Having problem with mobile internet connection? Can't
catch-up and update real time? Well, now the answer on your problematic situation
is here :) The unexpected growth in demand for internet usage especially among Smartphone
users, brought about by the popularity of social networking sites and radical
evolution of new applications utilizing the internet, has caused downtime and
often failure of mobile phone users to connect to the internet. Often, those
that have paid a premium for their internet connections, mostly post paid
subscribers of Communications Service Providers (CSPs), end up frustrated about
paying so much and not being able to succeed with their chat, calls, messaging
or data download, games, movies or access to networking sites.
For the CSPs, which absorb the brunt of frustrated
customers, the solution is often to upgrade the infrastructure (cell sites and
more hardware and software acquisition and upgrades) that could hardly be
recouped from their current subscriber base and sales of accounts. To be able
to earn more, they resort to giving packages, usually for pre-paid customers,
like unlimited calls or text, unlimited surfing and immortal texts and calls.
But these packages tend to aggravate the connection even more and the CSPs end
up being more frustrated than ever to find ways to maximize or improve their
revenues.
With the operation of the Network Labs of Nokia Siemens
Network (NSN), opened last July 2011 by President Aquino, solutions to these
recurring and worsening connectivity concerns are slowly being crafted and
rolled out to operators like CSPs, social networking sites and even hardware
and software providers. NSN officials briefed media recently on the impact that
smart phone applications left “always on” for internet mails, social networking
and other sites to connectivity issues. “More often than not, leaving these
applications always on—for instant updates—tend to deny access or interrupted
connections to other smart phone users who have paid for the service,” said
Manuel Palomo, Solutions Manager for NSN. In addition, certain areas like
central business district, malls and schools often experience “peak loads”
during the day, where connectivity problems occur. This demand shifts to
residential at night time, which again the CSPs must be able to address in real
time.
Internet connectivity issues are not exclusive to the
Philippines. In fact, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where NSN
launched its newer data solutions and applications last February, it was noted
that “always on” applications on “keep alive” messages cause terminal state
changes, for which the phone has to exchange signalling messages with the core
network. Smart devices send 8 times more signalling than laptops, it was
reported in the Barcelona launch. Providers of global voice over internet
protocol (VoIP) services invest 5 times more for data than for voice, but
ironically the revenues from voice is 5 times more than data. And with the
number of newer VoIP providers, who give this service free to customers growing
like Facebook and Google (aside from Skype), the connectivity must be enhanced
to ensure that customers do not suffer from interrupted service. The global
mobile traffic forecast is expected to hit 43 exabytes by 2015 coming from
mobile voice (16 kbps); mobile tablet, mobile laptops and mobile handheld. The
1 gigabyte per subscriber per day usage is “approaching faster than
anticipated,” NSN said.
Through the liquid net approach, problems like providing
connection to places where they are most needed at any time of the day will
soon be addressed because the liquid net is self aware and self adapting and
the software- defined apps are based on multi- purpose hardware. Also, the
liquid net provides for inter-lined architecture and is very evolutionary, the
NSN said. The other benefits of liquid net are: premium services with premium
experience, higher revenue potential of more than 50 percent; the network can
immediately follow where the demand is heavy, there is reduced risk of churn of
25 percent of high end smart phone users. For the CSPs, the liquid net can
unleash up to 80 percent of unused baseband capacity and up to 65percent of
capacity gain in the cell, high operational expenditure savings in the core
with up to 80 percent footprint reduction in the core and up to 65 percent
lower energy consumption and up to 60 percent savings in transport network.
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