OV Congestion Manager

Ease congestion on your broadband networks with our flexible solution that detects congestion, identifies the contributors to the congestion, and takes automated actions to minimise their impact. By leveraging the DOCSIS standard PCMM protocol and our patented flexibility, OV Congestion Manager enforces complex business rules to ensure a fair share environment with markedly reduced congestion. Our automated solution helps you avoid:

• Service disruptions
• Subscribers’ upstream speeds not meeting their expectations and needs
• Higher volumes of interaction with customer care
• Increased number of unnecessary truck rolls
• Unexpected and mistargeted financial investment in adding extra capacity through re-engineering infrastructure

Benefits:

For Network Managers

• Extended network life
• Flattened curve of upstream usage growth
• Avoid splitting or adding nodes or adding fiber and running new cable
• Keeps technicians from unnecessary site visits

For Finance

• Limiting the need for incremental equipment investment
• Lower customer usage will spread out capital expenditures over time
• Reduced call volume
• Reduced truck rolls
• Increased revenue opportunity from right-sizing subscriber packages

For the Subscriber Experience

• Improvement of quality of experience
• Facilitates fair share use of the network
• Opportunity for subscribers to upgrade their package rather than face fees or reduced QoE