OlaTech Proposal for WiFi Subscriber Platform including AAA & DHCP

Solution Proposal
WiFi Solution for NIRMA University

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Contents

1. Executive Summary .................................................................................3

2. OlaTech Proposed Solution ...........................................................................4

2.1 In Scope ...................................................................................................... 4

3. OTS Assumptions & Considerations...............................................................5

3.1 External System Interfaces ................................................................................ 6

4. Proposed Solution Modules – Description .......................................................8

3.1 EpiphanyAAA ................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Epiphany WiFi Subscriber Platform (WSP) ............................................................. 9
3.3 EpiphanyWSP Captive Portal........................................................................... 10
3.4 OTS EpiphanyWSP Voucher Management ............................................................ 12
3.5 OTS EpiphanyWSP Prepaid Plan (Online Charging) ................................................. 14
3.6 WiFi Call Flows .......................................................................................... 15
3.6.1 Free WiFi Call Flow (Guest User) ................................................................................................................... 15
3.6.2 Physical Voucher Based Call Flow (Guest Users) .......................................................................................... 16
3.6.3 WiFi Call Flow for Faculty, staff and students – Option 1 ............................................................................. 17
3.6.4 WiFi Call Flow for Faculty, staff and Students – Option 2 ............................................................................. 19
3.6.5 Online Payment Based Call Flow ................................................................................................................... 23

5. Epiphany DHCP ..................................................................................... 25

6. OlaTech Solutions Project Management ....................................................... 26

a. Program Structure ...................................................................................... 26
i. Project Reporting & Performance Management ................................................................................................ 26
ii. Program Monitoring & Control ........................................................................................................................... 26
iii. Project Implementation Plan .............................................................................................................................. 27
iv. Project Governance............................................................................................................................................. 27

7. RACI Matrix.......................................................................................... 29

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1. Executive Summary

OlaTech Solutions (OTS) is pleased to submit the solution to NIRMA University for WiFi AAA, Captive Portal & DHCP
solution as part of the requirement for establishment of Wi-Fi facility at NIRMA Campus in Ahmedabad. This proposal
outlines our understanding of the requirements for the mentioned modules. After reviewing the requirements and
business need, OlaTech Solutions has created this proposal, which we are confident is the best fit for NIRMA University to
achieve its Business Objectives.
OTS EpiphanyWSP (WiFi Subscriber Platform), EpiphanyAAA & EpiphanyDHCP will enable NIRMA with a robust & scalable
platform.

Our Product Portfolio’s building architecture is based on the following design principles:
a. Compliance to standards is the core of our systems, allowing vendor neutrality and utilization of best-of-breed
components.
b. Flexibility allows for faster adaptation to competitive and ever-changing telecommunication marketplace. It also
speeds the deployment of new services in future
c. Feature rich platform minimizes the number of integration points, length of deployment and total cost of
ownership

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2. OlaTech Proposed Solution

Based on the understanding from the requirements, OlaTech proposes the following as the scope of engagement with
NIRMA University for Campus WiFi:

2.1 In Scope

Sl.No. Item Description Quantity Units

1 WiFi Subscriber Platform including Captive Portal 1 Lot
2 AAA Platform 1 Lot
3 DHCP 1 Lot

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3. OTS Assumptions & Considerations

Sr. No. Assumption

1. OTS Epiphany WiFi Subscriber Platform (WSP) will enable support for Walk-In WiFi Subscribers. OTS also
supports WiFi use-case for Faculty, students and other staff who will access WiFi through their respective
username/password.

2. Epiphany WSP has taken 15,000 concurrent sessions as per requirement. AAA CDRs will be retained for
24 months as per TRAI regulations. So, Solution design and Hardware sizing has been done accordingly.

3. For the Walk-in Wi-Fi (Guest) customers, the authentication will happen over Epiphany WSP Portal,
which would be OTP based authentication. Epiphany WSP Portal and Epiphany AAA will handle the
required functionality. The rating and charging of the Walk-in subscribers will happen accordingly.
Epiphany WSP also supports voucher based, Online payment based and username-password based
authentication. Guest users will latch on to a separate SSID which will be radiated by the Access Point.
4. For Faculty, staff and students, username-password based authentication will be carried out. The
username & password for each faculty, staff or student will be first provisioned by the Admin in the WSP
platform. After provisioning only, they will be able to access the internet.
5. Captive Portal re-direction will happen from the Access Controller (WLC). IP address will be assigned by
DHCP server and WLC shall forward traffic to Epiphany WSP - AAA for further processing.

