AUTOLINK Network Monitoring Software

The LIGHTSTITCH Automated Fiber Optic Cross-Connect system automates the management of all interconnections within fiber optic networks.  Key elements include:

• LIGHTSTITCH Automated Fiber Optic Cross-Connect
• SURETRACE RFID Overlay Network
• AUTOLINK Layer-0 Network Automation Software Tools
• SUREDETECT Optical Monitoring Subsystem Based on Microwire Detectors

Telescent’s control and monitor elements interface directly through the LIGHTSTITCH to a Network Management Software system (NMS).

In a typical application of the LIGHTSTITCH, fiber optic patchcords from all network elements, as well as outside plant cables, are connected to the input and output ports of the automated cross-connect. The NMS instructs a distributed network of LIGHTSTITCH cross-connects to automatically configure, provision and even validate physical connections through a combination of switching and RFID discovery.  The NMS includes management software tools linked to a database representing physical connections and is able to control, monitor and map all connections within the facility without manual intervention.

• This ability to control (via LIGHTSTITCH), monitor (via SUREDETECT) and map (via SURETRACE) the physical layer enables Layer-0 virtualization.
• The connectivity and signal levels of each fiber optic interconnection are discoverable in a truly automatic fashion.
• Passive interconnections become software-managed elements.
• Any change in optical and physical connectivity is automatically detected and reported back to the NMS.
• The management of inventory and configuration records for millions of physical connections within the network are then automated and accurately recorded by software driven processes.
  

Element Management Software: Security Management Fault Management Remote User Login Management Configuration Management Alarm Processing Performance Management Secure Web-Browser based Graphical User Interface (GUI) TL1 Interface SNMP v3 agent with traps TMF814/CORBA interface to the Operations Support System (OSS)

Network Management Software: Automated Network Testing Automated Network Routing and Provisioning Network Visualization to Manage Multiple AFOXs at Multiple Locations Fiber-Connectivity Database With Automated Configuration Monitoring and Mapping