Technical info about Hydra
Supported Internet access service schemes
| Technologies |
- PPTP
- PPPoE
- LAN (IPoE)
- VLAN for subscriber
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| Subscriber authentication |
- RADIUS (FreeRADIUS server)
- By IP address (IP-MAC-port binding and ethernet-networks)
- By port (DHCP Option 82)
- By VLAN ID (Subscriber VLAN)
- Combined (various authentication methods for different types of subscribers)
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| IP addresses |
- Static
- Dynamic (from the pool)
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| Support of IPv6 in Dual Stack mode (experimental) |
- Representation of IPv6 addresses and prefixes in the standard form (RFC 5952).
- Automatic and manual IPv6-prefixing of subscriber hardware (customized prefix mask, /64 by default)
- IPv6-prefixing from the pool (pool is maintained by means of NAS)
- Support of RADIUS IPv6 attributes (Framed-IPv6-Prefix and Delegated-IPv6-Prefix), their issuance and storage in the billing system along with the conventional Framed-IP-Address for a single session
- IPv6 traffic accounting along with IPv4 traffic.
- Automatic accounting and summation of traffic from all the addresses occupied by the subscriber's hardware from framed and delegated prefixes, as well as from IPv4 addresses and sub-networks
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| Subscriber traffic accounting |
- Netflow
- RADIUS accounting
- Cisco Raw Data Records (RDR)
- sFlow
- SNMP
- Non-standard schemes (text format)
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| Support of intelligent equipment |
- Cisco ISG
- Cisco SCE
- Juniper ERX/MX
- Ericsson (Redback) SmartEdge
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Types of tariff plans
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- With traffic included (unlimited number of thresholds on traffic consumed)
- Unlimited with speed limit
- With a dynamic speed limit depending on service use
- Option of separate speed limits for inbound and outbound channels
- Burstable-tariffing
- By the higher volume of incoming and outgoing traffic
- By the ratio of incoming and outgoing traffic
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Supported schemes of telephone services
| Supported PBX and Softswitch makes |
- МТА М200
- Avaya Definity
- Iskratel Si2000
- Asterisk
- Huawei SoftX3000
- Eltex SMG-1016M
- Eltex МС240
- Unit TS-004
- Other (call)
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| Chargeable services |
Telephone services:
- Local
- Intraareal
- Long-distance / international
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| Agency scheme |
Supported |
| Settlements with suppliers |
Supported |
| Reassessment |
Supported (for the current period and current prices, as well as retroactively for previous periods and old prices) |
| Reports |
- Detailed for each call
- Cost and volume by services
- Cost and volume by directions
- Cost and volume by providers
- Other reports (generator)
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| Types of tariff plans
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- With the included number of minutes for the service
- With the included number of minutes in a certain direction
- With unlimited service volume
- With per-minute billing
- With various cost of minutes in different time periods
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| Call billing |
- Per minute
- Per second
- The first N seconds free of charge
- Per second from the first minute
- Other schemes
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| Frequency of obtaining CDR |
- Monthly
- Daily
- Every hour
- Immediately after the call
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| Pre-authorization of calls |
Supported (through RADIUS or with API function with calculation of the maximum possible talk time) |
Support of multidivisionality
- Option to create a hierarchy of branches
- Quick switch between firms
- Flexible adjustment of the rights to work under one or more branches
- Option to generate both reports for each branch separately, and general reports combining several firms
Option of localization
- Localization of both personal account of the subscriber and the system itself
- The system can be easily translated into any language thanks to full support of Unicode
- Local tax system and currency, as well as multiple currencies simultaneously may be taken into consideration
- Option of automatic currency conversion
Possibility of integration and interoperability with external systems
| Export into accounting software |
Supported |
| Notices to subscribers |
Types of notices:
- The need to replenish the account balance
- Billing for services
- Money are credited to the account
- Other
Notification methods:
- Email
- SMS
- Automatic dialling
- Fax
- Other
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| Access to API of the billing system |
Is available in the following scope:
- Services for individuals and legal entities
- Subscriber management
- Management of Subscription Agreements
- Working with subscriptions to services
- Hardware management
- Authentication and authorization procedures
- Effecting payments
- Debiting for one-off services
- Payment reports
- Reports on the services rendered
- Reports on settlements with subscribers
- Other procedures on request
For frequently used procedures, we provide examples of their calls. |
| Protocols of access to API of the billing system |
- Directly through the Oracle client
- XML-RPC
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| Ability to sell third-party products |
Sale / lease of software (anti-virus software, computer games, etc.) is caried out in the personal account of the subscriber. Money is debited from the personal account in a lump sum or periodically.
- Eset NOD32
- Dr. Web
- Rentsoft
- ENAZA
- VIDIMAX
- Other products (call)
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| Payment Systems |
Cash or bank transfer:
- Accepting payments manually
- Import of statements from the online banking system (in semi-automatic mode)
Plastic cards (VISA / Mastercard and others)
Payment terminals
Electronic money
Aggregators
Other ways:
- Through API functions
- Through the command line
- Other ways (call)
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Features of the personal account of a subscriber
- Viewing balance and money available on the personal account
- Changing the tariff plan
- "Promised payment"
- Viewing agreement and other documents
- Viewing bills for services (for legal entities and individuals)
- Generating receipts for payment for services
- Viewing details of payments and debiting for services rendered
- Viewing statement on the Internet traffic
- Viewing statement on telephony
- Getting detailed statements of phone calls (CSV format)
Marketing campaigns supported
- A special tariff plan (cost reduction, increased speed, etc.) is applicable for the first N months after connection
- Loyalty program "Pay less - earn more" (special rates for regularly paying subscribers)
- Promo "Bring a Friend" (bonus to a subscriber who has brought a new subscriber)
Example 1. Service - Internet. 30,000 subscribers, 23,000 simultaneous PPP sessions at the peak, authorization and traffic accounting through RADIUS, and daily traffic detailing.
| Processor |
2 x Xeon E5-2670 |
| RAM |
48 Gb |
| Disk subsystem |
5 x SAS 600 Gb 15000 RPM in RAID 1+0, of which 1 extra hot spare drive |
Example 2. Service - Internet. 20,000 subscribers, 13,000 simultaneous VPN sessions at the peak, authorization through RADIUS, traffic accounting through Netflow, static "gray" IP addresses, 85% of subscribers with unlimited tariff plans, and daily traffic detailing.
| Processor |
2 x Xeon E5-2660 |
| RAM |
32 Gb |
| Disk subsystem |
5 x SAS 600 Gb 15000 RPM in RAID 1+0, of which 1 extra hot spare drive
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Example 3. Service - Telephony 8 million CDR per month, 20,000 subscribers, and frequency of CDR import - daily.
| Processor |
2 x Xeon E5-2640 |
| RAM |
16 Gb |
| Disk subsystem |
5 x SAS 300 Gb 10000 RPM in RAID 1+0, of which 1 extra hot spare drive |
Software requirements
| Operation system |
Recommended: Linux 2.6 (Debian distribution kit, latest stable version) |
| DBMS |
Oracle Database 11g or 12c in any of the versions: Standard One, Standard, Enterprise. Here you can purchase a license for this DBMS. Our company is a silver partner of Oracle. |
| Web interface |
Ruby 1.9.3-p194 |
| For agent applications |
Python 2.6 |
| Web server |
nginx |
