Simplify and Automate Network Management: With the ATS Mobile Telecom Network Configuration Management Solution
Increasingly complex and demanding mobile telecommunication environments are pushing network operators to their limits. In this environment, handling network provisioning requirements like modifications and adjustments at transmission, core, and access domain levels becomes increasingly challenging without the right tools.
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) require fully integrated and automated mobile network configuration management systems that close the frequency-code planning and configuration checks/errors with operation support functions, bringing significant efficiency and effectiveness gains across processes, quality, and performance.
ATS’s market-leading RAN telecom network configuration management system delivers exceptional live network provisioning results based on accurate, complete, and up-to-date network information.
As a ‘single source of truth’, the platform allows for faster node integrations, modifications, and adjustments, unlocking significant resource and time savings and delivering superior network performance across all sites.
What is Mobile Network Configuration Management?
Configuration management in telecom is a broad term used to describe the activities related to setup, maintenance, modification, repair and general monitoring of mobile network elements. The main objectives of configuration management in telecom are to automate configuration updates and changes, reduce network downtime, implement network device configuration backup and restoration, and meet various network performance compliance requirements.
Mobile Network Configuration Management Challenges in Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology Mobile Telecom Networks
- Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology Network Environments: Multiple vendors and technologies result in a fragmented network environment that requires tremendous resources to manage. Such environments make it challenging to roll out configuration updates quickly and efficiently, resulting in errors and inconsistencies that slow down the network and negate end-user SLAs.
- Rapidly Growing Networks: Mobile networks are growing at a staggering rate, especially as the 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices join networks. Implementing network configuration controls/checks at scale without specialized tools is increasingly becoming an uphill task for already-overstretched NOCs.
- Increased Competition for Users: End-users no longer have brand loyalties, instead choosing services that deliver the best quality of experience (QoE). MNOs must invest in advanced telecom Network Configuration Management systems that leverage automation and self-healing network capabilities to ensure known errors or inconsistencies are quickly resolved, retaining end-users.
- Overcoming Network Expansion Constraints: Rapidly expanding networks create the challenge of onboarding new devices and network functions quickly and efficiently. Without an automated solution with inbuilt configuration parameters able to automatically check cell, carrier and technology-based neighbor relations, parameter status, and OSS definitions, NOC teams will always be playing catch up.
ATS : Automated Mobile Network Configuration Management System
What does network configuration management software do? ATS network configuration management system is fully integrated and automated to empower your NOC, planning and optimisation teams to manage integrations, parameter changes and inconsistencies in your entire network from a single platform.
As part of the ATS Zero-Touch Network Automation Suite, specifically makes it easier for network engineers to add new inventory to the network, with the system collecting parameter data and automatically configuring new inventory correctly. The result is faster network element additions and fewer inconsistencies and errors, all while relying on fewer engineers to complete the tasks.
ATS Zero-Touch Mobile Network Configuration Management software brings innovative capabilities to your network configuration efforts, relying on a modern modular architecture to deliver significant resource and time savings across all areas of your NOC operations.
Generates Instant Inconsistency Reports
- No manual Excel macros and data comparison tables
- No SQL queries
Creates Daily Health Check Reports
- Creates workspace
- Schedules automated emails
- Creates custom queries based on data from nodes, KPI statistics, and configuration management options
Reduces Network Operating Costs
- Reduces Level of Effort (LOE) by more than 50% (in person-days) by automating routine manual operations
- Eliminates maintenance and rework costs for heterogeneous tools, including in-house development
- Enables automatic detection of configuration errors and rapid remediation – increases QoS, reduces equipment downtime
- Provides low total cost of ownership (TCO) – low development cost
Easy Tracking of the History Parameter Changes
- Generates quick reports of parameters and neighbors
- Compares default parameters with live network
- Simple user-friendly web interface for all vendors and technologies
Performs Planning and Integration of the New Nodes
- Automatically integrates network elements upon activation of new base stations, including automatic scheduling of basic BS parameters and neighbor lists
- Creates Cell Design Data (CDD) for new nodes in 10 minutes