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nanoLTE AP Pre-Provisioning and Configuration Capturing Network Policies and AP Modes
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3.3.2 PM Filenames and Identities in PM Files
While 3GPP defines structures for filenames and file contents, it is not prescriptive on
exactly how the associated identifiers are used.
PM File Names
The LTE AP PM file names have the following format:
<Type><Startdate>.<Starttime>-<Enddate>.<Endtime>-<jobId>_<UniqueId
>
The jobId is based on an AP parameter of the same name which defaults to blank, but its
use in the filename can also be modified by two NOS policy parameters, which can be
applied separately or in unison.
• To ensure the filename is unique it is suggested that a NOS option (“Append
Equipment ID to Job ID”) is enabled to append the Equipment ID (which includes
the Serial Number) to the Job ID. This option is enabled by default.
• The NOS can also be configured to auto-generate a Job ID from the concatenation
of the AP’s Group ID and Provisioned Product Class parameters (via the
“Generate AP Job ID” attribute). “Group” is a flexible concept that can be used to
associate a set of APs, for example identifying APs within a geographic region.
The Provisioned Product Class is typically used to represent an AP “type” e.g. E40,
but can also be used to identify the use case of the AP, e.g. “E40 SoHo”. So
having policies for these parameters can help in grouping PM files.
The UniqueId is set to the AP’s Object Name. If the operator has a rigorous naming policy
this can be used to create unique filenames to the operator’s preferred policy.
In this case the (“Append Equipment ID to Job ID” option would not be necessary.
Alternatively, the Object Name can be left at its default (“LTE_AP” for an AP) if the
preference is to use other identities.
Example list of parameter values and resulting PM file name:
• generateJobId = TRUE
• appendEquipmentId = TRUE
• Group name (from the objectName of the associated Group) = “NewJersey”
• provisionedProductClass = “E40”
• objectName = “LTE AP”
• EquipmentId = 000295-0000011115
Example resulting PM Filename, with automatically generated date and time stamp:
C20130806.1700+0000-20080807.0500+0000-NewJersey_E40_000295-0000011
115_LTE_AP