6. Epiphany Captive Portal has the capability to display static Ads, banners and promotional offers for
different locations if required. SSL certificate for Captive Portal will be provided by NIRMA University.
7. Internet breakout will happen from the ISP Internet Gateway. Charging of Walk-In subscribers will be
done by Epiphany WSP platform.

8. Minimum requirements from WLC to support the solution:

➢ AP/WLC should support http post or CoA and DM Messages RFC – 3576, sending Class attribute
in both Access accept and Accounting Requests
➢ AP/WLC should support radius standard Session-Timeout attribute and should disconnect user
after session time is over.
➢ AP/WLC should have re-authentication support, if chunk-based quota allocation is required and
FUP has to be implemented. AP/WLC should be capable to send Framed-IP-Address in
accounting request. AP/WLC should be capable to send mac, location id of AP etc during
redirection of Captive Portal.
➢ Captive Portal redirection will happen from AP/WLC

9. Epiphany WSP solution supports HA deployment. OTS has considered deployment of the solution on-
premises.

10. All the considered external system interfaces have been proposed in this document.

11. For Wi-Fi packages, Time and Volume based packages can be configured. The same should be supported
by WLC for policy enforcement on the customers.

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Sr. No. Assumption

12. Epiphany WSP supports SNMP integration with external NMS applications for Alarm monitoring. MIBs
will be shared at the time of project implementation

High Level Solution Architecture:

The above figure shows the logical architecture of the Epiphany WiFi Subscriber Platform and its integration with 3PP
Components.

3.1 External System Interfaces

Following is the indicative interface list:

Interface
Interface From Interface To Purpose
Protocol
AP/Access Subscriber Authentication for Walk-in
OTS EpiphanyAAA RADIUS
Controller customers

AP/Access OTS Epiphany WSP HTTP/HTTP

Authentication for Walk-in customers
Controller Portal s

OTS
OTS EpiphanyAAA IP For IP leasing
EpiphanyDHCP

OTS
SMSC SMPP For SMS Notification & OTPs
EpiphanyWSP

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Interface
Interface From Interface To Purpose
Protocol
OTS
Payment Gateway HTTP To submit payment for online users.
EpiphanyWSP

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4. Proposed Solution Modules – Description

3.1 EpiphanyAAA

AAA stands for Authentication, authorization and accounting which is a framework of controlling access to mobile devices,
computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage and providing the necessary information to charge the customer
for services.
At the first process, Authentication provides a way of identifying a subscriber by verifying the credentials which will include
the username & password, before access is granted. The RADIUS server compares a subscriber authentication credentials
with the other subscriber credentials stored in the database. If the credentials match, the access is granted to the
subscriber otherwise denied.
Authorization process involves determining what types of services, activities or resources a subscriber is permitted. Simply
put, if the subscriber has no balance in his prepaid account, he is not authorized to make a call.
The last process is accounting which measures the total number of resources, a subscriber consumes during access. This
can actually include how much amount should be deducted from the subscriber’s account for a particular call session or
data session.
The features of RADIUS are given below:
• The proposed RADIUS Server can support various policies like Access Policy, Concurrent Login Policy, Authorization
Policy, Session Management Policy etc. within the Policy Manager module.
• It is robust and scalable by mere fact that it can manage n number of devices centrally and has the ability to
process thousands of transactions per second.
• The proposed RADIUS Server comes with its own Management Interface which is web accessible and entire AAA
server can be managed using this interface.
• RADIUS Server supports multiple data sources like LDAP, Flat File, and RDBMS etc. OlaTech AAA solution comes
with MySQL Db and hence the same is used as a default data source unless, there are any external 3rd party data
sources to be interfaced with.

