The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 Network Analyzer Implementing Best-Practices Access Loop Operations
The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 Network Analyzer (NA) is a comprehensive line testing and quality management solution that helps you ensure that DSL lines meet quality and stability requirements for the successful deployment of high-speed Internet and triple-play services. The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA supports operational best practices throughout the access line lifecycle, including provisioning, maintenance, troubleshooting and customer support.
Service Provider Challenges and Needs With higher bit rates and triple-play services, the performance required from DSL lines is rising dramatically. Lines are being operated closer to their bit rate limit while real-time voice and video services are requiring greater line stability. As a result, you will need to put the right tools and processes in place to prevent escalating OPEX, while keeping customers happy.
Streamline operations and control OPEX Provide better customer support Line testing strategies in the evolving access network The access network, with its many ramifications and connections, is a natural place for problems to arise. With DSL, you will need to master a new set of challenges in order to avoid escalating costs. The problem, however, is that traditional testing systems can’t provide you with the visibility required for DSL line quality.
Supporting access operational best practices The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA is a comprehensive line testing solution helping ensure that DSL loops meet quality and stability requirements for the successful deployment of high speed Internet and triple play services. With the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA, you can streamline service delivery, improve service quality, reduce service downtime and resolve problems faster.
Pro-active line management Customer care integration Pro-active management will enable you to detect problems before they impact your customers, or correct problems automatically through dynamic line reconfiguration. The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA monitors your DSL lines and detects degradation trends in line transmission quality.
Advanced and comprehensive troubleshooting capability Rationalizing your testing architecture The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA provides a wide array of testing capabilities allowing you to detect, diagnose and troubleshoot any and all problems affecting customer lines.
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How the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA works Embedded line testing technologies The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA relies on several embedded testing technologies. The Single Ended Line Test (SELT) is a reflectometric test mainly aimed at measuring line length and locating line problems. Consequently, it is used for the estimation of potential line capacity or for the location of possible line impairments. The Dual Ended Line Testing (DELT) is based on the exploitation of DSL physical layer parameters.
Coping with your evolving access network The Alcatel-Lucent access testing approach delivers testing capabilities in the Access nodes themselves, thus removing the need for test access matrices and costly external test-head solutions. Furthermore, as your access network evolves with the integration of POTS line cards (Class 5 replacement), you will be able to rely on the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA to serve as a single integrated testing solution for DSL and POTS.
Expert diagnostic system For more efficient troubleshooting, the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA integrates an expert system that analyses tests results and line operational parameters. The system includes a knowledge base derived from Alcatel-Lucent’s DSL expertise and from the know-how acquired by consulting teams working with real-life networks. This knowledge and expertise is made available in the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA expert system.
Adaptable customer care workflows Thanks to the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA, your customer support team can now be put back into action and take a key role in the customer trouble resolution process. The product provides means for integrating DSL and POTS line troubleshooting in your customer support applications. The product provides an API, allowing simplified line information and testing capability, along with cus- tomizable workflows.
Dynamic line management Dynamic line management is a capability provided by the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA, which greatly improves DSL line stability. With real-time services such as voice and video, line stability has become paramount. To enforce line stability, the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA monitors key DSL line parameters and triggers line profile re-configuration, according to pre-defined line profile transitions.
Architecture The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA runs in a clustered SUN server configuration, which provides the greatest scalability as your network evolves. The database provides high availability due to the redundant master slave configuration. The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA interfaces with the access network Element Management system to align with the list of network elements that it needs to manage. The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA implements a web-based GUI, letting it run in a PC browser.
Leveraging unprecedented access management experience Proven solution, adopted by more than 50 service providers Technology and innovation leadership To date, the Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA has been deployed by more than 50 service providers worldwide and manages more than 25 million DSL lines. It has quickly become the essential DSL testing and quality assurance tool, cutting operational expenses by as much as 50 percent.
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