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Case Study 1- General Switch Management Protocol

Customer

US located development center of an MNC.

Requirement

  • Implementation of General Switch Management Protocol
Solution Framework

  • Development of GSMP Master (controller functionality) with control protocols, device management, protocol modules and with GUI for initiating and terminating ATM connections from slave.
  • The control protocols supported include LDP, CR-LDP, and PNNI etc.
  • Protocol modules : AAL5/TCP-IP and SNMP·
  • Development of GSMP slave - managing the switch fabric.
Customer benefit

  • Outsourced 'one-off' development requirement avoiding resource ramp-up.
Case Study 2 - IP Command Line Interface.

Customer

US based optical networking start-up.

Requirement

  • Development of CLI for IP router
Solution Framework

Aricent has developed the IPCLI in Phases. In Phase-I the following activities were performed:
  • Design, development and testing of Session Management for CLI.
  • Design, development and testing of Notification for each sessions.
  • Design, development and testing of all CLI command features.
  • Design & implementation of command hierarchy for all Interface and Ipv4 commands.
  • Design, implementing and testing of read/write handlers for all Interface and Ipv4 commands.
  • Design, development and testing of request/response wrapper classes for all Interface and Ipv4 commands.
In Phase-II the following activities were performed:
  • Design and implementation of command hierarchy for RIP, BGP, OSPF and ISIS commands.
  • Design, implementing and testing of read/write handlers for RIP, BGP, OSPF and ISIS commands.
  • Design, development and testing of request/response wrapper classes for RIP, BGP, OSPF and ISIS commands
Testing Activities

  • Integration testing and system testing were performed to ensure reliability.
Customer benefit

  • Focused internal resources on development of core features
Case Study 3 - Multi Protocol Switch (MPS)

Customer

A German network integrator involved in designing and installing narrowband and broadband networking solutions for customers in Europe and rest of the world

Requirement

  • A device with Multiple Protocol Switching capability, interfacing with networks and devices supporting a combination of X25, SDLC, PAD, etc.
Solution Framework
  • Licensing, porting and customization of the customer’s X25, SDLC products .
  • Developing the remaining software to provide the required features.
  • Tightly integrated development process, with several versions of the product built and released by the customer in Europe.
  • Since there was no equivalent product available in the market, the customer developed the hardware and low-level kernel for the equipment.
Customer Benefits

  • Customer was able to develop a feature rich product and release several versions of the product, representing a substantial additional revenue.
  • Time –to-market advantage due to a tightly integrated development process.

The customer was extremely satisfied with the work done by us and subsequently set up a Dedicated Facility with us to handle its communications software development needs.

Case Study 4 - TeMIP based development

Customer

A Danish communications company

Requirement

  • Development of software modules related to TMN based on TeMIP.
Solution Framework

  • Development of software required to perform the configuration, management and monitoring functions on the client's telecommunication equipment.
  • Development of several management modules in 1997 and 1998 for the client using TeMIP in a Sun Solaris environment.
Client Benefits

  • Cost effective high-end software development.
  • Enabled in-house resources to focus on product management.
Case Study 5 - Super Cell Fault Management (SCFM)

Customer

A telecommunications major based in the United States.

Requirement

  • Implement software that performs Fault Management of the CBSC and BTS.
  • Handle System Surveillance, Recovery and Reconfiguration.
Solution Framework

  • Developed Expertise in ROOM, UML, ObjecTime, C++, SGIs, Tandem machines, nmake, Sablime configuration tool.
  • Developed an understanding of IS-95A/B, CDMA 2000 standards, Motorola's Super Cell and RAN Architectures.
  • Implemented Fault Management procedures in Super Cell Architecture.
  • Replication of customer's lab environment at our facilities.
  • Developed Expertise in simulation kind of environment and debugging tools.
  • Maintained 147 KLOC of legacy code as part of the assignment.
  • Worked on legacy code and completed Modification Requests during the Maintenance stage.
  • Developed Excellent in-house tools suite to provide any Metric data.
Customer Benefits

  • Multi site development ensured that extended work day advantages were leveraged to considerably reduce time-to-market.
  • Customer got the reverse engineered code & design documents with presentation material.
  • First implementation of 3G related software.