With Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) focused on future technology roll-outs in the form of 5G speeds and support of Mass IoT, often the use case and application development is overlooked. One of the greatest issue for MNOs to overcome is educating the developer community on how to use these new networks to minimize the amount of impact to their network capacity. Including moving off older networks (2G/3G) and only utilize the full capacity of 4G/5G networks when the use case dictates it.
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are slated to begin massive 5G upgrades in parallel to existing LTE expansions. These capital expenditures tend to leave large impacts on the existing customer base through network outages, degraded performance, and physical mis-configuration from the work done at each node location. Many times the issue not found and addressed for 72+ hours.
The race for 5G network roll-outs is on with mobile network operators (MNOs) furiously expanding and upgrading their networks capabilities. RF Site Design services are critical to the process for cost effective, efficient design strategy implementation. These services may be addressed through staff expansion or turnkey milestone delivery. Milestone design services offers a cost controlled, scalable model for MNOs to deliver network design, integration, and site acceptance.
The visualization of social media data provides insights into a highly mobile segment of the population. Knowing where people typically post and that the typical geotagged posts with GPS are from mobile devices provides insight into where MNOs need to have the best network to serve them.
The recent announcement by Uber to release anonymized data for over 2 billion trips to improve urban planning through the Uber Movement site could also improve what Uber relies on the most, wireless networks. The greatest challenge to mobile wireless network is simply mobility.
With all the talk of 3G/4G/5G wireless networks and the speeds they provide, the question really comes down to how much speed is enough? With mobile network operators (MNOs) data caps limiting overall data utilized, faster speeds really just mean reaching the limit faster
The use of Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) in early deployments of VoLTE networks is critical to maintaining the current customer expectations of the voice call experience. As LTE networks often lag earlier technology networks in coverage, software reliability and general network optimization, SRVCC is the vital gateway to transparently maintaining the customer experience.
To assign PCI correctly and efficiently will increase resource utilization and QoS of the LTE system for subscribers. Poor planning results in PCI conflicts or collisions which impact network performance. TTS Inc developed the PCI/RSI Audit and Adhoc planner functionality within the IMNOS platform providing speedy, accurate, and immediate results. This modules improves performance and adds engineering efficiency.
To maximize the use of spectrum, a mix of footprint optimization or RF shaping is required in conjunction with parameter tuning and feature optimization. Cluster/Area optimization of a LTE and 3G network with macro and oDAS layers requires a complete cell footprint view in order to effectively optimize and maintain performance in a mature wireless network.
Engineering discussions tend to focus on how to improve the KPIs in the sense of network quality, reduce drops, improve accessibility, etc. Fixing coverage holes is always noted, but this tends to be fixing coverage the “right” way, which is typically the long term capital improvement. Long term network fixes come through large scale site build, low-band spectrum acquisition, improved hardware deployment, or alternative network types which is typically large capital expenditures
