Planning, engineering & documentation for modern cable networks May 17, 2015 AND Living Documentation

Typical users of network documentation  Cable and telecommunication operators  Network planners  Service staff & network technicians  Hotline support  Customer helpdesk  Marketing department

Documentation methods  PaperWare  Lode Data (DOS-based solution)  Solutions with external calculation tools e.g. Excel  AutoCAD  Smallworld (proprietary GIS)  Open GIS  Integrated documentation, planning and engineering solutions in a single CAD solution  AND (Advanced Network Design)

AND - an evolution since 1988  Solution for design, measurement, verification & documentation of bi-directional networks  In 3rd generation  Complete development by CDS  AND product family  AND Smart Server  GIS plug-in  Fiber Management  Inventory Management  Network Monitoring System  PocketVision: PDA-based on-site tools

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AND - Good planning saves time & costs  Strategic investment planning  Improves purchasing process  Keeps stocks to a minimum  Reduces wastage  Build according to design instead of costly trial-by-error  Reduces site visits and unnecessary installations  Reduces manpower costs

AND - Good planning saves time & costs (2)  Reduce time to complete the network build  Earlier ready-for-operation status  Shorter investment period and faster ROI  Reduce maintenance costs  Avoid unnecessary site visits to replace or adjust components

AND in a nutshell …  An easy to use reliable single-platform solution for  Parallel network documentation, planning and engineering  Accurate network simulation from headend to each outlet  Bill of material, ordering and commissioning support  Installation, verification and revision support  Schematic and geo-schematic formats with logical network structure and GIS options  Full server support  Powerful SQL queries for complete database  Component selection from extensive libraries

AND in a nutshell … (2)  Migration of available data  Scans, AutoCAD, Lode Data, Smallworld, Multicom etc.  Comfortable access to data  User-friendly applications with fast response times  Web interface  Offline information  PDA interface for on-site planners and technicians - data via GSM, GPRS, UMTS etc.  Network monitoring with real time interface to element managers  CMTS + Cable modems  HMTS + Transponders

Network engineering for new builds & upgrades  Network checks to test component harmony  Simulation of network  Viability of network confirmed before build begins  Calculation of entire spectrum for both upstream & downstream  RF levels and attenuation  Distortion products & ingress  C/N  CTB, CSO  Optical calculations fully integrated  BER, MER

Network verification  AND interfaces to network measurement devices  PT1, Acterna, KWS etc.  Compare calculated and actual measurements at self-designated test points  Graphical representation of measurements and calculations  Allows network supervision & inspection  Quality control during all stages of network build & maintenance  Protects your investment  Manages data from measurement devices incl. history

Maintenance with intelligent documentation  Geo-referenced infrastructure and components  Detailed component information  Information retrieval for all network sections incl. full history support  Network history allows comparison of status, BOM, etc.  NIS – logical network  Which objects are connected to which nodes and hubs  Which services are connected to given amplifiers

AND takes care of your inventory  Inventory Management helps answer many questions:  WHAT components are installed?  WHERE are the components installed?  WHEN were the components installed? (and when do they need replacing)?  WHICH services are affected by given components  Optimize maintenance costs  Fault recognition and detection  Component maintenance and replacement information

AND manages your fiber  Installation route  Amount of fiber  Available capacity  Services provided on given fiber  Signal path tracing  Fiber to the Home *  Ethernet to the Home * * = in development

Disadvantages of AutoCAD solutions  Requires separate calculation tool  Manual assignment of attributes to graphical elements  Inefficient work process  Risk to data integrity  Doesn’t support multi-level worksheets  Information overload – lack of clarity  When editing others are blocked from working  Compatibility issues with new versions of AutoCAD  Risk of product halt e.g. Voloview  Risk of change to interfaces e.g. AutoCAD 14 / ESRI  Risk to change in license politics

AND advantages  Documentation incorporating maps and networks in a redundant-free system  All network and component data stored together with maps in a single database  High integrity data management  Parallel activities reduce workload and manpower costs  Rapid retrieval of data for all sections of network regardless of location of user  Supports multi-level worksheets  Promotes clutter-free design and documentation using through-network calculations  All sections of network interconnected  Project hierarchical structure

 Living documentation is the motivation behind accurate documentation  Documentation with geo-referencing  Engineering, calculation and verification functions  Bill of material with cost and manpower calculations  Network Inventory management  Fiber management  Signal path tracing  Logical network structures  Network monitoring  PDA-based solutions … and more AND is more that just documentation …

Consequences of poor planning …  Murphy's Law - if it can go wrong it will …  Bad component purchases  Increases costs  Unnecessary stocks  Unreliable networks  Costly maintenance  Unusable for multimedia services  Loss of potential income  Increased churn rate  Loss of customer base  Loss of income

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