EpiphanyAAA enterprise solution servers are highly scalable, high performance centralized server management for
verifying user authentication requests and centrally enforcing and managing policies and profiles to control access to
services across multiple networks. EpiphanyAAA enterprise solution servers enable operators’ administrators centrally
manage remote VPN, WLAN, LAN, voice over IP (VoIP) and 802.1x users and equipment’s to enhance the security and
management of their networks.
Following are the Salient features of AAA server:

Interoperable with multiple network elements: EpiphanyAAA integrates with multiple Network deployments with ease.
It enables a centralized GUI to define multiple vendor attributes supporting multiple authentication protocols. Interfaces
seamlessly with network access equipment in a standards-based and vendor-agnostic manner. It supports integration
with 3rd party database for user credentials such as LDAP.

Centralized Authentication and Management: EpiphanyAAA Server supports centralized user authentication and
management that allows administrator-defined configuration items to be streamlined across servers in the network and
increases enterprise security and compliance with regulations.

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Broad Multi-Vendor Support and Integration: EpiphanyAAA ably fits into any network environment and works with the
widest variety of network access equipment. This broad multi- vendor supports provides allows easy integration

• It supports most of the back-end authentication database, and is compatible with the latest authentication,
provisioning and billing systems
• EpiphanyAAA easily interoperates with other RADIUS servers, ensures smooth communication with other
service providers and enterprise

Multiple Protocol Support:

• RADIUS, XML, LDAP, Telnet

• PAP,CHAP, MS-CHAPv2, EAP, MIP, MIPv6
• EJB,SNMP&TCP/IP, IPv6

Secure Network Access:

• Secured Wired 802.1x Network Access - Authentication is based on the EAP-MD5 which encrypts the user
credentials and also ensures mutual authentication of NAS and RADIUS for all remote WLAN/VPN and wired
802.1X user
• Secure Access over HTTPS with X.509 certificate via SSL

Centralized Configuration Management: EpiphanyAAA offers a Web based GUI for ease in Centralized Configuration and
Monitoring. It enables to remotely configure any local server settings. This reduces cost and time associated with
implementation and maintenance. Web Based administrator runs on standard browser running on any platform (OS)

3.2 Epiphany WiFi Subscriber Platform (WSP)

Following are the salient features of Epiphany WSP:

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• Captive Portal with location specific & device agnostic branding capabilities.
• Epiphany WSP Engine for Web-based Authentication of Non EAP-SIM & Classic Wi-Fi Subscribers.
• Web-based Subscriber Registration, Recharge, Renewal for Walk-in Users along with online payment & Voucher
options.
• Session Management, Quota Management features with RADIUS Interface support
• Smart detection of device type and Automatic redirection to the portal page.
• Threshold based QoS (Quality of Service) support with multi-tier usage notification
• Rich Voucher Management (to Create Vouchers / Prepaid & Postpaid Plans) etc
• Partner Web Self Care and Customer Web Self Care Offerings with multiple value additions

3.3 EpiphanyWSP Captive Portal

• The Wi-Fi service providers will double as hotspot providers enabling customers use internet services in various
hotspot zones like Colleges, Schools, Hospitals etc. The service provider may/may not have tie-ups with various
mobile operators.
• Epiphany WSP Platform offers a flexible, re-integrated as well as modular Web based Captive Portal also named
as Captive Portal. The web portals are the primary interface for users through which users interact with the
Epiphany WSP. Web portals are basically a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) which gets displayed prior
to access to internet once the user latches on a particular Wi-Fi SSID at hotspot locations.
• Captive Portal collects the data (in terms of user credentials) from end user and gives the inputs to Epiphany WSP
- AAA Engine which further processes the data and works on integrations and notification processes as well.
• The Captive Portal can be easily customized as per Service provider's requirements, and it is the first prompt from
Access Controller/Gateway (WLC) for redirection which may differ in various scenarios. Captive Portal is highly
interoperable that can easily integrate with the Service Providers existing ecosystem as well as with Industry
leading Access Controllers/Gateways.
• For walk-in users, physical vouchers are usually provided, and the customer can be registered by making an
account on the Captive Portal.
• The location of the customer may also be captured through smartphones, or the laptop connected to the service
provider. Based on such customer location, the respective themes, ad banners and information can also be
displayed on the Captive Portal for the logged in customer.
• As soon as the user connects to the Wi-Fi SSID and tries to surf internet, he would be re-directed to a login page.
If this is a new subscriber, he/she can follow the Registration Link and perform the registration. The subscriber
has the option to visit the Self-care Portal. Being compatible to various Operating Systems, the Captive Portal
content is made compatible to major smartphone vendor devices.

