Alvarion has unveiled Star Management Suite, a new network management system designed to manage WiMAX network infrastructure and to enable operators to simplify management of IP services such as VoIP and IPTV.
Alvarion said that the new management suite offers network control capabilities with a common feature set across the BreezeMAX family. This new management system provides capabilities for service provider network operations, including a fault management framework, a set of network management applications including quality of service (QoS), and a common service assurance suite.
Alvarion claims that the new management suite, compliant with WiMAX Forum standards, provides a set of unified management capabilities to serve multiple types of network topologies with quick time to market introduction of new customer premise equipment (CPE) and IP based services.
In addition, the new management suite supports performance and security requirements for large networks through a distributed architecture and to consolidate network faults from a range of supported network elements. The new management suite also enables the integration of OSS and BSS elements in the network, the company said.
According to Alvarion, the new suite features, tools that enable customers to monitor, visualise and troubleshoot WiMAX infrastructure. It also allows customers to prioritise network traffic and services to offer data to the right people at the right time.
Avinoam Barak, president of wireless network division of Alvarion, said: “The Star Management Suite provides a solid foundation for the management platform for service assurance capabilities that are essential to meeting service level agreements our customers are demanding today.”
