Multitechnologyperformanceengineering

TheBackground
WiththeadventofLTEcapablesmartphonestherolloutofLTEisgatheringpacearoundtheworld.ThecapabilitiesofLTEnetworksaresetto
revolutionise the user experience of applications such as mobile gaming and video intensive applications. However, a customer will not be
purelyservedbyanLTEnetwork,theywillbeservedbytheLTElayerofaheterogeneousnetworkconsistingofmultipletechnologies.Their
experiencewillbehighlyinfluencedbytheservicetheyaredeliveredwhentheyinevitablydropbacktotheUMTS/HSDPAlayer,andinmany
casestheGPRS/EDGElayer.Thetransitionsbetweenthetechnologylayers,arelikelytobefundamentaltotheoverallexperience,andthese
relationshipswillconstantlychangeastherolloutandevolutionofthelayerscontinues.

Achievingunprecedentedperformancelevels
Traditional network data driven techniques are not sufficient to
address these multi technology challenges. Understanding inter
technology handovers merely at a cell statistics level does notgive
anyinsightintotheimpactonuserexperience,orthestepsrequired
toresolveissues.
By focusing on the customer and geolocating every segment of a
subscriber call or session, ariesoGEO allows the operator to
understandthetruecustomerexperienceacrossalllayers,andgain
unprecedentedinsightintohowthelayersareinteracting.

Poor service causing LTE customers to shift to UMTS

Targetdrivetesting
Earlydeploymentsofnewtechnologieshave
typicallyreliedonextensivedrivetestingto
understandthenetworkperformance,evenin
areaswherethenetworkisestablishedand
carryingsignificanttraffic.WithariesoGEO,
everycustomerwithanLTEcapabledevice
becomesasourceofdata,allowingthe
operatortofocusitsvaluabledrivetest
resourceoncriticalareasstillundergoingroll
out,andareaswherethereisinsufficient
subscribertraffic.Byanalysingrealcalls
ariesoGEOrevealstheperformanceonthe
networkwherethesubscribersactually
experienceit.

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Growingthenetworkforrealtraffic
With limited resources operators need to focus the roll out of LTE into
placeswherecustomersareactuallytakingadvantageofthenewservices,
andasdatagrows,ensurethatexpansionkeepspacetopreservetheinitial
experience. Using geolocation technology that leads the industry,
ariesoGEOisabletolocatetraffichotspotsacrossalltechnologies,typically
down to building level. By supporting all technologies and collecting data
24/7 all customers traffic patterns can be identified, and advanced
analytical techniques allow the nature of this traffic to be understood,
revealing insights such as device mix, that are critical in making load
management and offload decisions. Harnessing the power of this
technologyallowsoperatorstodeploycapitalwithsurgicalprecision.

Traffic can be broken down by technology

Solvingproblemsinhalfthetime
By processing and storing every event of every call ariesoGEO is able to
provide unprecedented insight into the precise root cause of problem
areas of the network. Powerful analyses quickly sort the causes of bad
experiencetofocusengineersonthecriticalissues.
Detailed RF KPI maps allow a clear understanding of the RF conditions,
not only of the LTE layer, but also the RF conditions in the other
technologylayers,allowingforimmediateunderstandingoftheservicea
userwillexperienceBOTHsidesofanintertechnologyhandover.
Access to this detailed information allows engineers to solve problems
requiringmultipledatacollectiontasksinhoursratherthandays,andall
fromasinglesolution.

Root Cause Analysis Dropped Connections

Automatingkeyoptimisationtasks
As networks evolve, neighbour relationships have to be updated on a daily basis. With a proven track record in automatic neighbour
optimisationin3Gnetworks,ariesoGEOnowdeliversautomaticneighbouroptimisationacrosstechnologylayers.Byfullyautomatingthistask
valuableengineeringresourcecanbefreedfromroutinetasksandfocussedonmorecriticalareas.

AboutArieso
Ariesoistheworld'sleadingproviderofintelligent,locationawaresolutionsthatenablemobilenetworkoperatorstofocustheirbusinesseson
the evolving desires and expectations of their customers. The company's solutions locate, store and analyse data from billions of mobile
connection events, giving operators a rich source of intelligence to help boost network performance and enrich user experience. This
intelligence transforms the effectiveness of network performance engineering; enables customercentric selfoptimising networks; creates
trueunderstandingofcustomerexperienceandenablesmonetizationofuniqueinsights.
Ariesosprovencarriergradesolutionsareresilientandhighlyscalable.Operatingonfivecontinents,Ariesosclientsincludemobileoperator
groupssuchasAmricaMvil,AT&T,MTN,TelefnicaandVodafone,andleadingequipmentvendorsincludingAlcatelLucentandNSN.

EMEA (and Global)

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