Nokia Networks, last week unveiled the Nokia Traffic Steering Manager, a centralized solution that coordinates a multitude of load balancing and traffic steering functionality in radio networks to use all the capacity available in multi-technology, multi-layer and multi-vendor heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Nokia’s Traffic Steering Manager is designed to combine all radio technologies (2G, 3G, LTE and Wi-Fi; macro and small cells) as well as the core network to dynamically orchestrate the network capacity utilization.
According to Nokia Networks, the solution can solve the complexities of coordinating the dozens of load balancing and traffic steering features across all mobile broadband networks. The purpose of these features is to avoid network congestion by distributing the traffic across different radio network layers. Using the Traffic Steering Manager, Nokia Networks claims that an operator can effectively increase the capacity in the network by 10%. Traffic can be steered onto the best radio network layer according to network conditions and other criteria, e.g. device type.
Peter Patomella, Vice President, CEM & OSS Business Line, Nokia Networks
Operators expect extreme efficiency from their networks and easier ways to manage them for better business results. Traffic Steering Manager gives operators a way to utilize their network capacity more efficiently and at the same time utilize it exactly the way it best supports their business and strategy. Improved business results may be achieved, for example, through ensuring high value enterprise customers SLA requirements are met automatically.
