Traffic & Roamers

How Can You Efficiently Offload Data Traffic, If You Can't Locate It?

With data traffic exploding, network capacity is a critical challenge for many operators. There are many ways to address capacity issues in the Radio Access Network (RAN) including RF optimization, new sites, new carriers, femtocells and distributed antenna systems. The challenge in deciding which of these solutions to deploy, and where, is that many operators only have a sector-level visibility of the location of their traffic. That means that for a typical 3 sector site, where the site radius is 2 to 4 km or more, the operator can only locate traffic to within an area of roughly 4 to 16 square km.

For options such as new carriers, which improve capacity across an entire sector, this may be perfectly acceptable. But when it comes to new sites, femtocells and distributed antenna systems, sector level traffic information doesn't give any insight into whether these solutions will address issues, or more importantly, exactly where they should be deployed.

A traffic density map based on geo-located Subscriber Trace data

How Can You Maximize Roaming Revenue?

It's a similar challenge when it comes to lucrative roaming customers. Knowledge of exactly where these customers are hitting your network allows engineering teams to ensure the network is optimized to capture the maximum revenue from these high-value customers.

Pinpoint Deployment of Traffic Offload & Roamer Solutions with Actix.

To enable operators to address these problems, Actix has created a solution for analyzing Traffic & Roamers. Built on our ActixOne optimization platform, this solution automatically processes subscriber trace data and geo-locates all subscriber activity, including in-building users. The solution allows detailed maps to be created indicating data and voice traffic density.

With detailed traffic maps, engineers can then determine the best solution to a particular capacity issue, potentially deferring CAPEX for more expensive options or at a minimum ensuring that the CAPEX is used highly efficiently. Likewise, areas with high roaming traffic can be optimized to ensure a quality customer experience and capture of maximum roaming revenue.

An additional benefit of the solution is the use of geo-located subscriber data for other applications such as VIP Subscriber Experience analysis and optimization of Antenna Configuration and Neighbor Lists.