ARRIS ServAssure Alarm Central Virtual Spectrum Analyzer is designed to provide cable operators with an easy way to inspect signal performance and better prepare for a DOCSIS 3.1 launch and subsequently check performance, without rolling a truck.
By deploying the Virtual Spectrum Analyzer, cable operators can anticipate additional opex and/or capex savings due to less need for investment in complex and expensive hardware spectrum analyzers. Alarm Central helps broadband cable engineers proactively maintain the HFC network, enabling them to deliver a superior customer experience, ARRIS says. Virtual Spectrum Analyzer's features include:
- Automated detection and management of HFC plant outages and proactive impairments
- Near real-time outage detection for fast MTTR
- Automated verification of alarms to eliminate false positives and improve operational efficiency
- Real-time problem verification while techs are onsite, reducing repeat truck rolls
- Proactively addresses amplifier issues affecting multiple customers
- Improved alarm propagation including above the fiber node for accurate root cause detection
- Escalation to third-party tools to create an automated end-to-end ecosystem
- Cloud hosting support, which reduces operator IT expense and simplifies deployments
