2. Access Method Options
• SMS Login – validate using SMS. Integrated with SMS
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• FreeLogin – simple, click through portal
• Paid – Purchase prepaid code and validate using SMS.
Integrated with SMS ads.
• Many other access methods are possible.
– XX mins free and then paid access via credit card/vouchers
– Credit card or PayPal payment
– Social Media Login (using facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google
IDs)
– Upsell models (low and high speed plans)
– Restricting users based on clients/machines
– Many more
3. Option 1 : SMS Login
• User gets login page
• Enters phone number
• Receives verification code from UniBox via
SMS
• Enters code on the login page
• Enters personal information (optional)
• Receives 2-3 advertisements via SMS
9. Option 2 : Free Login Page
Simple login page with login button. (click
through portal)
10. Option 3: Prepaid with SMS validation
• User purchases prepaid (PIN) from reception
• User enters the PIN on the login page along with
his mobile number
• User receives verification code on his mobile
• Mobile validated and user’s information is
captured (name, email, etc)
• User is allowed to login.
• Voucher are tracked back to a mobile number to
ensure TRAI compliance.
11. Prepaid with SMS Page – Step 1
Create prepaid PINs in UniBox. They can imported from TATA’s PIN databases
12. Prepaid with SMS Page – Step 2
User enter his PIN on the login page
13. Prepaid with SMS Page – Step 3
User enters his mobile number for validation.
15. Prepaid with SMS Page – Step 4
User enters the verification code to validate his phone number and logs in
16. Responsive UI
• Login page automatically gets formatted to
the form factor for the client device
• The page formats differently for different
client devices.
• See screenshot of the login page on laptop
and on iPhone.
19. AP Monitoring
• UniBox comes with built-in AP monitoring
module
• All APs, switches, IP cameras inside the
network can be monitored
• Alerts will be sent to administrator when APs
goes down.
22. Fair Usage Policy
• Implement fair usage policy to control users
who misuse the network traffic
• The user’s speed will automatically reduce
after specified amount of bandwidth usage
• The user will get normal speed after the
specified time.
24. Bandwidth Control
Categorize traffic and assign
different bandwidth speed to each
Traffic. For example, http get high
Priority and FTP gets low priority
25. Torrent Control
• UniBox can detect torrents on the network
and quarantine the users
• Uses packet inspection which is more reliable
than other techniques
• Used for effectively control P2P and torrent
activity on the network.
28. Content Filtering
• On Board content filtering system
• Block specific sites based on category
• Database updated twice a week to ensure that
websites are current
30. System Logs
Extensive system logs helps troubleshoot network and login problems. The logs
Can be sent to remote syslog server for centralized archiving and analysis
40. Upcoming Features
• Reverse SMS (user sends SMS to validate his
account. Operator saves SMS cost) – End of
May
• Centralized management and reporting – End
of June (need to be scoped)
• Centralized SMS advertisement – Mid June
• Integration with Tata Serial No/PINs (API
needs to be built or manual importing of PINs)
• PMS integration