Alcatel-Lucent Litespan Management System 1353 User Manual

Alcatel-Lucent 1353
Litespan Management
System (LMS)

Simplifying the Management
of the Access Network

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The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management

System (LMS) is the management component of

the Litespan family, which offers cost-effective voice,

data, high-speed Internet access (HSIA) and video

services for your residential and business subscribers.

The integrated, centrally-operated Alcatel-Lucent

1353 LMS manages the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan

multiservice network.

With the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan and the

Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS, you can offer any mix

of revenue-generating services. This multivendor-

compatible solution supports multiple network

topologies and transport options, ensuring a smooth

transition from traditional voice to next-generation

networking (NGN). Moreover, the Alcatel-Lucent

1353 LMS and Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan are

integrated and tested with other products in the

Alcatel-Lucent portfolio to offer complete end-to-end

NGN solutions.

Leading the Industry

The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family has taken
a leading position as an access network solution.
A March 2007 study by The Windsor Oaks Group
LLC reported that the Alcatel-Lucent solutions
are leading the MSAP/DLC market (36.5 percent).
As of March 2007, the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 family
is being used by more than 70 service providers in
41 countries worldwide. More than 26 million
equivalent lines have already been delivered —
plain old telephone system (POTS), integrated
services digital network (ISDN), leased lines
and digital subscriber line (xDSL).

£

UTStarcom 2.4

Zhone 3.1

Siemens 4.4

Calix 5.9

Ericsson 10.2

Alcatel-Lucent Leadership (2007)

36.5% market share worldwide

Other 5.3

Occam 2.2

Tellabs 13.2

Source: broadbandtrends.com, March 2007 (The Windsor Oaks Group LLC)

Alcatel-Lucent 36.5

Huawei 16.8

3Alcatel-Lucent | Partnering for Change

Access is the cornerstone of a tele ­com network. All end-user services
merge in the access nodes. The types
of services your end users want
continue to expand as technology
evolves at an unprecedented pace.
As a result, your access network
must be able to accept many differ ­ent services, topologies, technologies
and transport options. Faced with
such challenges, being able to man­age the access network efficiently
and effectively is a vital requirement.
Among other things, you need
reliable management solutions —
solutions that will automate net ­work operation, administration
and maintenance. What’s more,
these solutions must be cost-efficient,
optimize operating expenses
(OPEX), provide quality of service
(QoS),
as well as achieve stringent time­to-market objectives.

The Litespan Family

The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management System (LMS) is
part of the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family. Each Alcatel-Lucent
1540 Litespan includes not only the multiservice gateway platform, but
also an integrated management system — the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS.
This system manages narrowband and broadband services, transport links,
as well as subscribers for the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan Multiservice
Access Gateway.

The flexible, multiservice Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan solution provides
basic narrowband voice and data services (using plain old telephone
system [POTS], integrated services digital network [ISDN] basic access/
primary rate access, voice over IP [VoIP] and digital leased lines), as well
as broad band services. Services include asymmetrical digital subscriber line
(ADSL) and symmetrical high bit rate DSL (SHDSL), giving users high­speed Internet surfing and multimedia downloading (see Figure 1). For all
of these services, the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS provides operation and
maintenance functions.

Managing the Access Network

Figure 1 – The Alcatel-Lucent Access Gateway for the ETSI World

PSTN/ISDN

LL/TDM

ATM

Ethernet

Multiservice Multivendor

1540 Litespan

1353 LMSIP/Internet Mixed

Multitopologies

(Star/Ring/Tree)

Business

Residential

Multiscenarios

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With the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS,
you can take advantage of a user­friendly and familiar graphical user
interface (GUI) to present informa ­tion related to operations, service
configuration, performance, alarms
and security (see Figure 2).

Like the management system for
the Alcatel-Lucent Optinex family
and the Alcatel-Lucent Intelligent
Services Access Manager (ISAM)
family, the Alcatel-Lucent 1353

LMS is based on the Alcatel­Lucent Management Platform
(ALMAP). This compatibility lets
you easily integrate the Alcatel­Lucent 1353 LMS with other
Alcatel-Lucent management
systems. That’s important, because
integrated network management
optimizes your capital investment,
reusing existing hardware to mini ­mize equipment costs, while lower ­ing operation and maintenance
activities and training costs.

Furthermore, in networks with
Alcatel-Lucent switching or trans ­port equipment, management
applications can be easily integrated.
For example, alarms for all network
elements appear in a single window
for ease of monitoring and use.
With the goal, moreover, of provid­ing you with a complete solution,
both the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS
and Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan
are integrated and tested with
other Alcatel-Lucent products.

