network planning & inventory system

Manage all your network platforms and vendors in a single system, with multiple BSS and OSS functionalities, including GIS, workflow, problem ticket management, leased line management, impact analysis, single point of failure, warehouse (inventory and spare parts), autodiscovery and network Reconciliation, and service fulfillment.

Fabricantes: VC4
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What is network planning & inventory system?

Telecommunications network planning and inventory system

Manage all your network platforms and vendors in a single system, with multiple BSS and OSS functionalities, including GIS, workflow, problem ticket management, leased line management, impact analysis, single point of failure, warehouse (inventory and spare parts), autodiscovery and network Reconciliation, and service fulfillment.

A single inventory management system

Are you still using Excel spreadsheets for network inventory management? Or a home system that's not so good? IMS makes this easier, with an OSS inventory management system to register all your different network platforms and vendors. A central system results in a single truth and offers full control.

The telecommunications network planning and inventory system helps your company improve the services they offer by enabling staff to complete daily tasks faster than before and much smarter. The VC4-IMS has a strong out-of-the-use offering, thereby reducing customization costs. The inventory network system allows you to increase revenues and expand margins while reducing risks, OPEX and CAPEX costs.

About vc4 network planning and inventory system

Easily search for any object in IMS. For each network object, users can find related information simply by right-clicking or with a single click.

In addition, pre-configured and custom reports can be created and viewed on different screens, allowing for easier and simpler network management.

VC4-IMS gives network planners all the tools they need to design new or upgrade existing network projects before they are built on the real network. IMS can also be used seamlessly with the IMS workflow and problem logging module.

Resources

The following features are available for efficient network management:

  • Physical (active and passive) and logical inventory and asset management
  • GIS and network maps
  • Network planning
  • Manual and automated planning
  • Change management
  • Workflow
  • Problem tickets
  • Leased line management
  • Impact analysis
  • Single point of failure calculation
  • Warehouse (stock and spare parts)
  • Automatic discovery and network reconciliation
  • Service Fulfillment

BENEFITS VC4 IMS

  • A single truth for all physical and logical resources in networks
  • Clear view of live network assets, their use and configuration
  • Automatic discovery and live network synchronization, improved quality
  • Single point of failure calculation, avoiding unexpected interruptions
  • Automatic analysis of the impact of planned work
  • Smart sales - sell close to the network
  • Lease Line Management, save costs by checking invoices
  • Plan to build a new network just before the demand curve, improve capacity planning
  • Faster time to repair, improved "problems to solve" processes
  • Optimized processes with IMS workflow
  • Supplier management, KPI's management and SLA improvement
  • Linked to BSS/OSS systems, reduces dual typing and data pollution
  • Supports efficient daily network operations

Find out what information can be managed in VC4-IMS

  • Circuits, connections and cables, including external plant (GIS)
  • Contacts
  • Contracts
  • Customer data
  • DDF/ODF and patch panels
  • Equipment, shelving and cards
  • IP addresses
  • Leased lines, including contractual and financial information
  • Sites / network locations and floor plans
  • Requests
  • Parameters and settings
  • Ports
  • Products and services
  • Racks
  • Warehouse / Stocks and Spares
  • Problem tickets
  • Sellers
  • Voice routes and logical ports

Platforms

Samples supported by the platform (not limited to!) By VC4-IMS:

  • MPLS / IP
  • WDM / OTN
  • Ethernet / Metro-E / NGN
  • Fiber and copper networks (including GIS)
  • FTTx / GPON (including GIS)
  • Mobile RAN (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G)
  • Mobile Core
  • Radio / Microwave
  • SDN / NFV
  • SDH
  • SONET
  • PDH
  • xDSL
  • ATM / Frame relay
  • Transmission
  • DCN
  • IP
  • Submarine cables
  • Synchronize
  • Voice
  • VoIP
  • VSAT
  • Power

Network planning and change management

Use IMS to design new updates or plan updates for the network before it is built into the actual network. Each network item, such as location, equipment, shelf, card, and connection, has a status to identify at what stage of delivery or planning lifecycle it is.

IMS Network Planning can be used seamlessly with IMS Workflow, forcing planners to follow the correct process. In the event that IMS Workflow is not being used, IMS can be integrated into another workflow/order management system if desired.

Several tools are built in to assist in the planning and design of your network:

  • Automatic connection configuration
  • Site templates
  • Equipment models
  • Duplicate circuit
  • Ring and network overview
  • Routes available from the node

Manual and automated planning

VC4-IMS allows users to manually create, change, or delete network items and circuit routes.

The automatic connection configuration feature allows network operators to automatically plan connections and services in IMS. This functionality is based on "least cost routing". The rules for defining "costs" can be implemented based on customer requirements (for example, shorter distance, fewer jumps, less financial costs, or combination).

If necessary, IMS can link the automatic planning functionality to the IMS workflow engine so that workflows can be fully automated.

Change management

Network planners can plan a new vc4-IMS network, such as new equipment, new cards, new connections.

Existing networks can be updated. These updates can be planned in advance by allowing notification of all departments (e.g. NOC, Customer Service and Management) prior to these changes. After the changes have been successfully implemented, the object statues can be updated to "In Service". the previous configuration, such as old routing and port information, will be stored in ims history.

The following changes can be managed:

  • Automatic connection configuration
  • Site templates
  • Equipment models
  • Duplicate circuit
  • Ring and network overview
  • Routes available from the node

System requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD / SSD: 50 GB of free space on the main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

Resolution: 1024×768

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