Living Systems® Connection Agent (LS/CA)

The GSMA Award-winning 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 (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA), public and private WLAN (with seamless authentication), and Ethernet. Ready for WiMAX and LTE.
• 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 delivers a cost-effective way to cope with growth in data traffic volumes by optimizing network utilization and lowering congestion
• Smart and robust connection management selects the best available network based on dynamic context and on operator or user preferences.
• Seamless authentication without user intervention for secure automated PWLAN login and corporate Wi-Fi authentication.
• Intuitive end-user dashboard displays all relevant information about connection availability, activity, and volume statistics on an intuitive dashboard.
• Versatile communication and content delivery platform for sending and receiving SMS (with Microsoft Outlook integration) and for pushing information or advertisements to the end-users.
• Fully customizable, multilingual user interface with support for English, German, French, Italian, and Arabic, others upon request.
• Easy customization of connection preferences, including network priorities, authentication credentials, VPN configuration, and web browser and printer settings.
• Transparent roaming support for setting preferred networks and spending limits.
• Integrated support for prepaid schemes.
• Broad out-of-the-box hardware support.
• Ready for enterprise deployment with centralized deployment and management of client configurations and security parameters.
• Tight VPN integration for a wide range of leading  products.
• Sophisticated tools for diagnostics and end-user support help staff identify and resolve issues.
• Online software deployment and maintenance platform for over-the-air updates of software and firmware.