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Usage and event management BSSs can be created as applications on top of the DCAE environment as well as applications outside DCAE. These applications can collect customer events and perform mediation of the usage and events to downstream BSSs or OSSs (Operational Support Systems). BSSs can also collect network events such as bill-impacting configuration changes, consumption or any new bill-impacting network product or service which can in turn be used for various purposes such as rating, balance management, and charge calculations. The following figure shows the DCAE architecture:
Figure 21. DCAE architecture
A key subset of the DCAE architecture is the DCAE Platform. The DCAE platform consists of the capabilities that help define how data is collected, moved, stored and analyzed within DCAE.
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