Following diagram depicts the Epiphany WSP platform to cater to WiFi Services:

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Key Benefits:
• Complete WoW Experience on tailor made and Interactive Captive Portal
• Multiple payment modes as Vouchers and online Payment
• Hot trending and promotional Registration/Recharge/Renewal Plans.
• Internet access on mobile phones, laptops, and latest smart devices on the move.
• Web Self Care Access for usage graphs & other uses.
• Recharge History on the web self-care.
• Device Agnostic Portal interface supporting all the major operating systems like iOS, Android.

Epiphany Captive Portal has already achieved interoperability with the following:
• Ruckus Zone Director
• HPE-Aruba
• Fortinet WLC
• HFCL iON
• Cisco WLC

OTS Epiphany Captive Portal Login:

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A beautifully designed Captive Portal screen for ecstatic user experience. Several types of login are possible:
• OTP based
• Voucher Based
• Username-Password based
• Social media-based login

Multi-portal design based on verticals & location:

The design of the Epiphany Captive Portal can be customized with the vertical or AP location. Relevant banner Ads, themes
and other information can be populated based on the location. The service provider/front bidder can also upload banner
Ads and other relevant information. Smart phones are supported by OTS Epiphany Captive Portal running on Android/iOS.
Epiphany Captive Portal is also compatible with browsers such as IE, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera etc.

3.4 OTS EpiphanyWSP Voucher Management

OTS EpiphanyWSP VoMS is a robust & flexible Voucher management system which allows Service Provider to efficiently
manage Vouchers / Cards sold to the Subscriber. EpiphanyWSP Voucher System can process & manage millions of Voucher
transactions along with real time validation. At the same time, different prepaid plans can be created in EpiphanyWSP to
display online plans to prepaid subscribers as well as Partner Web Self Care. Also, Quota threshold wise QoS allotment
can be configured in prepaid plan which will handle QoS allocation on basis of Quota consumption range.

OTS EpiphanyWSP Voucher Management Features:

• Voucher Generation: Allows the generation of vouchers with required prefix, denomination, quantity, period,
Multi – Tier Upload/Download QoS and user validity.

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• Bulk Voucher Creation with Configurable Voucher Length & customized Mechanism support
• Multiple Export options like CSV, XLS, XML, PDF and online print.
• Multiple Channels: Allows recharge through multi-mode recharge modules, including offline and electronic
channels.
• Plan management: Current Trending Plans (Volume, Time based and Hybrid) can be configured in EpiphanyWSP
with attributes such as Plan duration, Accessibility, Upload/Download QoS etc
• Channel management: Allows rapid expansion of operations through distribution & management of vouchers
assigned to distributors and resellers.
• Voucher Encryption: Voucher transactions can be controlled during various stages of their life cycle. For instance,
vouchers’ print detail file to be sent to third party printing systems can be encrypted and respective Decryption
utility can be provided to Third Party.
• Access Control List: Staff can be assigned rights for accessing features and amount-based transactions on a daily,
monthly, and transaction level. It ensures secure access with IP-based authentication.
• Scalability: Allows access for millions of subscribers enabling quick activation with new recharging interfaces.

OTS EpiphanyWSP Voucher Printing Process requires following processes:

• Creation of Plan with desired characteristics as Quota, QoS, Validity, Price etc
• Creation of Voucher batch with desired no of Voucher Quantity and attached Plan
• Voucher Batch should be created successfully with appropriate Voucher state
• Vouchers can be exported directly by printing online via Print option
• Similarly, Vouchers can be exported in Secured, Encrypted or plain text manner. In case of third-Party mechanism,
Vouchers can be exported in encrypted form and respective decryption utility can be catered to third party
Printing devices.
• Once the vouchers are in Printed format, vouchers can be rolled out to in Market for Subscriber usage.
• Subscriber can purchase the vouchers from respective partners and redeem the Vouchers to access the Wi-Fi
services in operator’s Wi-Fi hotspot zone.

