Brief Description:

The system is developed for a Broadband Internet access equipment provider in USA. The purpose of this system is to facilitate time based Internet access to Property Customers.

Tools and Platforms:
Java Development Kit 1.2, MySQL

Modules:

Reservation Module:

Reservation module is a browser-based application developed in Java to make and manage reservations for broadband Internet access from any room in the premises. User can check the availability of connectivity for a particular room for a particular date and time. If there is availability, user can book the Internet access for that customer in his room at the requested time.

Availability and statistics about the reservations are displayed graphically. It also includes administration feature to define the access control, and other parameters like bill server network addresses. Emphasis is given on very easy to use intuitive Graphical User Interface, to make it easy to use for any front office clerk. It includes Java Charts and complex calendar and schedule management logic.

Real Time Scheduler:

This is a real-time scheduler, which interacts with the database, and communicates with network box. It scans the reservations entered by Reservation Module from the database, and opens and closes the ports and connections automatically according to the schedules made. Thus, it enables automatic connection and disconnection for a room, based on the reservation information entered.

After serving the schedule for a customer, it also communicates with 1 to 5 different Billing Servers and carbon copy servers for sending billing information. It communicates with servers and network box using XML via HTTP implementation over TCP/IP. It also involved XML Parser usage.