GL Announces Enhanced NetSurveyorWeb

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Jagdish Vadalia Senior Manager of Product Development for the company said, “The SS7 network is the backbone for fast and efficient signaling irrespective of network type - whether wireless, wired, or VoIP. Also, the inherent database features of SS7 make today’s advanced intelligent features and services a reality. To keep pace with this evolution, GL has enhanced its SS7 monitoring and diagnostic system. Not only can it be used for billing verification, remote protocol analysis, and traffic engineering, but now it can also provide key performance indicators, failure analysis, and call trace capability, to name a few.”

He added, A network operator, service provider, or equipment manufacturer must have the means to perform the above surveillance tasks remotely, automatically, and non-intrusively. Fortunately, the network backbone contains a wealth of information that can be monitored and collected to support these activities.

Mr. Vadalia explained, GL's TDM Network Monitoring System uses an open three tier distributed architecture driven by non-intrusive hardware probes, intelligent software, and a database engine. The architecture is shown in the graphic below that consists of a scalable and flexible system, so the user can use it for multiple sites and various applications.

T1 E1 T3 E3 Probes are deployed in the field to monitor various protocols and conditions, which are then collected at a central site into a database. Data records are stored into a centralized database (Oracle) using ODBC. With the use of web server, the remote / local monitoring can be accessed using simple web browser interface such as NetSurveyorWeb.

Key Benefits of NetsurveyorWeb
• Ability to identify and analyze network trends using Key Performance Indicators
• Automatically alert users when Calls of Interest occur
• Flexible report generation
• Comprehensive analysis from overall network health to detailed protocol monitoring

Some of the Important Features
• Access real-time data and historic remotely via browser based clients
• Set alarm conditions and generate alerts of different types like email alert, visual alert, audible alert, or even log into tables for future analysis
• Reports are displayed both in tabular and graphical formats; customize reports and graphs based on SQL queries
• Graphs provided for Call Completion Ratio, Link Name Message Counters, Time Duration Message Counters, and Disposition Count
• Real-time data displays information such as called number, calling number, source & destination IP address, RTP packet details, call flow graph, frame decodes and more

Typical Applications
• Call Detail Records, fraud detection and location, remote protocol analysis and troubleshooting, real-time signaling monitor, traffic optimization engineering, statistics
• Determine actual call signaling routes to verify network functionality under all situations including congestion and loss of SS7 nodes
• Revenue and billing verification, alarm monitoring, intrusive testing
• Quality of service measurements, call trace and recording