公司规模
1,000+
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- nGeniusONE Service Assurance Solution
- InfiniStreamNG Software for COTS and Appliances
- nGenius Session Analyzer (nSA)
- NETSCOUT Professional Services
技术栈
- 4G LTE
- SCADA
- VoLTE
- APN
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
适用行业
- 公用事业
适用功能
- 设施管理
用例
- 能源管理系统
- 基础设施检查
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
这家公用事业公司为数百万客户提供清洁、安全、可靠且价格合理的能源。如今,许多公共和私营公用事业公司都使用监控和数据采集 (SCADA) 技术来提供有关电网运行情况的信息。该公司决定添加一个安全的私有 4G LTE 网络,以便现场无线访问这些 SCADA IoT 设备,在危机时刻,这些设备可用于避免或快速解决停电问题。此外,该客户还为其员工维护人员使用此 4G LTE 无线基础设施,使急救人员和公立学校能够访问其网络。
挑战
这家公用事业公司需要监控其 4G LTE 基础设施的可见性,因此他们向 NETSCOUT 寻求 nGeniusONE 和 nGenius 会话分析工具集,以帮助他们监控北美主要城市的两个数据中心。他们需要一种方法来分离电力基础设施内的功能,以监控每个单独的流程,以便能够识别问题并快速解决问题。4G LTE 3GPP 标准提供了一种优雅的解决方案,通过该解决方案,这家公用事业提供商可以通过为每个组设置唯一的 APN 来利用单独的关键电力基础设施元素。
解决方案
客户的 4G LTE 支持团队建立了两个数据中心,这些数据中心配备了 NETSCOUT 的数据包流交换机 (PFS) 和通过 NETSCOUT 的设备模型和商用现货 (COTS) 模型部署的高容量 InfiniStreamNG 探测器以及 nGeniusONE 服务器和 nGenius 会话分析器。一旦数据包到达分析工具,公司需要排除故障和监控的三个主要资源包括 4G LTE 无线网络、由 APN 分隔的 IoT 设备以及由公用事业人员、急救人员和公立学校系统发生的 VoLTE 交易的性能。这是使用 nSA 和 nGeniusONE 的组合实现的。nGeniusONE 提供的这些独立资源的统一视图可以快速确定哪个资源涉及任何一个事件或性能瓶颈。
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