The Aptilo Metro Wireless Service Management System™ is a comprehensive Metro wireless multiservice management platform that flexibly manages diverse Business, Residential, Security and Public Safety data and voice service needs within a unified system, including hybrid system support for specialized indoor services and Guest Internet Access.
Aptilo’s common multiservice architecture enables easy creation of new revenue-generating value-added services and supports rapid Metro wireless network scalability with high capacity traffic load design capable of scaling while maintaining full service availability.
Metro wireless has predominantly been deployed using wireless mesh (Wi-Fi) technology. But as more devices get WiMAX connectivity and WiMAX licenses become available, WiMAX has rapidly become a viable option for metro wireless deployments. Many of these WiMAX installations have been seen in more rural areas as a complement or alternative to Wi-Fi mesh. A third option is to deploy multiple Wi-Fi access zones (hotspots) at some of the busiest locations in the city with a high density of wireless devices rather than going for a full coverage.
Regardless if the network will be Wi-Fi or WiMAX based, Aptilo can support the deployment as we handle both Wi-Fi and WiMAX from within the same platform: the Aptilo Metro Wireless Service Management System™.
While Wi-Fi-based wireless mesh may make sense in high-density metro areas and Wi-Fi for indoor coverage, WiMAX is often the most cost-effective solution in rural areas. Many times it makes sense to combine all three technologies. The Aptilo solution offers service transparency between Wi-Fi and WiMAX enabling a metro wireless deployment that offers the best of all worlds.
The Aptilo solution is already fully integrated with leading Wi-Fi mesh vendors such as BelAir, Cisco, Firetide, Motorola and Tropos as well as with the majority of WiMAX radio and ASN gateway vendors including Alvarion, Cisco, Harris Stratex, Huawei, Motorola, Starent and WiChorus.
Aptilo has vast experience in deploying service management solutions for metro wireless mesh networks including one of the largest in the world -- the city of Taipei with 5000+ access points.
Main Street Broadband, one of the largest RUS-funded projects in the US to date, has been deployed with Aptilo’s WiMAX solution together with radio equipment from Alvarion.
The Aptilo Service Management Platform also has the flexibility to centrally manage multiple city-operated Wi-Fi hotspots and make them into one manageable unit. This makes it possible to deploy multiple Wi-Fi access zones at public locations with high demand for connectivity to the Internet and a dynamic flow of visitors, rather than implementing a full Wi-Fi mesh or WiMAX network covering the entire city. This was the approach the State of Fribourg in Switzerland took using Aptilo’s solution.
Aptilo has also helped turn around one of the most publicized municipality wireless networks in the USA – the City of Lompoc, CA – into a tremendous success. Read all about this turn around success story in the PC World article, “Back-End Systems Could Save a City Wi-Fi Project.”
Whether the choice is to buy the Aptilo Metro Wireless Service Management System™ (SW) and run it on standard servers at the customer's own datacenter or utilize the Aptilo Managed Service™ (SaaS) where the servers are operated by Aptilo from one of our Network Operations Centers, we are there for you to make sure that your metro wireless implementation will be successful.
Aptilo’s Metro wireless service management solution enables highly secure authentication, authorization, encryption and Quality of Service (QoS) support enforces service flow parameters for different users, devices and services, enabling prioritization of police and other public safety responder traffic within a single system.
The Aptilo Service Management Platform™ is the core component of the Aptilo Metro Wireless Service Management System™. The Aptilo Service Portal™ is the main tool for automatic processing and display of data, and is used together with the Aptilo Access Controller™ which securely communicates with the service platforms and oversees access and QoS control for Aptilo’s solutions.
For governments and municipalities that want to quickly bridge the “digital divide” with a cost effective feature-rich metro wireless service management solution, the Aptilo Managed Service™ is the perfect solution. The same robust Aptilo Metro Wireless Service Management System™ can be easily implemented as a “turnkey” managed service solution helping avoid time consuming technical and operational issues enabling a rapid time to market while still providing the flexibility of future network and service expansion support.
Aptilo is the ideal choice for government and municipalities because of the company’s technical expertise and experience providing reliable Metro wireless service management solutions. Aptilo has a demonstrated track record of success and reliability that governments, business and private citizens around the world rely on. |
