Telecom networks are far from being sentient, but they are becoming more and more responsive and automated, which helps service providers lower their operating costs.
Two of the largest service providers in the US are using AI and machine learning in a variety of ways. Here s a quick glimpse of what they ve talked about doing lately with improved network monitoring and testing and what s ahead as the network edge becomes more responsive to an influx of users, devices and changing network conditions.
Network monitoring
Adam Koeppe, SVP for technology strategy, architecture and planning at Verizon, said AI makes it possible to improve network performance by capturing data from the interactions of tens of thousands of network nodes with hundreds of millions of customers.
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Verizon s mmWave deployments started with 400 MHz of bandwidth and have increased to 800 MHz. (Monica Alleven/Fierce Wireless)
As T-Mobile aggressively rolls out 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum from Sprint, there has been a significant amount of attention paid to Verizon and AT&T’s need for mid-band for 5G.
In an interview with FierceWireless, Adam Koeppe, SVP of Technology, Strategy Architecture and Planning, pointed to the carrier’s dominant position in 4G LTE as an advantage for how Verizon is constructing its network for differentiated 5G experiences, and touched on mid-band for nationwide 5G using DSS.
Because of the quiet period for the ongoing C-band spectrum auction, Koeppe couldn’t discuss anything about spectrum in the 3.7 GHz range other than to acknowledge Verizon’s participation.