TNAPS Line Plant Network Inventory

As operators migrate from legacy copper infrastructures to fibre based all IP networks, it is now more important than ever to manage this increasingly complex hybrid environment on a centralised platform. And in a world where the customer experience is the top priority, it is also no longer acceptable for these systems to operate independently from the BSS applications. Being able to efficiently manage the complete service lifecycle, from network capability and service creation, to customer order and service personalisation, is one of the critical factors for ongoing operator success.

TNAPS Line Plant is a network inventory and asset management solution developed to manage both physical and logical assets. Networks can be modelled accurately and flexibly from the core network all the way to the customer premises, supporting capacity planning and service assignment for all fixed and mobile networks. The software models the entire physical network, both inside and outside plant, supporting multiple communications technologies and equipment from multiple vendors. Coupled with its flexible data model, TNAPS Line Plant has powerful service based, process orientated functionality and workflow that allow it to interact with business processes.

Key features include:

• Copper network modelling
• Fibre network modelling
• Patch panel modelling
• Customer premises equipment management (set top TV boxes, routers etc)
• Flexible configuration of new network technologies to support an evolving business
• Integration of service, broadband, next generation and transmission networks inventory
• Quick and easy resource definition, minimising training and maintenance costs
• Clear and intuitive visualisation of network equipment and routings with rapid analysis of fault impacts allowing faster customer response
• Evaluation of line suitability for types of service
• Access number management with validation of types of services
• Configuration and capability rules to support network operations
• Automate and control fault reporting process with direct allocation to engineers by name
• Support for work order management and integration into service provisioning systems
• Rapid development and data migration from your legacy line plant records systems
• Integration to Confideo GIS for displaying network topology on satellite maps
• Integration to Confideo Bridge Server for southbound network activations direct from the application