The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management System (LMS)

Figure 2. The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management System GUI

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The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS functions as a network element manager,
an end-to-end network manager of user services, as well as a subscriber
manager. It incorporates several management applications described in
Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 3. With, moreover, the Alcatel-Lucent
1353 LMS, all of your applications can run on a single server, providing
a cost advantage for small networks.

Table 1. Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS Management Applications

APPLICATION FUNCTION

Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Distributed Network (DN) Element manager for voice and leased line data services delivered on the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan

platform

Alcatel-Lucent 5523 ADSL Work Station (AWS) Element manager for xDSL broadband services delivered on the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan platform

Alcatel-Lucent 1353 NM (Network Management) Element manager for the optional integrated add-drop multiplexer (for synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)

services) in the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan

Alcatel-Lucent 1353 GW (Gateway) Gateway application running on top of the element managers to interface with third-party operational

support systems (OSSs)

Alcatel-Lucent 1355 DN Subscriber manager for voice services delivered on the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan platform

Alcatel-Lucent 1355 GW Gateway application running on top of the Alcatel-Lucent 1355 DN to interface with third-party OSSs

Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS Applications

Figure 3. Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS Management Applications

1353 LMS Applications

>

Narrowband and VoIP: 1353 DN

>

Broadband: 5523 AWS

>

SDH Transport: 1353 SH

>

Subscriber Management: 1355

CLI

(IP/Files)

1353 GW

1355 DN TLL1-GW

1353 DN (NB)

CLI

(IP/Files)

ISN

1354 RM 5620 NM

1355 GW

1353 SH (SDH)

1353 Litespan Management System

5523 (BB)

CORBA

TL1 (ASCII)

With Alcatel-Lucent’s element managers, you control
the configuration, creation and activation of services,
as well as the fault and performance management,
and real-time monitoring of the Alcatel-Lucent
1540 Litespan.

For its part, the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 DN network
element manager controls Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan
narrowband services, whereas the Alcatel-Lucent 1353
NM manager controls the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 SDH
transport links. xDSL services are controlled by the
Alcatel-Lucent 5523 AWS. The element managers
also provide an interface for integration with the net ­work operator’s existing OSS. Plus, you can run any
network management application from any server in
the system. And to lower your capital expenditures,
our new common desktop reduces the number of
servers required because several clients can share
an application from any server.

SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT

The Alcatel-Lucent 1355 DN application provides
subscriber management for the Alcatel-Lucent Litespan
1540 family access networks through subscriber admin ­istration, service activation and subscriber line testing.
It is designed to support the unique requirements of
your access network by including large numbers of plat ­forms and subscribers, widespread geographic distribution
and concurrent use of different technologies and services.

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Network Element Management Tailored to Your Needs

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NETWORK ELEMENT MANAGERS

Feature Summary

• Network view

• Equipment configuration

• Port and termination provisioning

• Management of communication between the
Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS and Alcatel-Lucent
1540 Litespan

• Equipment redundancy management

• Alarm collection and logging

• Alarm log consultation

• Remote inventor

• Backup/restore of network element configuration

• Remote software upgrade of network elements

• Generic management

• V5 interface and MEGACO/H.248 provisioning

• Management of leased-line interfaces
(2 Mb/s, n x 64 etc.)

• Line testing

• Performance and traffic monitoring

In the same way for the Alcatel-Lucent 1355 DN —
an application within the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS
— you can take advantage of:

• Connection management

• Massive subscriber management operations

• Subscriber/connection queries

• External subscriber creation

• Subscriber alarm

• Subscriber/connection test

• Massive and scheduled testing

• Test results management

• Open interfaces to upper management layers

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Flexibility for Diverse Business Requirements

SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE
TOPOLOGIES

Star, ring, tree, point-to-point and
mixed topologies are all supported
by the Alcatel-Lucent Litespan
family. All topologies can be super ­vised from the Alcatel-Lucent
1353 LMS Map Manager. In all of
these topologies, network manage ­ment information can reach the
access nodes from the Alcatel­Lucent 1353 LMS through either
in-band or out-band mechanisms.

SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE
TRANSPORT OPTIONS

The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan
and Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS
integrate plesiochronous digital
hierarchy (PDH) or SDH transport
mechanisms toward the switching
and data networks. PDH, asynchro­nous transfer mode (ATM) and
Ethernet transport capabilities are
also in the system. Transport is
supported between Alcatel-Lucent

Litespan exchange units (EUs)
and remote units (RUs) using
HDSL or G.SHDSL transport
protocols, fiber connections or
external leased-line networks.