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Following is the Voucher Life Cycle in OTS EpiphanyWSP:

3.5 OTS EpiphanyWSP Prepaid Plan (Online Charging)

Following are the key features of EpiphanyWSP Prepaid Plan Management Module:
• Unlimited Quota Support in Plan for FUP based Plan (QoS Slab based Threshold Quota)
• Allocate Unlimited Quota to a particular Prepaid Plan or Vouchers created with such Plan. Also, QoS Parameters
can be pre-configured to throttle down the QoS on reaching Configured Usage Threshold.
• Flat Volume/ Time based Quota Metering based on Radius Accounting
• EpiphanyWSP can manage the Quota of the Walk-In Subscribers by processing the Accounting request.
• Multi-tier Usage Notifications (notifications to user on 80 % usage or 100 % usage)

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3.6 WiFi Call Flows

This section highlights the Call Flows on the basis of our understanding of the requirements.

3.6.1 Free WiFi Call Flow (Guest User)

The high-level process flow is described below:

• The subscriber enters a free Wi-Fi zone and connects to open SSID through Access Point (AP).
• The AP provides the subscriber with the available SSID in the network. The IP address is leased to the user by
EpiphanyDHCP.
• The user now clicks on the SSID and tries to connect to the internet.
• At this point, the subscriber is redirected to Epiphany Captive portal. The captive portals provide subscriber with
a registration page where he/she has to enter the required credentials
• The captive portal sends a request to EpiphanyWSP to send an OTP to the subscriber.
• Here, EpiphanyWSP is integrated with SMSC (over SMPP)
• EpiphanyWSP sends the OTP to the subscriber via SMSC only if the mobile number is valid.
• SMSC sends the OTP to the subscriber in the form of an SMS will send the OTP to the subscriber as a notification.
The subscriber enters the OTP on the Epiphany Captive Portal.

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• The OTP is sent to EpiphanyWSP for verification purpose where subscriber provisioning occurs. If the provisioning
is successful, Captive portal sends login request to EpiphanyWSP. The user is validated, and an “HTTP Login
Success” request is sent to the AP/WLC.
• Now, “RADIUS Access Request” is sent to EpiphanyAAA for checking Quota. EpiphanyAAA keeps a track of the
data consumed by the subscriber at run time. A “RADIUS Access Accept” response is sent back to WLC.
• WLC sends “RADIUS Accounting Start” Request to EpiphanyAAA and gets a “RADIUS Accounting Start” response
for the same.
• The subscriber can now surf the internet.

3.6.2 Physical Voucher Based Call Flow (Guest Users)

The high-level process flow is described below:

• A subscriber comes in hotspot area to access Wi-Fi.
• AP/WLC will send “RADIUS Access_Request” message towards EpiphanyAAA. This RADIUS access request message
will be incorporated with user device MAC address.
• On getting this MAC address, AAA Server will send “RADIUS Access_Accept Response” to WLC.
• It connects to the SSID.
• For logging into the system, the subscriber is redirected to the Epiphany Captive Portal.

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• Subscriber enters the voucher ID and mobile number on captive portal along with other details. The captive portal
authenticates the subscriber. In case the response is negative, subscriber registration cannot proceed further.
• On successful voucher authentication “RADIUS CoA Request” is sent to WLC through EpiphanyAAA Server.
• WLC sends an acknowledgement to EpiphanyAAA Server with “RADIUS CoA ACK”.
• Now, to start the accounting process, WLC sends a “RADIUS Accounting Start Request” to EpiphanyAAA. In return,
EpiphanyAAA sends a “RADIUS Accounting Start Response” to WLC.
• At this point the subscriber sends an HTTP request to WLC. Now, the internet browsing can be started by the
subscriber.
• To have periodic check on the quota of the subscriber, WLC sends a “RADIUS Accounting Interim Request” to
EpiphanyAAA Server and gets a “RADIUS Accounting Interim Response” for the same.
• When the user no longer needs internet access or if the quota is exhausted then WLC will send a “RADIUS
Accounting Stop Request” to EpiphanyAAA Server and will get a “RADIUS Accounting Stop” response for the same.

