Sevana: Analyst Angle: The evolution in RAN optimization to improve QoE

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Analyst Angle: The evolution in RAN optimization to improve QoE

A conversation with Ian Miller, Director of Radio Access Networks, Telefonica

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The complexity of mobile networks is increasing as their performance and capacity improves. This makes the task of optimizing the RAN even more important, but also more time consuming. To benefit from the new optimization tools that are available, Ian Miller, Director of Radio Access Networks, Telefonica, believes that automation is a key enabler.

Ian told us: “We found that it was almost impossible for engineers to keep on top of the constantly changing networks, and that we really needed an automated way of taking logs from the network and automating processes like neighbor planning, and antenna tilts, so that we could maintain network quality.”

We also talked about how use QoE data to fine tune RAN performance. Ian said: “We have had to broaden our horizons about the data sets we utilize. Traditionally we have used performance counters and drive testing. In a data world, we continue to do these things, but we are also now looking at other solutions, like crowdsourcing data. [Now], we are deploying more end-to-end, holistic customer experience that get a good appreciation of how long it is taking customers to do certain tasks and what task they are doing. They give an end-to-end view of performance, rather than just a pure element view.”

Read the full interview with Ian Miller on how the evolution of technology and automation are changing the way we optimize the RAN.

This interview is part of our upcoming report “The smart RAN. Trends in the optimization of spectrum and network resource utilization”. We will discuss the report findings on a webinar, live on Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:00am PST, 1:00pm CST, 2:00pm EST, 7:00pm GMT, 8:00pm CET, or offline afterwards. Register for the webinar.

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