Mobile data traffic patterns are very different from those of voice.  In contrast to steady changes in subscriber voice service uptake and behavior, data traffic is growing exponentially.  New apps and devices drive new bottlenecks in the network.  There are no commonly accepted data metrics analogous to call blocking analyses used to measure the overall performance of a voice network.  As a result, operators have to model traffic growth scenarios in order to anticipate network configuration and upgrades.  With data traffic is growing so rapidly, these “what-if” analyses have become more frequent, adding to the burden of the engineering groups.

VPIsystems' Mobile Network Analytics solution using its OnePlan product addresses these challenges.  With a single environment for network sensitivity analysis across technologies, OnePlan enables rapid improvements in capacity and congestion analysis through the elimination of manual planning steps reducing errors and cycle time while increasing the quality of results.  OnePlan uses network analytics for consistent subscriber, device and service forecast management and editing – automatic distribution of forecast across teams and technologies.