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Special Number Handling

Overview

Rules for handling special destination numbers may be defined for any N2SCP application. These rules exist within the config block, i.e.:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<n2svcd>
  ...
  <applications>
    ...
    <application name="<application name>" module="DsgScpApp"> <!-- Or LhoScpApp -->
      ...
      <config>
        ...
        <special_numbers>
          <!-- Special number handling rules for the N2SCP application -->
        </special_numbers>
      </config>
    </application>
    ...
  </application>
  ...
</n2svcd>

Special destinations are checked prior to all other processing to ensure that they are handled as quickly and safely as possible.

Configuration Details

Within each block, special number handling rules may be configured within the special_numbers block:

Attribute	Type	Description
.`special_numbers`	Array	Array of special number handling rules for `InitialDP`.`calledPartyNumber` and/or `InitialDP`.`calledPartyBCDNumber` fields.
.`rule`	Object	Provisions a special number handling rule.

Special Number Handling Rule

Each special number handling rule defines a rule for the handling of a certain destination number or prefix. For each inbound InitialDP, the rules list is traversed. If a rule is found, it is applied and no other rule will apply. If no rules are matched, no special number handling will occur.

Special number handling takes place after normalisation has occurred.

Each rule Object in the config.special_numbers array has the following structure:

Attribute	Type	Description
`exact`	Telephony Digits	[Conditional] Will cause the rule to match if the rule number matches the destination number exactly. One of `exact` or `prefix` must be defined.
`prefix`	Telephony Digits	[Conditional] Will cause the rule to match if the rule number is a prefix of the destination number . One of `exact` or `prefix` must be defined.
`handling`	String	The handling to apply if the rule matches. Possible values are: `continue` - send an INAP `Continue` operation to allow the call to continue unconditionally. `connect` - send an INAP `Connect` operation to allow the call to continue unconditionally. Denormalisation of the destination digits will occur. `release` - send an INAP `ReleaseCall` operation to end the call. If `cause` is not specified, the default release cause will be used. `abort` - send a TCAP `Abort` operation to end the call. `translate` - for originating and forwarding calls only, replace the `calledPartyNumber_digits_n` (i.e. the normalised `InitialDP` → `calledPartyNumber` decoded digits) that is used in further processing with the value of the `translation` field. Call processing will otherwise continue normally.
`translation`	Telephony Digits	[Conditional] The number translation to use. Only applicable, and required, when `handling` is set to `translate`. Note that this number will not have normalisation applied to it. This translated number will replace the `normalised_called_party` value used for all subsequent selector rule matching, etc.; the pre-translation number will be stored in the `original_called_party` field.
`cause`	Integer	The release cause value to use when the chosen handling is `release`. Must not be included for other handling options. If not specified for `release`, defaults to `31`.