Deployment of CATVisor Argus for Brutele in Belgium

Brutele provides television, internet and telecommunication services in Belgium. 自2006年以来, the company has been developing its VOO brand in partnership with Nethys, an industrial group that pursues a dynamic and diversified policy in the energy and telecommunications sectors. VOO has developed an innovative telecom approach combining television, 高速数据, fixed telephone and mobile voice and data services.

Brutele’s network infrastructure consists of more than 5000 km of coaxial cables and 1500 km of fibre optic cables. 目前, 该公司的有线电视网络覆盖230个地区,000 subscribers in a territory of 30 municipalities in Brussels and Wallonia.

The variety of Brutele’s services has been enabled by significant investments in fibre-optic networks and the upgrade of coaxial networks. The implementation of modern transmission technologies over the entire network infrastructure creates a strong foundation for Brutele’s business development for the coming years.

客户需求

Brutele started to use 电话este’s CATVisor EMS system for the management of its access network infrastructure more than 15 years ago. At that time, EMS was one of the most advanced HFC management systems on the market.

With the aim of increasing the performance of the company’s network infrastructure, Brutele implemented 电话este’s next-generation network management software, CATVisor Argus, in 2018.  One of the key targets of the implementation was to continue utilising remote network management to increase the reliability of services and take preventive actions in network maintenance.  

解决客户需求

CATVisor Argus is the fifth generation of 电话este’s EMS software. It is a client-server-based multi-user network management system for monitoring, controlling and configuring network elements in a cable network environment. The software supports all of 电话este’s headend and HFC products as well as any third-party product supporting HMS and SNMP.

目前, Brutele utilises Argus for the management of approximately 2500 headend devices and over 7500 intelligent HFC nodes and amplifiers, 分布在两个不同的区域. 另外, the system is used for service assurance activities of both the company’s network operation centre (NOC) and the field force. On a daily basis, there are 10–20 people using Argus. Three clients have a permanent connection to Argus for the continuous monitoring and management of the system.

For Brutele, the key functions of Argus are:

• Reporting to the Network Operation Centre
• Remote alignment of nodes and amplifiers
• Pinpointing the exact location of network issues
• Ingress suppression utilising remote ingress switching functionality
• Predictive maintenance based on alarms and warnings from the system
• Comprehensive overview on the network status providing technical personnel with all the needed information for advanced network management

好处

Argus offers Brutele all the familiar features of the legacy EMS system, 增加了可伸缩性, reliability and new capabilities such as remote control of ingress. 除了, their key requirements for the system were reliable multi-user operation and increased server stability, which was ensured during a thorough testing period before the actual deployment of the software.

此外，Argus还支持:

• Ability to quickly locate sources of ingress and increase efficiency of maintenance activities
• Effective remote ingress control and isolation of sources of ingress
• Shorter resolution time of service outages
• Remote management and configuration of optical headend devices, nodes and amplifiers
• Inventory information on network elements and clear overall visibility on the network status
• Efficient construction of the access network

Brutele has also selected 电话este’s most advanced fibre optic products to upgrade their access network infrastructure. 产品 like the intelligent node AC9100, 智能放大器AC3010和AC3210, and the fibre transmitter HDO908 offer premium performance and best-of-breed functionality that increases the quality and quantity of data and video services provided within the company’s HFC network. 除了, utilising Argus together with 电话este’s intelligent network devices provides Brutele with a state-of-the-art solution for 主动维护网络, to increase service uptime and customer satisfaction while cutting down operational costs and manual maintenance work in the field.