Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Wireless Network Guardian 9900 - Manual

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Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian
Wireless service providers around the globe are beginning to experience significant subscriber uptake of their wireless
data and broadband services. This growth is driven in large part by the growing popularity of IP-enabled cell phones,
laptop aircards, and new data pricing plans that make wireless data access affordable by the consumer market.
This uptake in services increases service provider revenue, however, Alcatel-Lucent and service providers worldwide
understand transmitting IP packet data and IP applications places many different types of load on wireless networks,
and are evolving the design and operation of wireless networks to efficiently and optimally accommodate these loads.
To illustrate, Figure 1a depicts the normalized bandwidth
consumed by applications running on a commercial
wireless network. By comparison, Figure 1b depicts the
same applications on the same day relative to the cellular
airtime consumed in the network to support these loads.
Today’s monitoring and packet inspection products allow
wireless service providers to monitor subscriber and
application usage behavior on their network (Figure 1a)
— but they don’t translate this into wireless resources
(Figure 1b).
The Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian
enables a paradigm shift in network operation and
management for wireless operators. It allows wireless
service providers to associate individual subscriber
behavior to resource consumption at every layer and
element in a wireless data path in real time (Figure 2).
Figure 1a. Application by Bandwidth Figure 1b. Application by Airtime
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