NPAT (Network Planning & Analysis Tools) is WANDL's solution for ATM, Frame Relay, TDM, Voice, and Optical Transport networks providing cross-vendor support for all stages of network planning, design, and analysis.

NPAT - Complete Solution for all Stages of Network Design & Analysis

Why NPAT?

• Improved Network Performance - NPAT considers diversity issues in the design and simulation process so that your network will survive node or private line failures, or any combination of outages. It also detects potential network bottlenecks, minimizes traffic flow delays and so on.
• Reduced Network Costs - Implementing effective designs can result in lower hardware and maintenance costs, both in the initial deployment of the network and in subsequent upgrades. Minimizing monthly transmission line costs results in further reductions. NPAT has proven itself repeatedly by creating lower cost designs as compared to those aided by other tools.
• Increased Productivity - With the state-of-the-art NPAT design engine and heuristics, tasks such as accommodating traffic growth and optimizing the backbone topology are now practically automated.
• Demand Forecasting - NPAT equips planners with accurate information regarding network capacity. Questions such as "How much traffic can be carried by the network?" or "What effect will traffic growth have on the current network?" can be answered with a few keystrokes.

Data Extraction and Conversion

WANDL can assist you with customizable Data Extraction or Data Conversion utilities to help you extract the data from your network into a format ready for use by the NPAT system. Major hardware vendor devices are supported. Customizable solutions are available upon request.

Supported Hardware Device Models

• Alcatel 7x70, 36150
• Cisco MGX, BPX, IGX, LS1010, ONS15454
• ECI Telecom T::DAX
• Ericsson (Marconi) ASX, TNX, BXR
• Lucent GX550, CBX500, B-STDX
• net.com Promina, SCREAM
• Nortel MSS(Passport ATM), BNX
• Sycamore
• Generic ATM, FR, TDM, SDH, SONET, Voice models

Brochures

Network Planning & Analysis Tools Product Information (pdf,223 KB)

Recommended System Configuration

Server: Sun Workstation Solaris 10 1 GB RAM or more 1 GB server disk space* CD-ROM drive** Client (Sun Workstation): Solaris 10 256 MB RAM or more 100 MB disk space CD-ROM drive** Client (PC): Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista or Linux (supporting Sun VM) 256 MB RAM or more CD-ROM drive**

*Disk utilization dependent upon network size

**The CD-ROM drive is not required if installation files are downloaded to the machine.