Resources

Accanto Systems has a large collection of resources in the form of data sheets, white papers, applications notes and case studies. Browse the items below for the information best tailored to your needs.

Product Data Sheets

Mobile X-Ray

Integrated Solution for Mobile Data Services Analysis

Recent advances in wireless access and application technologies, combined with increased customer expectations from Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) have rapidly fueled the demand for mobile data services. While mobile data services may be an attractive goal for the MSP, implementing and managing them is fraught with complexity and challenge.
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TAMS

The Scalable Solution for 24/7 Monitoring of Next-Generation Networks

Featuring a powerful Oracle® central database, the Traffic Analysis and Monitoring System (TAMS) is one of the most advanced multi-protocol network monitoring systems available. TAMS features a multitude of monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities that provide network fault alarming and traffic statistics, as well as an easy-to-use toolkit for rapid problem isolation, analysis and resolution.
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3GMaster

The Perfect Protocol Analyzer for Mobile Network Operators
and Network Equipment Manufacturers

The 3GMaster is one of the most powerful and flexible protocol analyzers for Mobile Networks on the market. As a portable test and troubleshooting tool, it monitors both signaling and network traffic while simultaneously supporting multiple users on different tiers. With support for E1, T1, Fast/Gigabit Ethernet, and OC-3/STM-1, The 3GMaster is ideal for multi-protocol and multi-interface environments such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS, IMS and CDMA.
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NeTracker

The Perfect Protocol Analyzer for Wireless Network Operators and Network Equipment Manufacturers

The NeTracker® is a highly integrated, scalable analyzer for troubleshooting and maintaining complex multi-protocol/multi-interface wireline networks. It is an ideal tool for solving abnormal release failures, conducting ongoing network optimizations, as well as verifying quality of service (QoS) at the network and service levels.
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MSA-QX

Protocol Analyzer & Tester for Mobile and Next-Generation Convergent Networks

The migration of traditional PSTN networks and wireless networks towards all-over-IP core architectures is changing the service landscape for Service Providers (SPs). A particular challenge lies in addressing new quality of service (QoS) issues presented by these new packet-based architectures. On the positive side, the adoption of packet-switched technology for the core allows SPs to focus on a single network instead of different networks for voice and data services.
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Application Notes

Application Note - 7-VoIP

Traffic Analysis & Monitoring System for Next-Generation Networks

The introduction of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) into legacy telecommunication architectures based on the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is creating a wide range of problems that both Service Operators and Carriers must deal with. The TCP/IP protocol, and packet-switched networks in general, have been historically designed to carry packet-based data very accurately, but with very little attention given to packet delay. Unfortunately, voice and real-time multimedia traffic is highly delay-sensitive, and as many operators are learning, it is very difficult to maintain "legacy voice" QoS with VoIP.
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Mobile Core Networks

Traffic Analysis & Monitoring System for Wireless Core Networks

Mobile Network Operators are continuously competing to increase their subscriber base, as well as their average revenue per user (ARPU). The constant introduction of new, high-value services plays a very important role in both of these areas. One of the key areas of differentiation between operators is how the services are offered to their respective subscribers. For instance, subscribers must be able to access the network, whether in their operator's region or when roaming. They must also be able to place calls and access the value-added services when moving from cell to cell (even when the cells use different technologies such as 2G/3G).
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UMTS Network Monitoring

Traffic Analysis & Monitoring System for UMTS Networks

With demand for high-speed mobile services skyrocketing, service providers have been searching for a unified network architecture that offers users high speed connectivity, and at the same time allows for a phased transition of their current 2G networks. Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) has been generally adopted as this new 3G network architecture, whose main goal it is to unify the different standards used by current second-generation wireless networks and provide a wide range of services including telephony, messaging, paging, Internet access and broadband data services.
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MSA-QX and TAMS

Rapid Deployment Probe for End-to-End Mobile Core and Access Visibility

Mobile operators are in the midst of a migration of their traditional voice services to include multimedia data services such as presence, mobile gaming and podcasting...the demand for which is skyrocketing. These new data services require migration to an all-over-IP architecture, which presents serious challenges for operators transitioning from a legacy SS#7-based architecture.
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VoIP Monitoring

Non-intrusive Analysis Suite for Voice over IP Networks

"Voice over IP" includes a wide number of architectures that enable voice transmission over IP data networks. In a converged voice/data network model, voice now shares the same IP network as legacy data traffic, providing both businesses and home users with scale efficiencies and cost reductions never before possible. This new architecture with IP-based packet switched networks as the core architecture offers many obvious advantages, though it has one significant disadvantage: it is complex to manage.
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IMS Monitoring and Testing

