Bandwidth Management & Control

Enhanced visibility and centralized control over all network traffic

As a network operator, you must be aware of how users and apps are using your bandwidth. In addition to ensuring that your network services are satisfying user expectations, this will assist you in defining traffic management policies that regulate application performance in accordance with your business priorities. A centralized interface for network-wide configuration, monitoring, and reporting is offered by BSL NetXplorer, the scalable management system for BSL multiservice platforms and value-added services. The user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) of NetXplorer makes it simple to configure network components, shows a combined view of application, user, device, and network topology traffic, and makes it simple to drill down to the most detailed view of traffic data. NetXplorer offers unparalleled visibility for preemptive troubleshooting and traffic trend analysis to help you with capacity and service planning.

Bandwidth Control: All your Network Traffic under control Continuous improvements in the underlying NetXplorer server technology enable the new web client and future-proof both new and current features through containerized support for deployments.

Benefits

Better visibility of traffic.
A centralized NMS with strong tools for managing traffic, creating policies, and configuring and maintaining platforms and software.
BSL’s distributed, scalable solution is managed via a single policy front-end.
Customizable data displays and real-time and long-term analytical capabilities

Enhanced Broadband Traffic Visibility

BSL NetXplorer’s reporting and analytics capabilities span a broad range of dimensions:

Application-based reports offer detailed data and analysis on online apps like Netflix, BitTorrent, Skype, and WhatsApp.

HTTP reports determine which websites are receiving the most traffic by analyzing Internet usage and Over- The-Top (OTT) apps like browsing, HTTP streaming, and downloads.

Subscriber reports give subscriber behavior data, both individual and collective. While service plan utilization and popularity reports assist operators in fine-tuning service plan quotas and percentile reports display the average usage for the top X% of users, reports demonstrating subscriber usage of popular content, like Netflix and Facebook, allow operators to customize their service plans.

VoIP Minutes of Use report monitors OTT VoIP application usage volume and finds usage patterns.

Rich Set of Reporting Functions

Network capacity planning and trend analysis are made easier by historical traffic statistics, while real- time reporting offers accurate traffic information for prompt diagnosis of network issues.
The dashboard organizes up to ten frequently used reports on a single screen for effective viewing.
Simple navigation (including zoom or scroll) to examine all report data in graph or tabular style, selected time frame, and drill-down to view more specific data
A range of report export formats, such as CSV, JPEG, PNG, HTML, XML, and text files
Reports are automatically generated and distributed via email.
Various chart types, such as pie, line, stack-area, and color-coded charts

Application Awareness is the key to controlling your network.

One Network One Management Front End

Designed to manage a globally distributed network infrastructure, BSL NetXplorer offers centralized visibility that is accessible to several customers.

The Management Platform, collection and export servers, and in-line platforms are among the essential components of the solution that can be centrally controlled with a single GUI.
Scales up and out to handle Terabytes (TB) of network data produced by the BSL solution components and to manage a multi-site, dispersed deployment.
The pertinent solution elements automatically receive policies, alerts, and subscriber updates (user audit log provided on demand).
Multiple clients can access the NetXplorer server at once, making user identity management and authentication easier.
Policies, alerts, and subscriber updates (user audit log delivered on demand) are automatically sent to the relevant solution components.
User authorization provided via standard RADIUS element for smoother and tighter integration in operator networks

Scalable System Architecture

The fully distributed design of NetXplorer allows the system to scale upward by adding functional elements at the appropriate architectural layers, while maintaining overall management from a central server.

Interface Layer: Provides multiple levels of access/ operation, and open interfaces for integration with external systems.

Application Layer: Centralizes reporting, policy provisioning, and management of network traffic, configuration of all managed devices/platforms, and notification/ mitigation of network attacks.

Collection Layer (optional): Supports growing and large- scale deployments through distributed data collection.

Real-time Service Layer: In-line platforms monitor network traffic in real time and dynamically enforce policy control per application and per user.

Powerful Policy Control

BSL NetXplorer’s full set of reusable service catalogs and provisioning tools make it easy to build dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) enforcement and charging policies.

Enforcement Policy

A strong foundation for establishing particular traffic circumstances and QoS enforcement actions in accordance with high-level, understandable notions is offered by BSL’s Enforcement Policy Editor. Access, priority, bandwidth allocation, traffic shaping, traffic steering, and quota measures to be implemented on application and subscriber traffic are all examples of enforcement policies.

Charging Policy

Pre-paid and post-paid subscribers can easily set online and offline charging policies using BSL NetXplorer’s configurable

charging policy editors. While the Offline Charging Policy Editor creates the Charging Data Records (CDR) for data reconciliation and accounting systems, the Online Charging Policy Editor specifies real-time metering and rating rules for subscriber sessions and applications. (See SMP datasheet for detailed information on 3GPP-based policy control and charging capabilities.)

Intuitive Assistance with Service Plan Creation

Also in conjunction with BSL SMP, BSL NetXplorer provides the GUI for the creation of tiered service plans, including the introduction of various quota allowances to prevent network overloading, and time-based policies to address peak hour usage.

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