WiTech TelcoGIS|Suite
The Geographical Information System Platform
for
Your Growth
October 2009

The Need for a GIS
The support of a GIS (Geographical Information System) is fundamental
along almost the entire Life-Cycle of a network initiative

WiTech TelcoGIS|Suite
 WiTech’s Web-based integrated GIS platform tailored to support Service
Providers addressing key operational needs in multiple areas

Architecture – Functional Overview
TelcoGIS|Suite

State-of-the-art Implementation
 Multi-tier Framework implemented with a
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
approach
 Java Enterprise Edition 5 technologies
 Enterprise Java Beans 3.0
 Java Persistence API
 JavaServer Faces
 Deployable with the highest levels of
reliability and efficiency of use, including
clustering, load balancing, and transparent
fail-over
 Graphic User Interface implemented with
standard Portlet technology
 All key functions accessible through standard
APIs
 Web Services (WSDL, SOAP)
 Java RMI
 Natively integrable with Sun OpenSSO
Enterprise to achieve advanced, flexible and
convenient security
 User Interface: Web Single Sign On
 API: Web Services and Java RMI

Leveraging the MapServer Foundation
 Now a project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
(OSGeo), MapServer is the market leading Open Source
development environment for building spatially-enabled
internet applications
 Advanced cartographic output
 Scale dependent feature drawing and application execution
 Feature labeling including label collision mediation
 Fully customizable, template driven output
 TrueType fonts
 Map element automation (scalebar, reference map, and legend)
 Thematic mapping using logical- or regular expression-based
classes
 Support for popular scripting and development
environments
 PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, and C#
 A multitude of raster and vector data formats
 TIFF/GeoTIFF, EPPL7, and many others via the Geospatial Data Abstraction
Library (GDAL)
 ESRI shapfiles, PostGIS, ESRI ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, MySQL and many
others via the GDAL/OGR library
 Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web specifications
 WMS (client/server), non-transactional WFS (client/server), WMC, WCS,
Filter Encoding, SLD, GML, SOS
 Map projection support
 On-the-fly map projection with 1000s of projections through the PROJ.4 -
Cartographic Projections Library

Flexible Deployability
 Installable according to specific
customer needs
 Selecting modules
 Customizing features
 Choosing HW configuration
 Easy integration into new and
existing environments
 Scalable and expandable
 Growing as you grow!

Simplified Spatial Data Management
 Automation of key activities
 Import of various format of Raster data
 Import of Vector data
 Layer grouping and management
 Dynamic Spatial Queries
 ........

GUI – State-of-the-art, Portlet-based Implementation
 TelcoGIS GUI is built with standard
Portlet technology and is natively
pluggable into a Liferay-based
Enterprise Portal
 Liferay is the world's leading open
source portal platform powering
portal solutions for leading
enterprises around the world

GUI – Portlet Organization
 Portlets are completely decoupled
 Dynamic page layout, according to
user profiles
 Each portlet interacts with the other
portlets via JavaScript IPC (Inter
Portlet Communication)
 Access to page is managed by the
Liferay Enterprise Portal

GUI – Import of Geographic Data
 Importing raster and vector data (100+ file formats supported, according to
the GDAL/OGR library) into the Database and File System
 Compatible with most popular Radio Planning software prediction export
formats

GUI – Layer Organization
 Organizing Layers into groups
 Each group can made of subgroups
 Defining custom layer and group labels

GUI – Layer Configuration
 Managing layer rendering
 Defining visualization class with
expressions
 Defining colors and symbols
 Managing layers data sources
 Database query builder
 Raster selections
 Defining query result templates

GUI – Spatial Data Visualization
 Interactive maps
 Dynamic layer switching
 Layer grouping
 Grouping of groups

GUI – Spatial Information Query
 Spatial map queries
 Dynamic generation of results
 Customizable result templates

GUI – Network Layout, Inventory & monitoring support
 Adding network nodes
 Showing network topology onto map
 Viewing technical information on nodes
 Storing information about the status of nodes
(e.g., coming from an NMS) and visualize it
with different symbols on the map

GUI – User Maps
 Adding user information manually via a form or importing an Excel file
 Searching users by Address or Map Selection
 Visualizing users into maps
 Managing customers on different layer basing it
on category (type of CPE, Service Profile,
Technology, etc..)
 Customized information structure

Business & Strategic Network Planning
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Competition Analysis
 Territory based Market Analysis
 Selection of Target Area
 Demographic and Statistics Analysis