Analysis Suites for IMS Networks

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a standardized Next Generation Networking (NGN) architecture for telecom operators that provides mobile and fixed multimedia services. IMS allows operators to introduce enhanced IP-based multimedia services such as presence, push-to-talk and combined circuit/packet services. A key objective of IMS is not only to provide these new services, but also to provide all of the current services.
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SIP Simulation

Simulation Suite for SIP Calls & Traffic Generation

The SIP Simulation suite is a solution for verifying and testing next-generation networks based on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) over UDP. The suite provides complete coverage of RFC 3261, and allows simulation of:

Single and multiple SIP User Agent Clients (UAC)
User Agent Servers (UAS)
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SS7 Simulation

Simulation Suite for SS7 Calls & Traffic Generation

SS7 is a globally adopted protocol for out-of-band signaling systems, and supports critical applications such as:

Interaction with network databases
Network maintenance and administration
Advanced call features such as call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling, congestion and priority management, toll-free applications and toll services
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QoS Analysis

Intrusive and Non-Intrusive Solutions

GPRS-EDGE Network Monitoring

Analysis Suite for GPRS/EDGE Networks

Mobile data services such as e-mail, video clips and video blogging, multimedia messaging and high-speed Internet access are quickly gaining popularity amongst end users. As a result, service providers across the globe are seeking ways to enhance their access networks to offer these new bandwidth-intensive IP-based services. For GSM-based operators, the advent of GPRS and EDGE has provided exactly this type of IP-savvy access platform.
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GSM-R Network Monitoring

Analysis Suite for GSM-Railways

It is common for Railway companies to deploy and manage their own communication networks to facilitate communications between personnel onboard the trains, personnel at train stations and personnel working along the railway (e.g., shunting teams). These networks are also used to monitor and report on the positions of the trains at all times, and if necessary, to help manage critical events to keep operations running smoothly.
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CDMA Network Monitoring

Analysis Suite for CDMA2000 and CDMA2000 EV-DO

CDMA2000 is a 3G code division multiple-access version of the IMT-2000 standard which was developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2000. The first version of CDMA2000, known as CDMA1xRTT, was designed to support mobile data communications at speeds ranging from 144 Kbps to 2 Mbps. While CDMA2000 is capable of meeting the 3G data rate requirement of 2 Mbps, the EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) standard was developed for stationary applications requiring greater-than-2-Mbps downlink.
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VC11-VC12 Monitoring

E1/T1 Demuxing over STM-1/Oc3 interfaces

Very often in the core networks, the E1/T1 trunks are carried through a channelized SDH/Sonet physical connection; since the rate of such an optical interface is 155 Mbs, up to 63 E1/84 T1 links can be carried. In the past, Network operators wanting to monitor these E1/T1 had to purchase and deploy rather expensive de-multiplexers. Now the 3GMaster and NeTracker platforms allow to demux E1 links inside an STM-1 optical link based on VC-12 SDH scheme, as well as T1 links over STM1-OC3 with a VC11 scheme for decoding and monitoring purposes.
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White Papers

Optimized Migration to Mobile Data Services

TAMS and Mobile X-Ray

Mobile Operators (MOs) worldwide are in the midst of a major evolution. In the past, a majority of service revenue was derived from voice services, with a small amount of revenue generated from low-bandwidth data services such as phone-based Internet browsing. However, due to the development of interactive mobile applications, enhancements in access network technologies such as 3.5/3.75G and overall increased customer expectations, the demand for mobile data services has skyrocketed.
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Measuring the Customer Experience Gets More Teeth

Stratecast Perspectives and Insight for Executives

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) increase focus on the customer and in transforming their internal business processes, systems and way of doing business into a more customer-centric approach, different tools and a different business mindset are ultimately required. In this week’s SPIE, we note the third leg of the customer-centric business management stool, which involves measuring the customer experience. This report explains why an intense focus on the customer, via measurements of the customer experience, is critical to business transformation.
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Case Studies

TAMS for International Traffic Monitoring

TAMS for Monitoring International Traffic

A mobile operator headquartered in Egypt is rapidly expanding its business and is conveying telephone traffic directed to Europe and the USA from its seven main markets located in the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan (the subsidiaries). The Belgium location acts as the main switch between the subsidiaries and the interconnected operators (OLO, Other Licensed Operators) and has responsibility for the quality of the entire International Network.
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TAMS for Wireless Core Network

TAMS for Monitoring Wireless Core Network

A mobile operator is rapidly expanding its business across Germany. The rapid growth of their customer base in recent years has increased the complexity of investigating subscriber’s problems. Furthermore, the continuous introduction of new services is a challenge for their Back Office which requires the right tools to troubleshoot subscriber’s activity involving multiple Network Elements and protocol procedures.
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