Network Planning and Telecom Design Support - Sunvizion

Good plan makes a winner

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

Telecom Network Planning & Design

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 imported from one system to another so the planning is always based on up to date information about current state of existing network.

Designing - analyzing changes

Features:

Unique algorithms taking into account things like topography, existing infrastructure, possibilities of use and costs of lease of other operators infrastructure, costs of equipment and costs of transmission easement
Automatic exchange of data with network inventory system
Libraries of pre-modelled network elements and devices.
Detection of power supplies conflicts, and calculation of power consumed by each element.
Automatic generation of a bill of material report for newly designed networks.
Presentation of auxiliary documents associated with an object

Telecom Network Planning

Benefits

Planning and inventory
in one system

Possible update of work
space at any time during
the creation of the plan

Merging plans created by
many different planners
and detecting errors

Preview on simultaneously
created work areas

The best possible
optimization of cable run

Immediate data transfer
about the new network
to the inventory system

What is Network Planning and Design?

At first glance, network planning and design might seem fairly obvious. Design and planning tools assist a provider’s network engineering and capacity planning teams to extend, augment and revise their network. These are essential activities for any network where there are regular changes occurring, including adds, moves and deletes.

However, it also undervalues the importance of telecom network planning and design solutions. These tools are “the great connectors” in a network operator’s toolbox. Design and planning tools connect and coordinate:

Customer orders – including the customer premises that need to be connected to the network, as well as the essential engineering attributes that the service must consist of
Network / Resource Inventory – being aware of the current (and future) state of the network and associated resources that will impact the proposed changes
Asset and Spares Management – understanding the bills of quantities required to implement network changes and the supply chain required to make those assets available
Field Workforce Management – that coordinates the optimal use of field workers to implement changes into the network
Network Configuration – to plan and coordinate updates to the way the network functions
Capacity Planning – to ensure network capacity remains within thresholds that safeguard an expected level of service quality for customers, whilst also guaranteeing day-to-day changes are contributing to optimal future target network states

How to optimise Telecom Network Design?

Network health, optimisation and profitability are absolute fundamentals for any telecom network operator. The decisions made by network design and planning teams today have enduring ramifications on the effectiveness of the network well into the future. As such, telecom network design tools and network planning tools have to provide design and planning teams with advanced functionality to ensure:

Optimal resource allocation and capital efficiency – on network augmentations or change-outs, even small optimisations (eg 10% reduction in bill of quantities on cables and devices) can result in huge cost, implementation time and ongoing product support savings.
Coordination of resources and workforces – the network planning and design teams invariably have multiple projects underway simultaneously, often with overlapping dependencies on resources and workforces. Some designs may be for option comparison purposes and will see sub-optimal designs deleted.
Implementation efficiency – approved designs and resource allocations must ensure design packs are prepared for field workers to implement without rework. This means designs much be complete, correct and consistent.