Network Planning & Implementation
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Radio & Microwave Network Planning prediction
web interaction
 Network Layout & Inventory
 Technical parameters and integrated site
configuration database

Network Optimization & Maintenance
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Performance Monitoring (through integration
with NMS)
 Capacity Planning
 Test Drive Support
 Upgrade history mapping
 Map-based Network Inventory

GUI – Capacity Planning
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Showing of residual capacity of each network
node (for both wireless access modules or
networking interfaces)
 Dynamic calculation of residual node capacity to
support provisioning
 Direct integration with monitoring portlet

GUI – Test Drive Support
 Data acquisition via a form or importing an Excel file (as well as via API)
 Showing summary of each test drive session
 Viewing test drive maps, trace and values associated to each point
 Support of real-time data acquisition and direct integration with WiTech Real-
Time Test Drive Platform

Geomarketing Analysis & Commercial Planning
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Sales territory management
 Sales force automation
 Commercial reporting
 Merchandising strategy
development
 Spatial Marketing

Provisioning & Assurance
 A foundation to implement/supporting
 Coverage check for Customer Care
 Self-care coverage check Portal
 Customer Maps
 Troubleshooting Reporting
 SLA Mainteinance
 Service Profile QoS based activation areas

GUI – Coverage Check
 Geocoding address to check coverage
 Rich interface with Google Map integration
 Searching Single address
 Searching List of Addresses
 Import list of addresses from a Excel file
 Simple End Customer Check
 Separate Operator interface and End
Customer self-care coverage check portal

Sample Web Site with self-care coverage check Portal
implemented leveraging the TelcoGIS|Suite’s set of APIs
(easily customizable with logo and preferred color schema)

Sample Web Site - WiMAX Coverage Check (1/5)
Going through a Guided Path from Checking Coverage to Selecting a Plan to Picking a Gear

Sample Web Site - WiMAX Coverage Check (2/5)
Checking Coverage for All Types of Services by Address
When “Not specified”, a
default floor can be set by
the Operator (normally, it Map is detachable and can
is the Ground Floor) be made larger

Sample Web Site - WiMAX Coverage Check (3/5)
Checking Coverage for a Specific Type of Services by Address & Floor, Plus Coverage Map

Sample Web Site - WiMAX Coverage Check (4/5)
Selecting a Service Plan After Having Checked Service Coverage

Sample Web Site - WiMAX Coverage Check (5/5)
Picking the Appropriate Gear After Having Selected a Service Plan, Then Subscribing On-line

Sample Web Site - WiFi Hotspot Finder

Application Programming Interfaces
All key Functions are exposed as standard WebServices
 Map Configuration APIs
 Edit map configurations
 Add/Remove symbols
 Layer Configuration APIs
 Add/Edit/Remove Raster Layer
 Add/Edit/Remove Vector Layer
 Edit query template
 Add/Edit/Delete Group Layers
 Add/Edit/Delete Projects
 Get Database Table names
 Map Visualization APIs
 Get map image
 Get layers tree
 Map Query APIs
 Query Single Layer
 Query Multiple Layer
 Coverage Check
 Check coverage from address
 Check coverage from coordinates

System Requirements
 Operating System
 Linux (Centos, Debian, RedHat)
 Application Server
 Glassfish
 Web Server
 Apache httpd
 Data Base
 PostGIS
 Hardware
 1 Quad Core, 2,5 GHz
 4 GB RAM
 RAID 5 4 x HD SAS 146 GB

Natively Connectable to the Intalio|BPM Platform
 TelcoGIS|Suite is equipped with a
dedicated connector for the
Intalio|BPM platform and constitutes
one of the building blocks of the
WiTech BPM-enabled Next-Gen
OSS/BSS Framework
 Intalio is the market leader in the
Open Source, Java-based Business
Process Management (BPMS)
segment
 WiTech is Intalio’s Platinum Partner
focused on the Telecommunications
Industry

WiTech BPM-enabled Next-Gen OSS/BSS FrameworkTM (1/2)

WiTech BPM-enabled Next-Gen OSS/BSS FrameworkTM (2/2)
 BPM System
 Access and Services Management Platform
 GIS Based Integrated Platform
 Enterprise Content Management
 Portal

Freemax Case Study – A New WiMAX Operator in Tuscany

Freemax Operating Platform
ERP

Freemax “From-Prospect-to-Bill” Process Implementation
Modeled, designed and deployed with Intalio|Designer

Freemax Promoter’s Sample GUI

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