Telecom Network Inventory System: Physical, Logical - Sunvizion

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SunVizion Network Inventory Management System is a multi-module, multi-technology comprehensive solution for the inventory of both logical and physical network elements, as well as the support of the network planning process. The solution seamlessly operates with any network technology and with all types of the networks. An integrated workflow engine supports the processes related to network management and sales of the services. Intelligent discovery and reconciliation mechanisms improve the accuracy of network data. The solution is accessible through three platforms: desktop, web, and mobile.

In its capacity as an integrated, robust, enterprise-wide platform, SunVizion empowers operators to realize successful OSS transformation.

By orchestrating intelligent management of network and service data, SunVizion Network Inventory facilitates significant efficiency enhancements across various telecommunications business processes, encompassing:

Network design
and expansion

Service sale, delivery
and provisioning

Fault
management

Network
maintenance

Physical Inventory

SunVizion Physical Network Inventory is utilized to gather, process, and furnish information about physical network resources. By seamlessly integrating both inside and outside plant data, the system maintains records about infrastructure elements such as buildings, rooms, room equipment, cable routes, duct segments, cable chambers, manholes, cabinets, utility poles, and cables, Additionally, it records details about their physical utilization, including card distribution within shelves, cable occupancy in ducts, and the allocation of physical ports on devices used by connected cables.

Physical Network Inventory - Data Availability

Immediate access to all information about network resources and their physical attributes
Presentation and localization of network resources on digital maps with scale-dependent visibility
Powerful GIS environment from Esri
Smart mobile application designed for field workers

Objects Control

Cross-sectional approach
Advanced compatibility control features designed to accommodate various device types, technologies, and available bandwidth
Presentation of auxiliary documents linked to an object (with the possibility of integration with an external repository)

Network Failure Analysis

Identifies failure consequences and analyzes their impact on the network and services provided to users
Manages the process of planned disconnections and analyzes their results
Controls SLA arrangements
Reports data on current failures and historical failure percentage ratios for network elements
Supports all types of telecommunication networks and network technologies
Maintains a logical resource inventory, recording the resource’s functionality, bandwidth, and its relationships with other physical and logical resources

Advanced Map Interface

Possibility of visualization on Google Maps and Google Earth – an attractive option for users who do not require the advanced map interface
Resources displayed on the Google Earth map can be accessed through an external service that provides data in KML format or can be exported to the map.

Benefits

GIS provided by Esri, the industry's leading GIS environment

Reduced costs of network management

More efficient network planning

Swift analysis of failure consequences and the impact of disconnections

Logical Inventory

SunVizion Logical Network Inventory enables the management of information related to connections and relationships among various connection types. The Logical Network Inventory records resource functionality, bandwidth, and relationships with other physical and logical resources. The solution also facilitates the documentation of bandwidth allocation in a telecommunications network and the tracking of relationships between logical and physical elements.

Logical Network Inventory

Cross-cutting approach enabled through integration with NMS systems
Access to network topology information
Access to data related to network utilization
Search and reservation features for network connections

One System - Multiply Technologies

Support for all network technologies, including

D WDM
SDH/PDH
Ethernet
IP/MPLS backbone
ATM.

SDH Schema

Loading of selected parts of any topology (ring, mesh)
Tracking of the trail in individual spans
Bandwidth preview
Identification of occupied VC-12/3/4 containers in selected SDH connections
Display of container numbers and path names within each container

Benefits

Unified access to comprehensive data about the network

Optimized use of network resources

Swift analysis of failure results

Service sales support

Failure management support

Data on logical resources available for other OSS solutions

Network Planning

SunVizion Network Planning & Design was created to support Cable Operators and Triple Play Service Providers in their network expansion plans. It significantly cuts down the time and expense of the design, analysis and implementation of new networks.

Telecom network planning

SunVizion Network Planning & Design is a natural extension of the SunVizion Network Inventory solution and it’s fully integrated with it. The data is
automatically transferred from one system to the other, ensuring that planning always reflects the most recent information about the current state of the existing network.

Designing - Analyzing Changes

Features:

Advanced algorithms that consider factors such as topography, existing infrastructure, possibilities of use and costs of lease of other operators infrastructure, cost of equipment, and transmission easement costs
Automatic data synchronization with the network inventory system
Libraries of pre-modelled network elements and devices
Detection of power supply conflicts and calculation of power consumption for each element
Automatic generation of a bill of materials report for newly designed networks.
Presentation of auxiliary documents associated with an object

Benefits

Significant reduction in time and cost of telecom network planning

The best possible cable run optimization

Early detection of potential conflicts between mutually exclusive plans

Planning based on continually updated data o the current state of the existing network

Service Inventory

What is Service Inventory?

Service Inventory is used to collect, process, and share information about services offered by the operator to facilitate service sales and maintenance processes. The solution allows for service modeling in alignment with TM Forum recommendations, enabling telecommunications operators to comprehensively document all aspects and parameters of their services, both from a client and hardware perspective. Service Inventory provides a web service interface for smooth integration with other systems, including CRM, Resource Inventory, and Workflow.

