How does a densified network change the way carriers test their networks? We discussed this topic with Jeremy Cline, North America Product Manager, and Rob Wattenburg, North America SwissQual Business Director.
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.”
Jeremy told us: “There absolutely is a shift in testing QoE. That’s actually one of our top priorities. We’ve known for a while that KPIs only tell a part of the story. When’s the last time you went to a ball game at a stadium venue, for example, and you were worried about “What’s my RSRP look like?” Maybe some of us RF engineers do, but the layperson is more worried about subjective things like audio quality and video quality. They want to know “Is my YouTube video that I want to download coming through? And if it does, is it coming through in an acceptable manner, where there’s not a lot of blurring and things like that?”
“Ease of use is definitely at the top of the list from a testing equipment perspective. That’s something we’re focusing on, and it’s going to be absolutely critical to have, especially if the network gets more complex. The other thing I’ll add is that we see a need for automation and remote monitoring, as well. You look at, again, this number of small cells that are going to be deployed in the network. They already are, and it’s just going to grow exponentially through 2020 and beyond,” Rob added.
We further discussed the topic of densification during our recent webinar. Download the webinar.
