Over half of all mobile subscriptions have now migrated to VoLTE and as 2G and 3G networks are decommissioned, the pace of change is increasing. For MNOs, VoLTE, with its IMS foundation, opens the potential of new services as well as improving the quality of existing ones, like voice. The benefits of VoLTE include:
But as with any shift in network generation, VoLTE presents challenges.
Service providers must have access to solutions that provide end-to-end correlation of the control and user planes with visibility from device-to-content.
VoLTE requires measuring network performance to assure service delivery as well as to support both Quality of Service and Quality of Experience metrics.
Operators must be able to track and respond to customer behaviours on the network to drive future service evolution. Understand how users interact with your VoLTE service.
Real-time visibility into both the signalling and media quality is necessary to enable service providers to take early action on any network performance issues.
Insight into Wi-Fi access performance metrics such as authentication, connection time, throughput, and latency are required to reduce outages and assure service delivery.
Many IoT solutions have voice (eCalling in Automobiles is one example). VoLTE is the solution for these deployments – deliver VoLTE and capture new service revenue.
Utel supports all protocols and interfaces required to collect and manage core data required to optimise VoLTE network performance. Users can automatically analyse, and tag data conveyed in signalling messages, IP addresses, Point Codes and more.
Utel’s virtual probes collect data that can also be used for troubleshooting, in real-time if required. Probes sit on the S8 and/or S5 interfaces, extracting SIP signalling from other user plane data.
VoLTE provides an easy-to-use and high-quality experience for the customer. In addition, Wi-Fi calling is natively supported which confers additional advantages. But troubleshooting dependent on the collection of network data from a variety of elements, when necessary, in real time, is critical to ensuring that all the benefits are fully realised.
Utel’s probe-based VoLTE monitoring solution collects and aggregates the data required for ad hoc troubleshooting, ensuring that the service providers can:
Utel helps you deliver VoLTE and sustain performance for this foundational service, giving you the tools you need for operational assurance.
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