Physical Resources

Verifies whether a given service can be provided at specified locations or between specified locations
Registers services sold to a customer and reserves network resources used for the service
Supplies the technical parameters required to activate a given service in a service activation process.

Services Associated with Selected Network Elements

Display services related to the selected network element
Each set of services can be easily located using the selected text phrase, customer name, or service status

Service Mapping on Logical and Physical Resources

Each service can me mapped onto logical and physical resources
Recording and reporting of indicators demonstrating the quality of services
Tracking the historical availability of services over time

Benefits

Quick check to determine service feasibility at a given point

Fast deployment of new services

Reduced costs of service maintenance

Centralized data about services

Inside Plant Inventory

SunVizion Inside Plant Inventory is an advanced application designed for documenting and managing telecommunications network devices and components. It provides hierarchical decomposition and visualization of network elements along with their parameters, such as amplifiers in cabinet, splices in a manholes, or rooms in buildings.

Telecom Inside Plant Inventory

SunVizion Inside Plant Inventory comes with a libraries of most commonly used devices for different types of networks and underlying technologies. These encompass fiber-optic, coaxial, copper, radio lines, SDH, PDH, IP, WDM, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX, and more.

Inside Plant Inventory

Location of service termination points within a building's structure, including apartments and rooms
Positioning and linking network elements (symbols) located inside the building
Offering the capability to easily replicate network segments across buildings, such as stairways, floors, apartments, and rooms, and cellars.

Telecom Inside Plant Inventory

Shelf View

Presentation of object location within the network infrastructure (e.g. amplifiers in cabinets, splices in manholes, rooms in buildings)
Advanced visualization providing single view of both logical and physical network aspects

Equipment View

Device view presenting sub-elements and their structure (e.g. routers, cards, downstreams, ports)
Libraries of pre-modeled network elements suitable for various network technologies
Presentation of auxiliary documents related to an object, with potential integration with external repositories

Sunvizion inside plant inventory

Floor plan view

Presentation of network elements on floor plan views
Hierarchical decomposition and visualization of building structures and network elements along with their attributes, e.g. stairways within buildings, apartments and floors within stairways, splitter locations within buildings, amplifiers in cabinets, etc.

Benefits

Direct access to all information
about telecom resources
located in buildings

Faster deployment
of new services

Quick verification of service
availability at specific
address point

Automatic failure
impact analysis

Workflow

Through integration with Workflow, SunVizion Network Inventory can support and automate business processes by utilizing data about network resources. Examples of these processes include network maintenance, network planning and development, reservation, service activation, and verification of resource availability.

Workflow Process Designer

Graphical interface for defining tasks, their relationships, and the flow between them
Easy management of processes related to network infrastructure and sales of the services. Examples include device installation, repair, network expansion, and service activation processes.

Process Management Web Interface

Enables assignment of task to specific employees or roles, and to departments or other organizational units
Detects errors and inconsistencies during the design phase, before initiating the operational process

Rollout Project Dashboard View

Monitors network design status, progress, and key investment parameters
Reduce inefficiencies caused by repeated data entry, data inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and under-utilization

Benefits

Decreasing the time for the order-to-bill cycle

Integration of all relevant operations in one complete enterprise system

Reduction of investments processes delays and costs related to them

Seamless collaboration of different actors and departments

Reduction of time and cost of devices modifications, optimizations and adjustment

What is a Network Inventory System?

Network Inventory Systems are the tools used by network operators to itemise and manage the assets and infrastructure that the network is comprised of. However, the network inventory extends beyond the switches and routers that most people immediately think of.

Telecom Network Inventory includes:

Physical devices (switches, routers, multiplexers, modems, cards, splice cases, splitters / combiners, storage arrays and much more)
Logical and virtual infrastructure (virtual machines, firewalls, load balancers and more)
Containment (buildings, rooms, racks, ducts, pits, towers, poles and more)

What’s the difference between a network inventory system and an asset management system?

The examples above are network assets that are “nodal” in nature, just like asset management systems. However, the big difference between a typical asset management solution and telecom network inventory solutions comes down to the importance of “connectivity” and “associations” that only the Telecom Network inventory Solutions provide. These are fundamental to managing a network of any significant size and complexity.

Telecom network inventory solutions provide the “glue” using objects including:

Physical connectivity (cables, patch-leads, splices / connectors, radio links, etc)
Logical connectivity (virtual circuits, virtual private networks, end-to-end circuits that link other network segments like the physical connection types above)
Network Associations (customer to circuit, IP address to port or device, service identifier to physical / logical connection, field workforce to job and related spares, network devices to map locations, etc)

How network inventory facilitates Root cause and Service Impact Analysis (RCA / SIA)?

Network inventory provides connectivity and the associations (in the dot-points above) that allow root-causes to be identified from the consequential alarms / alerts. It’s also the network inventory solution’s connectivity and associations that allows a network operator to identify which services and customers are identified during an outage. It’s also this inventory network that helps provide network / capacity planners and other operations staff with an understanding of network utilisation trends. These activities help to ensure ongoing network health, optimisation and profitability.