Ripwave® MX Element Management System

The Ripwave® MX EMS is an IP-based element manager that seamlessly plugs into an intranet or the Internet. This scalable management system for up to 750 base stations provides comprehensive element, subscriber, bandwidth and service management. The EMS also provides for fault management, performance monitoring, security and configuration management.

Key Features

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  • Comprehensive element, subscriber, bandwidth, performance and service management
  • FCAPS functionality (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security Management)
  • Simple and intuitive Java-based Graphical User Interface
  • GUI-based remote provisioning of CPEs and BTSs
  • Standardized RFC-based CORBA and SNMP interfaces for OSS integration
  • Seamlessly supports migration to an 802.16e network; manages both 802.16e and SCDMA networks during the transition
  • All configuration tools, diagnostics and performance monitoring capabilities support transition to 802.16e/WiMAX

Functionality

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  • Highly scalable and distributed architecture
  • Local and remote real-time fault and diagnostic monitoring
  • Simple and easy wizard based installation
  • Alarm and performance monitoring and reporting
  • Extensive diagnostics
  • Support for user auto-provisioning

Alarm Management

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  • Alarm and Network status display modes
  • Simple, intuitive severity indicators to alert craftsperson
  • Alarm clearing and acknowledgement procedures built into EMS
  • Log history for analysis

Diagnostic Management

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  • Comprehensive Layer 1 and Layer 2 metrics on a graphical display - Real-time Beamforming capture and display - Constellation Display tool
  • Record/replay capabilities
  • Navini Diagnostics (NavDiag) GUI tool - Local customer premise based diagnostics - EMS-based Remote Diagnostics

Performance Management

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  • Information to understand current performance - Periodic recording of metrics
  • Control and configuration to optimize performance - Reports for amalgamation of metrics

Load Management

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  • Remote deployment of software loads to network elements
  • Over-the-air Modem software upgrades
  • Bulk BTS software upgrades

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07/20/2007 1:27:00 PM