BrixMobile

24/7 MULTITECHNOLOGY MOBILE NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM

BrixMobile assures quality of service as well as interoperability between transport technologies and multivendor equipment

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Highly scalable: suits all networks, from small core systems to large multitechnology systems One combined solution meeting the needs of all groups within the organization: management and marketing, operation and maintenance, help desk and engineering Unique ow analysis, namely for measuring the customers quality of experience; easy identication of failed calls and network bottlenecks A true multitechnology solution: LTE, 3G (UTRAN with HSPA), 2.5/2G (GERAN), CS/PS Core and IN network monitoring with one platform Enables voice and data services analysis and monitoring, including mobile Internet experience Offers standard report packages that deliver out-of-thebox reports and dashboards Custom reporting solutions are available to match detailed requirements

SPEC SHEET

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A SINGLE SOLUTION FOR 24/7 MONITORING OF ALL MOBILE NETWORKS

Modern mobile networks are under constant evolution with new technologies and techniques coming from various vendors. In addition, since competition is fierce in the mobile network marketplace, operators are under pressure to maximize the performance of their networks and provide their customers with flawless services and precise billing. To achieve and maintain such quality of service (QoS), they need powerful, first-class instruments to ensure interoperability between IP and traditional transport technologies as well as between different vendors equipment.

The BrixMobile solution.

Highly Scalable System

Not in all networks are massive and costly monitoring and reporting systems needed from the beginning of use. In many cases, monitoring and troubleshooting starts with smaller systems, and then expands as network monitoring needs grow. BrixMobiles easy scalability provides small and mid-sized network operators with a solution that evolves from a small core system to a more advanced system that delivers complete support for 3G/2G and mobile core networks, as well as new technologies such as LTE. As an open solution, BrixMobile is a robust call data storage platform for reporting applications (e.g., key performance indicators (KPIs) on network performance monitoring, billing verification, or any in-house solution). The call data is accessible via standard northbound interfaces, enabling the BrixMobile platform integration as a new data source on any operative NMS solution.

Analysis, Troubleshooting and Estimation

BrixMobile offers highly efficient end-user tools for network-problem troubleshooting, customer-trouble ticket investigation, networkfailure isolation and many other needs. Not only can users access and investigate the subscribers event log on XDR databases, but they can benefit from detailed protocol views that help them identify the cause for reported problems. BrixMobile supports the latest 3GPP protocols, including LTE, HSPA and 3G/2G technologies, as well as the newest vendorproprietary specifications.

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BrixMobile Components
The BrixMobile system consists of Verifier capture units, signaling processing units and end-user tools for business intelligence reporting, XDR queries and detailed protocol analysis (M5 Analyzer option). Configuration and health monitoring is performed through BrixMobiles System Administrator 5000 application. EXFO provides turnkey installation and training to help you get started quickly and easily.

The BrixMobile system architecture.

BrixMobile SoftwareBusiness Intelligence Reporting Packages

BrixMobile reporting packages offer easy navigation via dashboards, which provide high-level status information about the underlying KPIs, showing any alarming key performance indicator (KPI). The most critical performance indicators can be configured using a threshold limit, and the alarms using an e-mail notification. Providing the essential network status and performance reporting at a glance, BrixView dashboards for BrixMobile truly helps decision making. BrixMobiles near real-time KPI dashboards make it easier to start troubleshooting sessions in order to solve the root cause of a subscribers reported problem, to optimize network element utilization, to verify equipment upgrades and new service roll-outs, and to make better business decisions based on long-term history reports. BrixView report packages contain a wide set of pre-defined KPI dashboards for network quality monitoring based on signaling events and on-demand reports for long-term history reporting. It is also possible to configure and create your own reports. BrixMobile dashboards contain very effective data aggregation and drill-down capabilities from the highest level information to the most detailed protocol data. TOP x comparison charts expose the most overloaded network entities on the network, which is the first step for isolating a problem. Various BrixMobile packages are available, including CS Core, PS Core and LTE interfaces. A Roaming Analysis package containing on-demand reports for detailed roaming analysis is also available.

The BrixView dashboard.

