EGTP) 
formulates the primary bearer plane protocol 
within an LTE / EPC architecture. It provides 
support for tunnel management including 
handover procedures within and across LTE 
networks.
Use this command to create an EGTP service.
Create FARight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
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Create 
GGSNRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create GGSNGateway GPRS Support Node (GGSM) is the 
gateway between the GPRS wireless data network 
and other external packet data networks such as 
radio networks, IP networks, or private networks. 
GGSN provides network access to external hosts 
wishing to communicate with mobile subscribers 
(MS).
Use this command to create a GGSN service.
Create MMERight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create MMEMobility Management Entity (MME) is the key 
control-node for an LTE access network, which 
works in conjunction with NodeB(eNodeB), 
Serving Gateway, or the LTE/SAW core network. 
It is responsible for initiating paging and 
authentication of mobile devices.
Use this command to create a GGSN service.
Create SGSNRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create SGSNThe Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 
handles the delivery of data from and to the 
mobile nodes within its geographical service area, 
such as packet routing and transfer, mobility 
management, and authentication of users.
Use this command to create a SGSN service.
Create GTPPRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create GTPPGPRS Tunneling Protocol Prime (GTPP) is used 
for communicating accounting messages to CGs. 
Use this command to create a GTPP service.
Create IP 
PoolRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility>Create IP PoolAn IP pool is a sequential range of IP addresses 
within a certain network.
Use this command to create an IP Pool.
Create GTPURight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create GTPUGTPU carries user data within the GPRS core 
network and between the radio access network 
and the core network. The user data transported 
can be packets in any of IPv4, IPv6, or PPP 
formats.
Use this command to create a GTPU service.
Create 
HSGWRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create HSGWUse this command to create a new HSGW service.
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Create MAGRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create MAGUse this command to create a new Mobile Access 
Gateway (MAG) service for the selected context.
Create P-GWRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Mobility> Create P-GWPDN Gateway (P-GW) is the node that terminates 
the SGi interface towards the PDN. If a UE is 
accessing multiple PDNs, there may be more than 
one P-GW for that UE.
Use this command to create a P-GW.
Create 
QCI-QOS 
MappingRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Mobility> Create QCI-QOS 
MappingThe QoS Class Index (QCI) to QoS mapping 
configuration mode is used to map QCIs to 
enforceable QoS parameters.
Use this command to create a QCI-QOS Mapping.
Create S-GWRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Mobility> Create S-GWA Serving Gateway (S-GW) acts as a demarcation 
point between the Radio Access Network (RAN) 
and core network, and manages user plane 
mobility.
Use this command to create a S-GW.
Create PDSNRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Mobility> Create PDSNUse this command to create a new PDSN service 
for the selected context.
Create 
Profile-QCI 
Mapping Right-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration> 
Mobility> Create Profile-QCI 
MappingUse this command to create Profile-QCI Mapping
Create SAE 
GWRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create SAE GWUse this command to create SAE GW.
Create SGSNRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create SGSNUse this command to create an SGSN.
Create VRFRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Others> Create VRFUse this command to create VRF.
Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a 
technology included in IP (Internet Protocol) 
network routers that allows multiple instances of 
a routing table to exist in a router and work 
simultaneously.
Create EPDGRight-click the Context> 
Commands> Configuration > 
Mobility> Create EPDGUse this command to create a new EPDG service
Table 27-133 Mobile Technologies Configuration Commands (continued)
Command Navigation Description