Equally important, broadband
(xDSL) and narrowband (voice
and leased-line data) traffic can
share the same fiber (SDH STM-1
or STM-4). Broadband (xDSL)
traffic can be routed through STM-1
optical or E3/DS3 electrical inter­faces toward the ATM backbone.
For its part, xDSL traffic can be
redirected toward the backbone
(typically IP) over Ethernet
(1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX,
1000Base-EX, 1000Base-ZX and
1000Base-TX). This increases
flexibility when connecting to
the IP data backbone through
metro Ethernet networks. You
can manage all of these transport
options with the Alcatel-Lucent
1353 LMS.

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Ease of Integration and High Scalability

MULTIVENDOR COMPATIBILITY

The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan and Alcatel-Lucent
1353 LMS are designed to function well in multivendor
environments. This open design lets you build competi ­tive, customized solutions compatible with your existing
investments and customers’ needs. The integrated
and centralized Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS also ensures
changes can be made very quickly, significantly
shortening time-to-revenue.

ALL SIZES OF NETWORKS

The Alcatel-Lucent Litespan family is highly scalable
and suitable for any access network size — from a few
nodes to hundreds of them. With its flexible architec ­ture, you can run the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS on a
PC, upgrade to a small UNIX workstation, and add
new servers or workstations to evolve with the growth
of the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan network (see
Figure 4).

Figure 4. A Network Management System Platform for Any Network Size

PC Platform UNIX Server

1353 LMS

Easy migration to a server platform

minimizes operational impact as the network grows

1353 LMS

Initial Network

Size

Growing
Network

Reduced CAPEX and OPEX

By lowering capital and operating expenses, the Alcatel-Lucent Litespan family has a significant impact.

The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS fits into your OSS puzzle by satisfying four key expectations:

Network fault reduction:

• Proactive alarming

• Routing line testing

• Performance/traffic measure ­ments and alarms crossing
thresholds

Reduced customer service
expenses – automating all activi -

ties for activating service and
providing customer assistance
through open interfaces that
support:

• Service activation

• Subscriber status management

• Line and telephone set testing

Reduced maintenance costs:

• Centralizing/automating opera ­tions and maintenance (O&M)
activities in the OSS, such as
alarm reporting or testing for
the multivendor access network

• Adapting network management
functionality to your organization’s
and staff expertise. (The Alcatel­Lucent 1353 LMS has been
designed according to the TMN
model with element, network
and service management levels
that provide flexibility in terms
of architecture and operator
profiles.)

• Providing operation-driven
menus, constrained checking
and on-line help to avoid errors

• Properly forecasting spare stock
with network inventory and
alarm information

Reduced provisioning expenses:

• Exporting accurate information
on network resources for correct
forecasting of access network
deployment and minimized
number of field interventions

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Choice of Operating Systems and Reliability

Multiple operating systems

The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS is available for UNIX and Windows

2000 operating systems. UNIX servers can each support up to

3,000 net work elements and 65 operators. The PC installations

are ideal for managing networks with fewer than 30 nodes.

Redundant servers

System availability is enhanced through the N+1 redundancy

of servers (see Figure 5). A backup server will take over the

function of any server that fails in the system.

Figure 5. Overview of the High Availability OS Cluster Solution

N+1 Local Protection

1353 LMS

Spare

Mirrored Disk Sharing

1353 LMS

1353 LMS

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The Alcatel-Lucent Advantage

Alcatel-Lucent offers a comprehensive portfolio of

NGN products. Alcatel-Lucent provides end-to-end

solutions, enabling you to deliver content to any

type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging

its long-term leadership in telecommunications

network equipment as well as its expertise in

applications and network services, Alcatel-Lucent

enables you to focus on optimizing your service

offerings and revenue streams.

As part of the Alcatel-Lucent portfolio, the Alcatel-

Lucent 1540 Litespan and Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS

have significant advantages. Alcatel-Lucent has a

massive installed base of more than 300 million

voice lines that can be leveraged with the Litespan

family. The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family

incorporates technology from the Alcatel-Lucent

DSLAM families, which represent the largest

installed base of DSL worldwide. The family also

incorporates technology from the Optinex family,

which represents the largest installed base of SDH

equipment in the world. Indeed, Alcatel-Lucent

has the largest geographical coverage in the

ETSI market, letting it provide turnkey solutions

anywhere in Asia, Europe and the South.

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