Living objects network performance_management_v2

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LivingObjects

Company – Vision – software solutions 2013

LivingObjects A spin off from SFR

LivingObjects software suite has been first developed from 2006 to provide SFR network management teams with a platform more efficient than on the shelf products (e.g. Metrica, Mycom,etc..)

More efficient stands for better performance, better user interface, more flexible

LivingObjects as a company was created in 2009 to develop a generic product from SFR solution .

SFR account 20 million of subscribers in France

Company

Software

Today LivingObjects suite is used daily by hundreds of SFR technicians for managing its mobile (2G, 3G, 4G) and fixed networks (DSL, FTTH, NetFlow)

-SFR Mobilen etwork : 18 000 radio sites,

60 000 2G, 3G and 4G cells

-SFR DSL network : 25000 Network Elements (Dslam, routers)

Network

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Positioning Network Performance Software editor

Legal SAS with a capital 200 000 € - private owned

Staff 35 employees

Localisation Toulouse, France

Business Domains Telecom network providers : Mobile : 2G/3G/LTE Fixed : DSL, FTTH, NetFlow

Differentiation Datamining algorithms for performance degradation detection, user interface powerful and easily configurable, tool using 15 years of network management experience

Company Skills

Engineering and management of mobile and fixed telecom networks Data mining techniques Real time data collection Web and Ipad programing

References SFR, Cable and Wireless, Synerail (French GSM-R), Astrium service (EADS), Tchad and Gabon Regulators …

Partnerships Equipments suppliers : Cisco, ALU, NSN R&D : CNRS, French public research laboratory (datamining)

Identity


LivingObjects platform is providing network service providers with a set of tools to help them optimize and improve quality of service of their fixed and mobile networks based extensively on the use of network performance KPIs and network configuration data.

With in depth knowledge of network hardware and daily operating tasks

With datamining and statistical expertise

With a strong focus on user-friendly interfaces and tool performances

Positioning of the company

LivingObjects platform Platform conception


• Easy rollout (web browser), • User configurable screens, graphs, formulas, reports, etc.

Data presentation

Functional architecture

Data processing

• On demand or batch (calculation, filtering, detection, etc..) • Batch calculations are highly user configurable

Data collection

• Multiple suppliers • Multiple type of interfaces, format • Flexible administration


The Web Platform Unified workspace for daily recuring tasksl


LO Platform

A unified workspace for the daily operating tasks

• Unique collector for OSS KPI and MIBS KPI, mobile and fixed networks, and reference database

• Unified end user environment for fixed and mobile technology

• Integrated, dedicated modules for specific issues


Data Collection

Millions of data to be collected and processed in real time. Example :

• Access Network collection (CPE) : around 2TB / Day / 12 000 CPE

• Transit routers netflow storage (11 CRS) : around 92 Go/day/ 130 interfaces

Collection Performance Easy access to data

The Datawarehouse containing the collected data is used by many applications and thus must support an heavy load without any performance degradation.

Data Retention

Accurate investigation need sufficient retention time (depending of the granularity, 3 weeks to 5 years).

Scalable collection

The collector must adapt to rapidly evolving environnements (roll out, new release, swap,..).

Minimized impact on device

performance

Data exchange with network equipement (MIBs) has to be made in order to minimize impact on the running tasks


Solution for data collection NetMiner

Multi-vendors, Multi-protocols : FTP, SFTP, http, SNMP, Telnet, TL1, csv, xml, sql, Netflow, Q3 … One connection per collection (and not one

connection per check like most tools)

A robust and efficient architecture

100 000 2G/3G per collection node

20 000 IP device per collection node (pull)

3 millions flows per seconds (max)

Scalable protocols collection

Based on plugins, the collection node eases the implementation of new protocols or vendor new features.

Quick & Easy access to data

Using the suite divided by 3 the calculation time: quicker investigation

Minimized impact on NE performance


Performance analysis Main Concepts CellCenter – IpTomizer

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4 types « quantity, ratio, expert, out-of-range)

Clusters

• User customizable clusters • Geographical/technical responsability area • New sites are automatically included in the clusters

Raw Kpis / Formulas

• User customizable formulas • Easy data mining • Quick implementation for return on experience


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• The same user friendly editor can be used by end users to build templates or reports

• Instant access to network elements / geographical / technical healthcheck photo

Reports / Templates

• To log all actions decided or performed on each cell.

• Can be linked to the operators’s trouble ticket DB, Workorder DB, Parameters DB, …

Events - Collaborative tool



The tool administrator can build clusters, formulas, templates or reports, network element check which can then be shared by every user

The tool administrator can define the rights for each user : allowed modules, technical/gorgraphical access to data, create/read functions,..

Customisation

End users can also define theirs own objects (clusters, formulas, templates or reports) for their own use. End users can define their personnal home page

One to one dashboard



• This tool uses the IPFIX/Netflow collected data (FNF, PA, NBAR2) to produce detailed information about the corporate client’s bandwidth usage.

• We are closely working with Cisco development teams on this subject to help them test their new Netflow features of their future IOS releases.

NetFlow Analyser Visibility and Control

IPFIX/Netflow analyser


NetFlow Analyser AVC value proposition

• Incremental revenue on service and up-sell bandwidth : Visibility accelerates the decision to migrate to the cloud.

• Differentiated IP VPN service in the market.

• Customer retention through service relevance/stickiness.

• Operational efficiencies : Reduced MTTR for SP customer care team.

Service provider Entreprise

• Day to day productivity : Business/leisure usage, COS policy on business critical application.

• Efficient capacity planning : Use of bandwidth by applications.

• End to end tool for troubleshooting : Proactive management of outsourced IT infrastructure (App., WAN)

• Synthetic view on usage KPI : Business/Leisure, app performance, Bandwidth

• Customization : App, group, area, alendar, IP user

• Graph, Top, table, Report, Snapshot, Alerting, Topology

User Interface


• Configurable Home page

• Tables, graphs, maps, Network key figures

• Visualize several Kpis, several areas, several tasks

• Travel in time and space thanks to drill-downs capabilities

• Analysis : Trends, Comparison, regression, forecast, average and median values…

• Email datas

Ipad application - iLO

Features

Technical Architecture

• Access to network data through a secured proprietary protocol using HTTPS

• Enhanced security : Authorization by equipment and by

• Can work in connected or non-connected modes

• Periodic automatic synchronization


LivingObjects

Contact : Sylvain Dupuis – COO [email protected]

Bâtiment Socrate – 23 boulevard Victor-Hugo 31770 Colomiers – France

www.livingobjects.com

Bertrand Le Marec David Maisonneuve Paul Corbel

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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Tel : +33 5.61.99.84.91

Gsm : +33 6 22 63 55 69

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

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CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY

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