3.6.3 WiFi Call Flow for Faculty, staff and students – Option 1

1. Existing user enters the Wi-fi zone.

2. User will select the IPR User SSID (name of your Wi-Fi network) on her/his device.
3. Captive portal will open as user connects to the SSID.

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4. User will enter the Username and Password.

5. User will be authenticated from AAA Db and if successful, will be connected to the internet.

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3.6.4 WiFi Call Flow for Faculty, staff and Students – Option 2

Call Flow Steps:

1. User enters the WiFi Zone

2. Access Faculty/staff/student SSID
3. Captive Portal will open up as soon as user connects to SSID

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4. Wi-Fi access requester will have to enter the below details

a. Requester’s Name
b. Requester’s Company/Branch name
c. Requester’s Mobile number, where the OTP will be sent to access the wifi
d. Select the “Type of user” from the below options –
i. Faculty
ii. Student
iii. Other Staff
Please note validity of the plan will depend on the type of user.
e. Sponsor’s Email ID
5. A page will be displayed asking user to refresh to enter the OTP:

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6. Also, an email will be sent to the sponsor or the approver of the Wi-Fi access. This mail will have the link
to the partner portal where sponsor will approve the access request.
7. Sponsor will login to the partner login page:

8. Check for the pending request with the given mobile number –

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9. Select the identified request and click on the Approve button

10. A confirmation pop up will appear

11. Click on the “Yes, Approve it!” button.

12. Permission to access Wi-Fi will be granted to the user and status will change to Allowed –

13. Parallelly an OTP will be sent to the user, which (s)he will have to enter to the captive portal.

14. User will be connected to the internet.

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3.6.5 Online Payment Based Call Flow

A high-level call flow is described below:

• A subscriber comes at hotspot area to access Wi-Fi.
• AP/WLC will send “RADIUS Access_Request” towards AAA Server. This RADIUS access request will be incorporated
with user device MAC address.
• On getting this MAC address, EpiphanyAAA Server will “RADIUS Access_Accept” response to WLC.
• The SSID is made available to the subscriber and then clicks on SSID.
• For logging into the system, the subscriber is redirected to the Epiphany Captive Portal.
• Now, the subscriber enters the following details: -
o Name
o Mobile no.
o Internet Plan
• The page displays list of Wi-Fi packages option i.e. 1Hr, 2Hr, 1day, 2day etc. along with its Data plans.
• The subscriber selects an appropriate package and is redirected to the Payment Gateway for online transaction.
Here the payment authentication occurs at captive portal.

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• After successful authentication at Captive portal, “RADIUS CoA Request” is sent to WLC through EpiphanyAAA
Server.
• WLC sends an acknowledgement to EpiphanyAAA Server with “RADIUS CoA ACK”.
• Now, to start the accounting process, WLC sends a “RADIUS Accounting Start Request” to EpiphanyAAA Server
and gets a “RADIUS Accounting Start Response” for the same.
• At this point, the subscriber sends an HTTP request to WLC. Now, the internet browsing can be started by the
user.
• To have periodic check on the quota of the subscriber, WLC sends a “RADIUS Accounting Interim Request” to
EpiphanyAAA Server and gets a “RADIUS Accounting Interim Response” for the same.
• When the user no longer needs internet access or if the quota gets exhausted, the user logs out of the internet
session.

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5. Epiphany DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an essential part of a dynamic network. It acts a bridge between the users
or subscribers and the network. DHCP is a protocol that assigns dynamic IP addresses to various devices on the network.
With dynamic addressing, devices on the network can have different IP addresses every time it is connected to the
network. It also simplifies the administration of a complex network. This feature helps in maintaining track of IP addresses,
rather than requiring an administrator for managing the task. Thus, the administrative cost of a dynamic network is also
reduced.
DHCP is mainly responsible for dynamic leasing IP addresses and network settings as it is deployed in a network. DHCP
systematically carries out the centralized management process of IP leasing, network addressing, providing roaming access
and network access control as well. DHCP also holds a database of its own, which manages the task of tracking the IP
address. Thus, DHCP stands as highly flexible and scalable solution which can cope with the influx of new devices while
delivering flexible device configuration based on real-time information from firewalls and authentication, authorization,
accounting, compliance and auditing systems.
Proposed DHCP latest software tools and wizards with advanced features which highly user friendly for the
customers/clients to understand and use. One can easily create IP pools and configure range of IP address, connecting
interface, domain, gateway and DNS information from GUI and configure DHCP server. EpiphanyDHCP supports static
DHCP assignment where the DHCP server assigns the same IP to the defined MAC address every time the device is
connected to the network. The DHCP server serves the reserved IP address when the device using the corresponding MAC
address requests an IP address.
Offered DHCP is designed to any business or network requirement. It can be easily configured to user defined attributes,
vendor specific attributes, customized options or other real time information external systems. Offered DHCP also
supports Option 82 feature and automatically assign IP address. DHCP Option 60 provides support for Vendor Class
Identifier (VCI). Option 60 is used to define VCI on the DHCP server and it is the same VCI which is included in the initial
DHCP discover message that a DHCP client broadcasts in search of an IP address. Option 60 is used by DHCP clients in
order to identify itself to the DHCP server.
Offered DHCP supports Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) v4 and v6 Server functionalities.

