Coscend Communications Solutions

"Coscend is at the vanguard of a new evolution in telco OSS/BSS systems integration."

Caroline Chappell, Analyst

Element Management Systems Service Factory

Simulates the physical layer and data link layer to provide a less expensive alternative to test 3G switches.

Challenges

Higher costs of maintaining the SS7 network.

Delay in completion of regression testing.

Results

Maintain an inventory of hardware components.

Plan and maintain SS7 networks.

Tool (Solution): Coscend's Element Management Systems Service Factory
Use UDP or TCP over the Internet Protocol layer and Physical layer on the sending and receiving sides for establishing communication in Internet Protocol networks.

Data Link Layer Simulator

RNC Simulator

ALCAP Simulator

Key Features

Uses secure UDP capabilities to transfer messages between the sending and receiving MTP Layer 3 entities.

Uses secure UDP capabilities to transfer messages between sending and receiving entities.

Benefits

Reduction in the hardware and inventory costs.

Reduction on the dependency on the state of the SS7 network.

Reduction in the turn around time for the completion of regression tests.

Impact

Lower TCO.

Accelerated time-to-market.

Better quality of service leveraging redundancies.