[March 23, 2009] IPDR engine released by Applied Broadband Tweet (Worldwide Computer Products News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Applied Broadband, a company specialising in the analysis, research and development of new broadband network architectures and service delivery software, today (23 March) announced the release of its Pipeline Universal IP Detail Record Engine. The company said that the application addresses cable operator's need to collect, process, normalise and distribute massive amounts of IPDR data for visibility into their networks, devices, services and subscribers' overall experience. The company also announced that as part of an OEM agreement, the application is already part of a major US cable operator's IPDR collection layer. Pipeline offers a modular IPDR collection layer specifically designed for the scale and reliability needs of today's broadband cable networks. Pipeline takes a service oriented architecture (SOA) approach to collect IPDR streams representing millions of cable modems, enhanced multimedia terminal adapters and set-top boxes. It then distributes records to multiple OSS/BSS applications, such as metered billing, capacity management and service analytics, among other use cases. No financial details were disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2009 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]