The GSMA Award-winning Living Systems Connection Agent (LS/CA) connection manager delivers seamless handover between fixed-line, 3G/4G, and Wi-Fi connections and frees up cellular capacities through smart Wi-Fi offload. LS/CA provides mobile users with the always-best connection for their location, device, and needs. It gives MNOs a flexible white-label platform with full control to deliver a consistent, fully branded customer experience across all networks.
LS/CA takes complete care of network selection, access connection, and connection handover based on scenarios defined by the mobile operator, enterprise system administrator, or end-user.
By intelligently offloading traffic from congested cells to operator-owned or third-party Wi-Fi infrastructures, LS/CA actively helps maintain quality of service and quality of user experience.
With the unique Living Systems SmartShift Mobile IP component at its core, LS/CA manages a completely transparent and seamless transition of all IP traffic between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. It enables reliable session continuity by preserving the device's IP address throughout network changes and thus ensures that applications such as VPN and streaming video or cloud-based services can run without a glitch.
With LS/CA, the subscriber consumes a single bundle of connectivity and enjoys maximized bandwidth without any service disruption or interruption.
Product Features
Support for all major network technologies
2G/3G/3.5G/4G (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, LTE), public and private WLAN (with seamless authentication), and Ethernet. Ready for WiMAX.
Seamless vertical handover with session continuity and IP preservation
Between cellular, Wi-Fi, and wired networks without affecting running applications and services.
Data traffic offload to Wi-Fi
A cost-effective way to cope with growth in data traffic volumes by optimizing network utilization and lowering congestion.
Smart and robust connection management
Automatically select the best available network based on dynamic context and on operator or user preferences.
Seamless authentication without user intervention
Secure automated PWLAN login and corporate Wi-Fi authentication.
Intuitive end-user dashboard
Display of all relevant information about connection availability, activity, and volume statistics on an intuitive dashboard.
Versatile communication and content delivery platform
Sending and receiving SMS (with Microsoft Outlook integration) and pushing of information or advertisements to end-users.
Fully customizable, multilingual user interface
Support for English, German, French, Italian, and Arabic, others upon request.
Easy customization of connection preferences
Network priorities, authentication credentials, VPN configuration, Web browser and printer settings, and more.
Transparent roaming support
Setting of preferred networks and spending limits.
Integrated support for prepaid schemes
Prepared for lower cost usage models, with functionality constraints if required.
Broad out-of-the-box hardware support
Network adaptors from all major vendors are supported.
Ready for enterprise deployment
Centralized deployment and management of client configurations and security parameters.
Tight VPN integration
A wide range of leading VPN products are supported.
Sophisticated tools for diagnostics and end-user support
Assistance with resolving problems.
Online software deployment and maintenance platform
Over-the-air updates of software and firmware.