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BrixMobile SoftwareXDR Views and Protocols Analysis

BrixMobiles web-based XDR Search enables you to easily retrieve a call/session/operation within a large XDR database in just a few seconds, searching the XDRs according to a specific time frame (day, starting time, duration) or event type (successful or unsuccessful end state). The queries can be extended with subscriber details such as IMSI, IMEI, calling/called party number or link/network element information. If the XDR information is not complete enough for resolving the problem, you can turn to the NetHawk M5 Analyzer option for advanced investigation. Featuring a truly intuitive GUI for offline use as a Windows client application, M5 Analyzer comes with effective protocol monitoring capabilities. The NetHawk M5 Analyzer option simplifies protocol analysis thanks to multiple advanced views:

The Message Sequence Chart view (ladder diagram) clearly displays the message flows. The Single-Line Decoding view presents a one-line sum-up of the event information and protocol content. The Detailed Decoding view provides the full signaling information.
Protocol messages are correlated between the views, making it easy to carry out the analysis while switching from one view to another. The NetHawk M5 option also features an extensive Protocol Help tool that delivers additional general information about the 3GPP releases and detailed information about hundreds of LTE/3G/Core specifications.

The XDR Search interface.

The NetHawk M5 Analyzer protocol analysis views.

BrixMobile SoftwareSystem Administration

The BrixMobile SA 5000 application lets you monitor the performance and health of the Verifier capture units (CU) and signaling processing units (SPU). SA 5000 provides essential system-status information during the deployment phase, helping you identify the optimal configuration for each environment. SA 5000 offers configurable alerts, enabling the system administrator to be notified of system malfunction threats, performance overload, etc. This software solution supervises the CU and SPU processes and allows the system to recover automatically in case of critical failure.

The SA 5000 software application.

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BRIXMOBILE HARDWAREVERIFIER CAPTURE UNITS

BV-5010M/5011M Verifier Capture Unit BV-5020M Verifier Capture Unit BV-5100M Verifier Capture Unit

Real-time data collection on GigE interfaces Control-plane data capturing on LTE, PS/CS Core

Real-time data collection and analysis on 10 GigE

interfaces Two (BV-5010M) or four (BV-5011M) 1 Gbit/s Ethernet interfaces (SFP or RJ-45 ports ) Local storage: maximum of 4 TB or 8 TB Remote conguration via Web-based GUI Runs on Ubuntu 64-bit LTS Server Edition Linux operating system

interfaces Control- and user-plane data capturing on LTE and PS/CS Core interfaces Two 10 Gbit/s Ethernet interfaces (XFP connectors) Local storage: maximum of 16 TB IP user data analysis and ow record database Remote conguration via Web-based GUI Runs on Ubuntu 64-bit LTS Server Edition Linux operating system

Signaling (control plane) data capturing on STM-1/OC-3

and STM-4/OC-12 transports

Physical connections: two or four full-duplex STM-1/OC-3 Data stored in trace le repository in Brix Verier
signaling processing unit or external le server channelized STM-1 support

(concatenated/channelized) links, one STM-4/OC-12 link

Options: additional NetHawk D6 Adapter and Conguration done with remote desktop connection Performance and health monitoring with SA 5000
application

BV-5200M Verifier Capture Unit

BV-5000M Signaling Processing Unit

BV-5300M Signaling Processing Unit

Signaling (control plane) data capturing on

E1/T1 transports Capacity: 8 or 16 bidirectional E1/T1/J1 links (PCM, ATM or IMA) Data stored in trace le repository in Brix Verier signaling processing unit or external le server Options: additional NetHawk D5 Adapter and IMA support Conguration done with remote desktop connection Performance and health monitoring with BrixMobile SA 5000 application

Control-plane data storage and processing on LTE

EPC and PS/CS Core interfaces Data storage capacity from 3 TB to 7 TB Remote conguration and health monitoring Signaling analysis modules available: - LTE EPC - CS Core - PS Core - SIP-I

Real-time data collection and processing on E1/T1,

STM-1/OC-3 and STM-4/OC-12 interfaces Control-plane data capturing, processing and storing on UTRAN, GERAN and PS/CS Core interfaces Offers up to 16 bidirectional E1/T1 lines, up to four fullduplex STM-1/OC-3 lines or one full-duplex STM-4/OC-12 line (depending on conguration) Data storage capacity: 4 TB Remote conguration and health monitoring CS Core and PS Core Signaling Analysis Modules available

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