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SIMPLIFY AND AUTOMATE YOUR NETWORK WITH
TELECOM NETWORK CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Simplify and Automate Network Management
with the Innspıre Telecom Network
Configuration Management Solution
Increasingly complex and demanding mobile telecommunication environments are pushing network operators to their limits. In this environment, handling network provisioning requirements like modifications and adjustments at transmission, core, and access domain levels becomes increasingly challenging without the right tools.
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) require fully integrated and automated mobile network configuration management systems that close the frequency-code planning and configuration checks/errors with operation support functions, bringing significant efficiency and effectiveness gains across processes, quality, and performance.
Innovile’s market-leading RAN telecom network configuration management system INNSPIRE delivers exceptional live network provisioning results based on accurate, complete, and up-to-date network information.
As a ‘single source of truth’, the INNSPIRE platform allows for faster node integrations, modifications, and adjustments, unlocking significant resource and time savings and delivering superior network performance across all sites.
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Instant Inconsistency Reports
No manual Excel macros and data comparison tables or SQL queries.
Daily Health Check Reports
Creates workspace, schedules automated emails, and generates custom queries based on data from nodes, KPI statistics, and configuration management options.
History Parameter Change Tracking
Generates quick reports on parameters and neighbors and compares default parameters with live network via a simple user-friendly web interface for all vendors and technologies.
Planning and Integration of New Nodes
Automatically integrates network elements, including automatic scheduling of basic BS parameters and neighbor lists, creating Cell Design Data (CDD) for new nodes in less than 10 minutes.
What is Mobile Network Configuration Management?
Configuration management in telecom is a broad term used to describe the activities related to setup, maintenance, modification, repair and general monitoring of mobile network elements. The main objectives of configuration management in telecom are to automate configuration updates and changes, reduce network downtime, implement network device configuration backup and restoration, and meet various network performance compliance requirements.
Mobile Network Configuration Management Challenges in Multi-vendor, Multi-technology Mobile Telecom Networks
Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology Network Environments
Multiple vendors and technologies result in a fragmented network environment that requires tremendous resources to manage. Such environments make it challenging to roll out configuration updates quickly and efficiently, resulting in errors and inconsistencies that slow down the network and negate end-user SLAs.
Rapidly Growing Networks
Mobile networks are growing at a staggering rate, especially as the 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices join networks. Implementing network configuration controls/checks at scale without specialized tools is increasingly becoming an uphill task for already-overstretched NOCs.
Increased Competition for Users
End-users no longer have brand loyalties, instead choosing services that deliver the best quality of experience (QoE). MNOs must invest in advanced telecom Network Configuration Management systems that leverage automation and self-healing network capabilities to ensure known errors or inconsistencies are quickly resolved, retaining end-users.
Overcoming Network Expansion Constraints
Rapidly expanding networks create the challenge of onboarding new devices and network functions quickly and efficiently. Without an automated solution with inbuilt configuration parameters able to automatically check cell, carrier and technology-based neighbor relations, parameter status, and OSS definitions, NOC teams will always be playing catch up.
INNSPIRE: Automated Mobile Network Configuration Management System
What does network configuration management software do? INNSPIRE network configuration management system is fully integrated and automated to empower your NOC, planning and optimisation teams to manage integrations, parameter changes and inconsistencies in your entire network from a single platform.
As part of the Innovile Zero-Touch Network Automation Suite, INNSPIRE specifically makes it easier for network engineers to add new inventory to the network, with the system collecting parameter data and automatically configuring new inventory correctly. The result is faster network element additions and fewer inconsistencies and errors, all while relying on fewer engineers to complete the tasks.
Innovile Zero-Touch Mobile Network Configuration Management software brings innovative capabilities to your network configuration efforts, relying on a modern modular architecture to deliver significant resource and time savings across all areas of your NOC operations.
INNSPIRE Telecom Network Change and Configuration Management Best-Practices
Innovile recommends tips for CSPs in Network Configuration Management:
Future-proof your network operations by implementing a team and configuration management platform that can work across the technology and vendor landscape of your network. An integrated approach saves resource costs and improves performance.
Automate as much as you can! Zero-touch networks are happening now, so automating as much of your network configuration needs as possible will get you ahead in the efficiency and quality stakes.
Design, maintain and benchmark clear network KPI metrics and SLAs. Use these to assess root-cause of issues related to configuration and seek to automate the requirements to attain the best performance.
Unify configuration management operating systems independent of vendor, technology, or domain. There’s no need to operate multiple platforms when one will interface to all, reducing operational costs and processing times, and improving the quality of service
What are the Benefits of INNSPIRE Mobile Network Configuration Management Software?
- No manual Excel macros and data comparison tables
- No SQL queries
- Creates workspace
- Schedules automated emails
- Creates custom queries based on data from nodes, KPI statistics, and configuration management options
- Reduces Level of Effort (LOE) by more than 50% (in person-days) by automating routine manual operations
- Eliminates maintenance and rework costs for heterogeneous tools, including in-house development
- Enables automatic detection of configuration errors and rapid remediation – increases QoS, reduces equipment downtime
- Provides low total cost of ownership (TCO) – low development cost
- Generates quick reports of parameters and neighbors
- Compares default parameters with live network
- Simple user-friendly web interface for all vendors and technologies
- Automatically integrates network elements upon activation of new base stations, including automatic scheduling of basic BS parameters and neighbor lists
- Creates Cell Design Data (CDD) for new nodes in 10 minutes
What is the architecture of the INNSPIRE Telecom Network Configuration Management Solution and what are its modules?
