Espoo, Finland – February 18, 2014
NSN helps operators automatically define the most efficient rules for Wi-Fi traffic steering #MWC14
- Matches traffic steering to changing network conditions
- Helps ensure good service for premium subscribers despite network congestion
Two Nokia Solutions and Networks innovations create the most effective way for mobile operators to take advantage of Wi-Fi in their cellular networks and overcome the inflexibility of standardized Wi-Fi traffic steering. Automated creation of Wi-Fi traffic steering rules eliminates manual work and achieves more effective load balancing for the highest network utilization, while enhanced ANDSF* capabilities enable real-time traffic steering based on network loading. Both new features are part of NSN’s Smart Wi-Fi solution.
NSN’s CEM Analytics for Traffic Steering** analyzes network traffic and billing data trends to automatically generate and update ANDSF rules that govern how devices select cellular or Wi-Fi access. These rules use network parameters that include subscriber segment, application or application group, cell ID and time interval. Conventionally, operators create these rules manually, which is time-consuming, requires significant expertise and is typically based on limited insight. This often leads to ineffective traffic steering rules that need amending after implementation. Also once set, the rules cannot adapt to gradually changing network conditions and become less efficient unless updated regularly.
The second new feature, NSN Dynamic ANDSF software, is installed on mobile devices. While applying the ANDSF standard rules, operators can now also take into account network congestion and steer devices onto the radio access layer that will best maintain the experience of their most valued customers.
“As well as making ANDSF dynamic to cater for unpredictable traffic, we’re introducing a more efficient, time-saving way to create different traffic steering rules,” said Randy Cox, head of Small Cells product management at NSN. “Operators can now fully exploit Wi-Fi as a fourth radio access technology, complementing GSM, HSPA and LTE in their Heterogeneous Networks. NSN Smart Wi-Fi is the industry’s most comprehensive and efficient Wi-Fi traffic steering capability.”
Operators can deploy NSN CEM Analytics for Traffic Steering by itself to automatically create and fine tune ANDSF rules, but gain maximum benefit by using this innovation together with the Dynamic ANDSF software.
To learn more about NSN’s latest enhancements in Smart Wi-Fi, network operators, customers, press and analysts are welcome to visit NSN’s Experience Center in Hall 3, 3B10 at Mobile World Congress, Fira Gran Via, in Barcelona, Spain.
We invite you to watch a video and follow our launches on www.nsn.com/performance, and register for the #NSNperformance webinar series starting on March 13, 2014.
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About NSN
Nokia Solutions and Networks is the world’s specialist in mobile broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our customers need in their networks. We provide the world’s most efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value of those networks, and the services to make it all work seamlessly.
With headquarters in Espoo, Finland, we operate in over 120 countries and had net sales of approximately 11.3 billion euros in 2013. NSN is wholly owned by Nokia Corporation. http://www.nsn.com
Notes:
* ANDSF stands for Access Network Discovery and Selection Function, a 3GPP standard function that enables mobile devices to discover and use non-3GPP access networks, such as Wi-Fi, for data traffic.
** CEM Analytics for Traffic Steering is based on the NSN Customer Experience Management (CEM) solution.
