Overview
TelStrat's PUMA (Platform for Unified Management Access) platform is the most powerful and flexible product on the market today, providing a secure, browser-based, vendor agnostic, single point of access and management of all remote network elements in a carrier's network.
The PUMA platform allows up to 512 simultaneous users to perform Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P) of remote network elements all by accessing a single IP address. This capability reduces a carrier's operating costs by eliminating or reducing site visits (truck rolls) as well as reducing mean time to repair (MTTR) in the event of equipment failure.
PUMA unifies the management of access network elements. The PUMA platform allows real-time access, information, and control of every network element, whether local or at the most remote deployment. Using a secure IP, serial, or aircard connection, the PUMA platform lets Central Office technicians, maintenance engineers, and networks operational center (NOC) personnel configure, troubleshoot, and manage geographically dispersed network elements at any location, all from a single IP address.
With PUMA, service providers can centrally manage and provision services dynamically across multiple remote sites. What's more, technicians can now remotely test, diagnose, and troubleshoot equipment before dispatching field personnel. This resolves network issues faster, reduces expensive truck rolls, and helps service providers anticipate events and prevent service disruptions.
The TelStrat PUMA system consists of two elements:
- One or more Central Controllers (CC-9000),
- A Site Controller (SC-8100) at each remote location.
The CC-9000 serves as PUMA's central command center, communicating directly with each SC-8100 Site Controller, and focusing the power of remote SC-8100 units into a single, unified point of network status information and network element management. Multiple CC-9000's can be located in regional centers or management offices, as well as at NOC centers.
The SC-8100's are located at remote cell sites, remote terminals, or remote central offices. The SC-8100 provides physical connections to all remote network elements, whether by serial or IP (Ethernet) connections, normally open or normally closed alarm monitoring inputs, form C relay outputs, or analog inputs (0-10V or 4-20 ma). Each SC-8100 can support up to 128 individual network elements, and each CC-9000 can support up to 4,096 SC-8100's, and up to 512 simultaneous users.
In Summary, the PUMA Platform provides the following functions:
- Network element monitoring, configuration, and maintenance, resulting in a significant reduction of site visits
- Fault identification and "smarter" truck rolls
- Remote network element provisioning
- Network element inventory management
- PUMA Network Address Translation (NAT) provides better use of ports and IP addresses
- Network element configuration backup and restoration
- Network element operating software upgrades and downloads
- Vendor software application hosting
- Security features to prevent unauthorized access to network elements
- Activity logs by user, network element, and time of day, assisting in problem identification and corrective action
- Network element polling and alarm generation
- Management reports
- Alarm aggregation, contact closures, voltage and current sensing
- Handling of TL-1 and SNMP messages
- Integrated RET Controller for cell site antenna tilt control
- Video camera site monitoring
- On site storage of events on the SC-8100 in the event of communication failure with the CC-9000
- All implemented in a single 1RU rack mounted package
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