Least Cost Routing

This functionality is useful to locate the least cost routing per destination. Following is an explanation of the customization window.

Figure 26. Least Cost Routing – Report Customization.

• View

There are two options: Destination and Area Code. If you choose Destination, the platform calculates the Least Cost Routing per destination; a destination can comprise more than one area code. If you choose Area Code, the system calculates the Least Cost Routing per area code. For example in the option Destination, if you type Spain under Destination or 34 under Area Code, the system will display a list of the lowest rates per network. In the option Area Code, if you type Spain under Destination or 34 under Area Code, the system will display a list of the lowest rates per area code.

• Destination

Type the name of the city or country.

• Area Code

Type here the dial code of the destination you want the report to be generated.

• Rows

You can select the amount of files you want to see in the screen: All, 100, 500, 1000.

• Display

Your customized search will be displayed with this command.

Figure 27 is an example of a customized report for Sweden.

Figure 27. Customized Least Cost Routing Report.

In this example you can see all the providers you have interconnection, with the Area Code they cover and the valid rates ordered from lowest to highest.

ROUTING

This section explains the use of the automatic routing resources.

Automatic Routing

This option of the routing tab is used to enable or disable clients to route the traffic through the automatic routing resources of your network.

The Automatic Routing is software that reads the rates from the BILLING system and analyzes the quality of the providers to develop a custom routing table for the clients included in the Automatic Routing table (figure 28). All rates are read daily while the quality of calls and routes are computed every 15 minutes. The Automatic Routing software optimizes the routing routine resulting in a better financial performance.

In the algorithm the ALOC is the key indicator parameter, and is given a weight of 3.

Figure 28 shows an example of the table to manage the clients that make use of the automatic routing.

Figure 28. Automatic Routing Clients Management.

The fields of the table are:

• Partition

A partition is a common resource pool to a destination or carrier. A partition groups the common routing for one or more customers, i.e., the wholesale clients are often appointed to the same partition. This partition comprises all the routes they need to direct their traffic.

• Description

This is a brief description -sometimes the name of the carrier is enough- which refers to the client that is enabled to route the traffic in the automatic routing switch.

• Subscription

The subscription defines the type of product for example wholesale, and traffic, for example hubbing or direct, per carrier. A carrier can have more than one subscription, for example one as client and one as provider. In the case of the automatic routing, the subscriptions are client subscriptions. This field is updated by the system once the acronym is entered.

• Acronym

This is the abbreviated name of the client.

• ASR, ALOC, Rate

In these three indicators is defined the importance each one have when the traffic is routed automatically. In the example of figure 28, the ALOC is the key indicator (3) to perform the automatic routing, meaning that the route with the best ALOC will be selected to route the customer’s traffic. Then ASR and Rate are taken into consideration with the same importance (1).

• Created

This field denotes the date when the client was included in the automatic routing table. This field is filled automatically by the system. A custom search can be performed using the fields Subscription and/or Acronym and/or Description in the search window.

Click “Add” to include a customer in the automatic routing table. A new row will appear in the table. Enter the Partition, Description and Acronym. ASR, ALOC and Rate have fixed values of 1, 3 and 1 respectively. Click “Save” to confirm the addition of “Cancel” to discard it.

Figure 29. Client Addition in the Automatic Routing Table.

To disable one or more clients, mark the check box on the left of the table corresponding to the client you want to exclude from the automatic routing, and click “Delete”.

Black List

This option manages a list of providers that are not part of the automatic routing.

Figure 30. Client Addition in the Automatic Routing Table.

The fields of the table are:

• Subscription

This is the subscription associated to the provider.

• Acronym

This is the abbreviated name of the provider.

• Area Code

This field corresponds to the area code that is not part of the automatic routing for that specific provider. In other words, traffic routed automatically will no be directed to this area code for this provider.

• Destination

This is the destination corresponding to the area code listed in the table.

• Created

This field denotes the date when the client was included in the black list. This field is filled automatically by the system.

A custom search can be performed using the fields Subscription and/or Acronym and/or Area Code and/or Destination, in the search window.

Click “Add” to include a customer in the black list. A new row will appear in the table. As you type the Acronym, a drop down list of will appear. Select the Acronym from the list or finish typing.

As you type the Area Code, a drop down list of options will appear. Select the Area Code from the list. The Destination, Subscriptions and Created fields will be filled automatically. Click “Save” to confirm the addition of “Cancel” to discard it.

To exclude one or more providers form the black list, mark the check box on the left corresponding to the provider you want to delete from the table, and click “Delete”.