Network Service Provider - IP/MPLS Planning Service
Service is designed for large NSP. It is ideal for rapidly expanding topologies and networks undergoing acquisitions.
At this stage we definition of requirements such as:
- Hierarchical Depth of a Network
- Maximum traffic utilization on each link
- Maximum oversubscription on each link
- Maximum usage of interfaces per site
- Maximum length of rings, delays etc.
This data is used as parameters for compute engine.
In this stage we aquire network data such as complete fiber paths, locations, customer services endpoints.
We achive consistent data of fiber paths available to be used. Data consist of point A, point B, distance and available fiber pairs [J]. Start and end points must be consistent with location input data.
We categorize locations in terms of ownership and available space, cooling and power capabilities.
Traffic Demands
During this stage we sanitize data colected from various databases such as CRM, inventory systems, monitoring systems to identify non-duplicated traffic demands per different types of services such as:
- Internet
- IP/VPN
- E-Lines
- E-LAN
- DWDM/OTN – Ethernet transmisssion
Teletransmission Matrix
We build a matrix for teletransmission based on technology currently used or planned. Data include of cost, maximum distance, number of J occuppied per each transmission and other.
Device Type Matrix
Analogous to teletransmission matrix we build a dataset for your preferred vendor, family, chipset, current cost.
This data is used as parameters for compute engine.
Computation of Network Architecture
Collected data I used for computation of a new architecture based on automation tools that will perform following:
- Distinguish core PoP locations.
- Divide region into sub-areas to which each core PoP location will be responsible.
- Distinguish aggregation PoP locations.
- Compute disjoint fiber-paths for each access subring matching architecture principals.
- Select most suitable device types structure for each PoP matching architecture principals for each vendor.
- Present most cost-optimized topologies with detailed information about traffic level, port utulization, used fibers, selected devices and length.
- Present network being resilient to described network failures.
From this point on modification of network principals, introduction of a new teletransmission technologies, new device families, new device costs, newly aquired fiber paths can be done. This allows for a calculation of a new topology or a delta to the current topology.
