Albatross

Least Cost Routing

Albatross Least Cost Routing service reduces interconnection costs, improves call quality and frees up personnel. It has immediate effect over the entire network.

Least Cost Routing is an efficient and cost effective solution to optimise and manage LCR tables for a network operator’s international traffic. Working in real time, LCR enables selection of the carrier with the best price and quality.

Features:

• Administrative interface for input of price plans, contracts and carriers, to create an LCR table.
• User-friendly Web based user interface for manual input and changes to LCR table.
• Call by call network routing information based on LCR table.
• Automatic re-routing in cases of network congestion and time-outs.

Advantages

For Network Operators:

• Reduces international traffic costs and improves quality.
• Repetitive tasks are automated to free up resources and minimise errors.
• Changes in the LCR table affect the entire network and are immediate.
• Minimal switch analysis is needed.
• Enables custom made customer SLAs.

For End Users:

• Desired service and quality, fewer dropped calls, congestion tones and silent connections.        

LCR Table

The LCR table consists of a list of destination number ranges with choices of carrier presented in order of priority. Each carrier choice is represented by a carrier prefix which is sent to the switch by the iNode for each relevant call attempt, e.g. to international destinations. Changes to the LCR table can carried out immediately or scheduled.