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6. OlaTech Solutions Project Management

Project Management Team

a. Program Structure

i. Project Reporting & Performance Management

OTS understands the importance of project monitoring, control and communication in the success of this engagement.
Some of the measures which OTS would utilize for communication and reporting are summarized herein:

ii. Program Monitoring & Control

• OTS will conduct reviews at various levels and at regular intervals to keep a check on the project progress and to
identify any deviations.
• Periodic and effective communication will be done to monitor the progress as the project progresses through
various phases.
• Project progress will be monitored on an ongoing basis through milestone reviews and periodic status reports to
the senior management of front bidder as well as OTS
• Typically, following reviews will be conducted as part of the project – this will be finalized jointly between front
bidder and OTS Project Managers as part of the Project Planning Phase:
o Weekly Review Meetings: Weekly review meetings will be held between the representatives from front
bidder team and OTS team, to review the progress of the project, plan for tasks to be carried out in the
next week and identify corrective measures, wherever required. A status report will be circulated to all
key stakeholders. The report will consist of the following:
▪ Activities performed during the reporting period;
▪ Overdue Issues that need to be discussed and addressed (if any)
▪ Discuss & review Change Requests & Cost Impacts (if any)
▪ Activities planned for the next reporting period

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iii. Project Implementation Plan

This is a high-level Project Plan.

Detailed Project Plan will be shared once contract is awarded.

Week Wise Schedule

S.No. Deliverables/Milestones W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12
1 PO to OlaTech Solutions
2 Project Management
3 Project Initialization/Kick-off
5 SRS (Requirement Gathering)
6 Software Customization
7 Software Installation & Configuration & Integration
8 Acceptance Testing (UAT)
9 Go-Live & Deployment
10 Training

iv. Project Governance

OTS has a well-defined Project Management & Governance Framework that is followed in its mid to large scale
Implementation & Managed Services Programs. The framework is based on inputs & practices from practitioners of
Methodologies from PMI (Project Management Institute) and MSP (Managing Successful programs) and OTS’ rich
experience on handling large programs across the globe.

OTS follows a comprehensive project management framework to effectively manage all aspects of the engagement. The
end objective is to deliver the project as per agreed SLA’s as well as meeting or exceeding all the established quality
standards at the same time. The Project Management Framework is as follows:

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Project Governance

The framework will ensure management of critical aspects like:

• Alignment of the overall delivery with strategic objectives,

• Delivery of support services as per agreed SLA’s
• Seamless Interactions with other programs or initiatives within the organization

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7. RACI Matrix

OlaTech NIRMA
Tasks
Solutions University

General

Program Management R, A R

Track and Monitor Project Schedule as per the Project plan R, A C

Project Planning R, A R

Requirements, Design, I&C

Define business, functional, and operational requirements R R, A

Requirements Analysis R, A R

Prepare High Level Solution R, A R

Define solution architecture R, A R

Design of integration with network interfaces & IT systems R, A R

Configuration/customization/development R, A I

Software Installation, Integration (with Network interfaces & IT

R, A I
systems)

Hardware and OS installation I R,A

Acceptance Test (AT)

Define Test cases, Test scenarios and Execution- AT R C, I

Go live

Operational documentation R I

Solution Rollout R, A C

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