Ethos-Networks

Comprehensive Ethernet Service Management

Ethos Domain Management System (DMS) is a powerful platform for deploying and managing Ethernet services. From planning and implementation through provisioning, analysis and optimization, DMS enables carriers to provide superior service while dramatically reducing complexity and increasing service margins. Carrier-Grade Functionality, Breakthrough Simplicity Ethos DMS provides robust management capabilities such as FCAPS, traffic engineering and optimization. Through a convenient, process-driven console, DMS helps managers to improve response times and slash configuration errors. By removing the need for complex network protocols and frequent adjustments, DMS reduces the complexity and risk associated with delivering next-generation Ethernet services. Seamless Support for Multi-vendor Environments DMS supports configuration and provisioning of any MEF service over a multi-vendor Ethernet network. Continuous, Multi-Constraint Service Optimization In contrast to signaled control planes, Ethos leverages the power of a central server to pre-compute the control plane and consider a large number of scenarios during provisioning. DMS delivers true service-by-service optimization. For example, DMS can take into account financial costs to save resources every time a service is provisioned, or consider geographical parameters to ensure that the backup path is truly decoupled from the main path. DMS can provision strictly guaranteed service attributes, such as delay and jitter, critical to demanding services such as mobile backhaul. Seamless Integration DMS is based on a modular architecture; every component can integrate seamlessly and easily with existing OSS and BSS platforms through standard SOAP/XML interfaces.

Simplicity Throughout the Operations Lifecycle

Plan and Deploy

• Evaluate multiple scenarios before deploying new networks or extending existing ones
• Select the best available deployment plan according to existing service base and growth trends
• Track and validate every stage of deployment, installation, and configuration

Operate

• Multi-vendor, end-to-end configuration and provisioning for all MEF-6 and MEF-10 services
• Customization of service attributes per flow: CIR, EIR, CBS, PBS, delay, protection, and more
• Full FCAPS functionality including end-to-end OAM and performance monitoring
• Root-cause analysis of network events provides actionable intelligence

• Track and compare provisioned services vs. actual utilization
• Predict resource bottlenecks and recommend targeted upgrades
• Analyze and exploit traffic trends to increase utilization
• Compare effects of planning and provisioning policy on network ROI

• Increase margins through cost-optimized service insertion
• Leverage physical and geographical criteria to enforce true service resiliency
• Automatically select optimal replication point for multicast traffic 
• Extract up to 3X capacity through seamless resource re-allocation