Network Operation
Network Operation
- Modifies parameter changes
- Modifies neighbors according to operator strategy
- Supports single or group parameter changes
- Supports moving, deleting, creating any element
- Enables Feature Activations
- Enables PTN Operations
- Makes Neighbor Management
- Manages IP preparations
Parameter Data Lake
Parameter Data Lake
- Parameter database enables all INNSPIRE’s powerful functions to work on a single data source containing both recent and historic data
Node Integration
Node Integration
- Manages New Site Integration
- Creates SCF
- Rehoming Operations
- Enables Cell Rotate
Network Optimization
Network Optimization
- Monitors parameters
- Generates intelligent reports
- Enables Performance Management (PM) & Fault Management (FM) correlation
- Makes license controls
- Detects inconsistencies
- Manages dashboards
- Provides Map GIS support
Parameter Compliance
Parameter Compliance
- Controls baseline inconsistencies
- Checks parameter ranges & golden parameters
- Enables version controls
- Manages exception & freeze parameters
Network Automation
Network Automation
- Module triggering automated actions to minimize operational risks (by enabling dependable and error-free task execution while reducing process time)
- Automatic Baseline Inconsistency Correction
- Self-Healing
- Self-Optimization
Key Features of INNSPIRE Telecom Network Configuration Management Software Modules
Multi-technology
Unified operating environment
Well-thought-out user interface design
Expert design knowledge
Client-roadmap integration
Fast and easy integration via executable OSS and network management system commands
World-class support
Supporting services and expertise
Mobile compatible modern web interface
Unique algorithms for frequency scheduling, scrambling codes scheduling and search for neighborhoods
Cross-validation of site statistics, parameters, and hardware configuration
Internal work order (ticket) system
Comprehensive nonconformity assessment algorithms
Multiple language support
Map (GIS) support
Advanced control panel and custom matching rules
One platform for all network departments (RF, Transmission and OSS/BSS)
Automated, efficient, and accurate radio network planning system
Customizable dashboards
Design And Implementation of INNSPIRE Telecom Network Configuration Management Solution
INNSPIRE is a vendor and technology agnostic platform designed to support the rapid migration of your network monitoring resources to Innovile’s integrated network management environment.
Pre-built integrations make it fast and easy to deploy network configuration commands without the need to configure them manually.
Furthermore, the modular build of Innovile INNSPIRE allows for additional functionalities like parameter analysis and operation support, further extending the resource and time-saving gains you get from the platform.
Our engineers are on hand to design and implement a configuration management solution that meets your requirements and drives significant gains at operational and cost levels.
INNSPIRE Telecom Network Configuration Management Solution Use Cases and References
Tier 1 Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Turkiye
Client reached operational excellence with the support of INNSPIRE Configuration Management Solution and reduced their operational time by 90%, working on 36 main functions across the network.
INNSPIRE helped the MNO to improve network availability by,
- eliminating operational mistakes, improper definitions,
- preventing unnecessary service interruptions,
- reducing planned outage durations , business continuity risks,
- increasing network quality by bringing standardization on parameters and configurations,
- customizing regional settings,
- providing agility and simplicity by reducing preparation and implementation time/delay,
- enabling planning and optimization staff to make small modifications for their own requests,
- increased security by tracking changes, allowing profile,
- user and region-based authorization.
MNO operationally automated 60% of the change types and gained 2000+ man-hours per month by implementing a planning module that reduced planning engineer tasks from 1 hour to 4 minutes.
The MNO is now much closer to zero-touch network targets with INNSPIRE.
Tier 1 Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Portugal
The client improved network stability and excellence with the support of INNSPIRE Configuration Management Solution reducing operational time by 80% for 80000+ network parameters.
INNSPIRE helped MNO improve network performance by,
INNSPIRE allows teams of different departments such as Planning, Optimisation, and Operations to work in synchronization via a work order system, keeping everyone updated with the notification process.
The client improved network stability and excellence with the support of INNSPIRE Configuration Management Solution reducing operational time by 80% for 80000+ network parameters.
INNSPIRE helped MNO improve network performance by,
- automating the end-to-end vendor-independent parameter inconsistency correction process
- providing standardization on parameters and configurations,
- minimizing manual error risk, and
- allowing agility and simplicity by reducing preparation and implementation time/delay.
INNSPIRE allows teams of different departments such as Planning, Optimisation, and Operations to work in synchronization via a work order system, keeping everyone updated with the notification process.
FAQ
Network Configuration Management Software is a multi-vendor/multi-technology network configuration and change management system. It handles the frequency-code planning and configuration checks/errors with operation support functions and brings significant efficiency and effectiveness gains across processes, quality, and performance at transmission, core, and access domain levels.
An automated Network Configuration Management System empowers NOCs’ planning and optimization teams to manage integrations, parameter changes, and inconsistencies in the entire network from a single platform.
Configuration management in telecom specifically makes it easier for network engineers to add new inventory to the network, with the system collecting parameter data and automatically configuring new inventory correctly.
The benefits of mobile network configuration management are:
- Generates Instant Inconsistency Reports
- Creates Daily Health Check Reports
- Reduces Network Operating Costs
- Easy Tracking of the History Parameter Changes
- Performs Planning and Integration of the New Nodes
Telecom Network Configuration Management system provides consistency and integrity by:
- eliminating operational mistakes,
- preventing unnecessary service interruptions,
- reducing planned outage durations,
- increasing network quality by bringing standardization on parameters and configurations,
- customizing regional settings,
- eliminating improper definitions,
- providing agility and simplicity by reducing preparation and implementation time/delay,
- enabling planning and optimization staff to make small modifications for their requests,
- increased security by tracking changes,
- allowing profile, user, and region-based authorization, and
- reducing business continuity risks.