Wireless

neXus Solutions for Wireless, Public Wireless LAN & WiMAX

With the proliferation of Public Wireless LANs (PWLAN), Metropolitan Connectivity and WiMAX-based connectivity, Wireless service providers require Admission Control and Service Selection solutions that are easy to deploy and manage.

neXus solutions for Wireless. Public Wireless LAN and WiMAX cater to the following:

Admission Control
Public Access service providers requires Admission Control capabilities in order to support flexible authentication and accounting models. neXus Admission  Control, obtained through a customizable portal, allows service providers to control service access as well as set flexible charging options such as prepaid, postpaid through ISP agreements, and clearinghouse settlements.

Service Selection
Public Access may require a service selection solution, either for regulatory reasons or simply to support the NSPs business model. neXus Service Selection portal provides a solution for service selection. Service selection supports Turbo Button features as well.

Centralized Site/Location Management
neXus wireless solution is a centralized platform allowing  service providers to control their widely deployed locations from a single, central interface to the network.

Location Awareness - Services, Branding  and Charging
neXus location awareness capabilities allow service providers to tailor location-specific service offerings, provide location-specific branding, and support location-specific charging scheme.

Whether deployed under a single brand or in partnership with venue owners such as hotels and coffee shops, Location Awareness allows location-based service differentiation while  still operating as a centralized solution.

Advanced Charging - Prepaid and Postpaid Support
Public access requires flexibility in supporting advanced business models. neXus Advanced Charging capabilities allow operators to define advanced rating and charging plans whether they are globally available or available per location.

Examples for advanced rating and charging plans include:

	Day pass
	Hours quota limited by expiration time
	Flexible Prepaid quota
	Postpaid (integration with ISP accounts for roaming users and clearinghouse services)
	One-time password mechanisms (for example SMS-authentication with cellular bill charging)

End-To-End Subscriber Troubleshooting
Customer support and troubleshooting must cover end-to-end service operations. neXus Subscriber Troubleshooting provides an end-to-end view on the subscriber call-flow from the cell (whether deployed as WiFi Access Points or WiMAX) to the network and solution components. neXus provides a single-screen subscriber call flow debugging utility for efficient  service operations and support.