Cocon stands for "COntrolled COnsistent Networks" and is a multi-user application allowing for the quick and user-friendly entering, mutating, and analyzing of complex, glass fiber network structures.
Cocon is used for, among other things:
•Issuing unique names of, among other things, ducts, cables, and handholes.
•Registration of future, current, and to be removed networks.
•Registration of future, current, and to be removed splices and patches.
•Registration of future, current, and to be removed fiber use.
•Maintaining fiber termination.
•Registration and maintenance of cable works.
•Capacity planning.
•Maintaining section names.
•Automated interface with KLIC.
•Designing sales strategies.
•Maintaining drawings and other documents.
Cocon allows the user to keep an overview over the status of the current network and - depending on authorization - making changes or extensions to it.
Some characteristics of Cocon:
•Cocon supports the entire process that has to be followed when establishing a new network(part). From planning to documented delivery.
•Every menu option in Cocon may be authorized per user or group of users.
•From the geographical part of Cocon numerous non-geographical reports may be called up, whilst from the non-geography the network components shown in the geography may be displayed.
•Cocon is bilingual.
•Both the geographical and the non-geographical data are saved in an Oracle database.
•Cocon may be easily expanded with interfaces to other applications.
Cocon is composed of eight main groups:
•File: basic functions and installation possibilities.
•Edit: functionality for textual adjustments.
•Register: functions serving changes and extensions in the glass fiber network.
•Checking: access to an automated reporting of errors and missing information in the Cocon database.
•Reports: reports on network elements.
•Extra: for the setting of options, among other things.
•Window: Choosing activated menu windows.
•Help: help functionality, changing the language, release notes, and system information.
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