Railway Networks
Inventory, planning and documentation
Take control of all your network assets and resources to drive transformation and efficient operations
Achieving operational efficiency with complex networks that span multiple generations of technology is a difficult task.
Railway networks are part of critical national infrastructure and subject to stringent safety and performance requirements. Communications is essential, spanning signaling, remote monitoring sensors, trackside, and cab connectivity and more.
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Safely evolve your communications for passenger and freight services
Supporting the real-time picture of your network you need to ensure safe operations, while transitioning to new technologies, demands accurate network planning and documentation – a comprehensive inventory solution that can extend to all network domains and grow with your networks.
A single view of all assets and infrastructure
VC4-IMS provides a complete solution, supporting your critical communications infrastructure, from signaling to traffic management and communication-based train control – regardless of the infrastructure and assets involved.
Ready for next gen OTN/ WDM and more
Ready for the next generation of OTN / WDM, as well as MPLS, FRMCS and ERTMS, VC4-IMS provides a rich, user-friendly interface, backed by APIs for integration with external systems and all legacy networks and infrastructure.
Manage your entire infrastructure from a single interface
It gives you a consolidated view of all your assets, enabling you to easily extend your network and built new connections, activate new services and manage your infrastructure – from a single interface, that’s designed to boost efficiency and reduce time to service.
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Current, legacy and future network infrastructure planning and management
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Ensure correct dimensioning and capacity to meet all requirements
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Correlate physical with logical, virtual, and service resources
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Integrated impact assessment for accurate change management
All rail communications networks covered
Legacy TDM to next gen optical WDM/OTN, as well as MPLS, GSM-R, FMRCS. VC4-IMS covers all use cases
Correlate with GIS data for location visibility
Understand the location of all assets, with full geo-positioning, based on different sources of geographic data
Understand network and service dependencies
Secure a complete picture of your network and how every physical, logical, virtual, and service assets are connected
Plan and design network enhancements
Optimize planning, evolution and maintenance for telecoms infrastructure and railway signaling operations
Standard & proprietary interface support
REST, CORBA, ONF T-API, MTOSI, TL1, SNMP and more, providing comprehensive connectivity
Workflow, ticket, and order management
Integrate with existing systems, or use dedicated IMS functionality for efficient task and process flows
Consistent, reliable, accurate and up to date
A unique, automated reconciliation process tracks network and equipment changes, ensuring accuracy
Integrate and share key data
APIs enable inventory and asset data to be shared with other business processes, boosting automation
Warehouse and asset management
Manage and track all your assets (in the live network and warehouses), material costs, and depreciation in one tool
Planned work and impact analysis
Take control of planned work, with automated impact analysis, efficient customer communication and more
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