Integration of traffic management systems with complex networks, having vendor specific protocols and data models, is very difficult task, when not supported by dedicated software such as dedicated mediation software. Our experience in integration of management systems, gathered by DOT Systems engineers for many years, has driven to development of ne2os Gateway mediation software solution.

ne2os Gateway is a comprehensive mediation framework dedicated to integration of traffic management systems and applications with network elements directly or via Element Management Systems. ne2os Gateway can be characterized as:

• generic traffic management mediation platform that can be used in mediation of any data and protocols,
• flexible and customizable software that minimizes cost and time required for introduction of a new mediation solution into a network,
• framework prepared to handle multi-vendor and multi-technology environments,
• software package containing a rich set of communication protocol and data processing (parsing) libraries.

ne2os Gateway is designed in component architecture, where new components can be developed and added as required. Such approach gives enormous freedom and flexibility during integration of new management systems, when it may be required to adapt to new technologies or new data models.

Independent mediation applications are usually used in cases, where mediation procedures are complex or managed networks are built from equipment of many vendors.

The product has been introduced into network of several operators worldwide as mediation software for traffic management OSS systems and is further being sold worldwide. In case of traffic management, ne2os Gateway implements complex procedures of:

• measurement management,
• measurement collection and mapping,
• traffic control.

By applying common ne2os Gateway mediation function, the system unifies object models and measured performance KPIs as well as traffic regulation policies related to different network element types. The system has been integrated in multivendor networks supporting mediation towards PSTN and NGN network elements of several vendors: Alcatel, Lucent, Siemens. The system is designed with large scalability, and has been introduced into networks supporting over 350 NEs, collecting and mediating very high volume of measurement data.