The N-Squared Voucher Server is a scalable voucher management solution for managing encrypted PINs which may be redeemed by customers/subscribers for a benefit against a separate system, such as an OCS.

Our voucher server implements the complete set of industry-standard telephony voucher features:

• The configuration of service channels for secure BSS and 3rd party integration to the voucher server.
• The configuration of distribution channels for the secure export of voucher batch information.
• Voucher type configuration, including the optional definition of additional information to be used during redemption.
• Voucher batch configuration, including serial number ranges to assign to each batch.
• Configurable voucher generation rules, including voucher PIN (HRN) length and encryption rules - including pluggable encryption methods.
• Support for redemption of vouchers through the N2VS voucher GUI.
• Extensible voucher distribution management to manage secure distribution of vouchers in batches to partners and edge-network sales and distribution systems.
• Complete, published APIs, including a comprehensive REST API for BSS integration and atomic voucher redemption to 3rd party OCS.
• Bulk voucher operations for large scale voucher batch management.

Documentation

Product Information

• N2VS Product Summary (PDF Download)

User & Technical Guide

• N2VS Technical Guide (HTML Online)
• N2VS User Guide (HTML Online)

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Deployment Notes

N2VS Architecture

The voucher server architecture is built from four scalable software layers. Vouchers are stored in a clustered document database with associated service data in a replicated RDBMS. Middleware and frontend layers to the voucher server are horizontally scalable and support both REST API and GUI access to the voucher service.

All components can be deployed into a container-based or virtual-machine environment:

Platform Sizing

The N-Squared Voucher Server is a flexible, self-contained system suitable for operators of all sizes needing a cost-effective, site-customizable voucher server for telecommunications vouchers.

The solution uses the horizontally scalable document storage cluster solution MongoDB for high-availability and redundancy.

Deployment models are flexible to suit load-sharing and disaster recovery deployments, including scalable containerised solutions on container platforms including Red Hat OpenShift are supported.

OSS/BSS Features

A Graphical Interface is provided for voucher management. Standard Operational functions - both alarm distribution via SMNP and metrics (statistics) distribution via multiple protocols - are supported.

Event Data Records (EDRs) are generated for all backend activities, including voucher redemption, state changes and specific voucher queries.